Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest (2013)

Are they the absolute hypemeisters at warp, or what?

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/971939_10151618331227829_278572989_n.jpg

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151618331227829&set=a.10150144932317829.298125.35225672828&type=1&ref=nf

I think I can just make out the text on the stickers: "FRAGILE - DO NOT STACK HORIZONTALLY"

hopefully they remember to add the "DO NOT THROW PACKAGE AT THE DOOR LIKE A FRISBEE" message to mine

Neil Krug, who made the teaser videos and the clip for Reach for the Dead, was at the Lake Dolores listening party too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WKI5Ak9fP0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WKI5Ak9fP0

xp ha i live near a park called Dolores. spooky coincidences v much in the spirit of BoC imo

been listening to this non-stop, might be my favorite of theirs if i don't burn out on it

yeah this is dope

Mildly interesting titbit... the boxes from the pressing plant that the LPs came in were labelled 'James - Classics', for purposes of secrecy, I guess.

CD was in my local CD shop yesterday, in a special edition with post cards.

(Had pre-ordered from Warp though).

Where do you live?

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/US_carriers_at_Alameda_1974_%28colour%29.jpg

"Thank you for pre-ordering 'Tomorrow's Harvest' by Boards Of Canada
We are pleased to inform you that the MP3 album has been delivered to your Bleep account."

And that on International Boards Of Canada day too! - we may even harvest the actual CD from our mail box tomorrow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm8yp2auPzw

CDs & LPs arrived with us in the shop in Glasgow on Friday.

free WAV & FLAC for everyone who preordered the vinyl or cd:

http://www.facebook.com/BleepBot/posts/10151622404087829

bleep.com downloads are struggling at the moment though, unsurprisingly

Was away last week and arrived home Saturday morning to the CD (+ art cards) on doormat. Only had a couple of chances to listen properly; first go on the main stereo reduced 4-month old baby son to tearful sobs during "Cold Earth", so I left it until he'd gone to visit Grandma today to crank it up again. Initial thoughts: mostly very good, and in places truly magnificent. Immaculately produced, which I expected I guess, but it *sounds* better than almost anything I've heard this year - beautiful placement of sounds and some ace sub-bass dotted around. As with all their stuff I'll need a few goes to really take it in, but "New Seeds" is getting a lot of repeat plays (stupendous key change therein), "Come to Dust" too.

There were a few albums I was really looking fwd to this year: MBV, Daft Punk, Low, and Phoenix. I'm getting a distinct feeling that this is better than any of them.

I insisted on trawling the shops for it on Saturday with my two-year-old son who was (shamefully) placated with a strawberry ice cream (and didn't mind listening to it when we got in). But now I've realised that I haven't got the poster or sticker and I'm a bit annoyed. Someone tell me that they're not that good and I'll be happier.

If it were going without the Geogaddi kaleidoscope that would be one thing but a poster and a sticker ... you won't miss them.

http://bocpages.org/wiki/Promotional_Items - nah, not worth getting annoyed over

Yeah, you're right.

what is the story w the art cards? special gift for people who preordered from warp?

They are (also) available in the version you can buy from independent record shops. 'Indie exclusive art card edition' is how we were billed it.

boomkat had the special edition at the same price as the normal edition but sold out in the time it took me to read the email...

Yeah, it is the same price.

just picked up the artcard edition at my local independent for £9.99. might leave it sealed and stick to the mp3s at least until i can play it on a decent system.

(The art cards don't really add much)

I think I like this ... by which I mean I don't dislike it but haven't been sucked into Boards of Canada-world completely yet. Really like the odd track but haven't begun caring about meaning or anything (around the time of Geogaddi, I cared what all the tracks were *about*).

had an opportunity to drop by the shop earlier but the shipment hasn't shown up yet. manager was kind enough to give me a download card but i sort of want to listen to the physical thing.

i don't want to hear it through computer speakers before i hear it properly

anyone in the US received the record yet?

Off three listens, this feels closest to the Beautiful Place EP to me. Really good.

Don't give a fuck what it's 'about' but I never did with any of their records, so that's fine; their music invites extreme solipsism from the listener, as far as I'm concerned, so who gives a damn what anyone else thinks it's about or what it means. That almost seems counter-intuitive.

I guess I'm interested in what it means to them but will equally apply my own meanings or uses.

Or will, perhaps, at some point, be interested in what it means to them.

really wish sick times, instead of petering out prematurely, returned with that propulsive beat, w/added flesh and some type of melodic/harmonic resolution or change. only track that really leaves me hanging.

I think this might be my favourite BoC album (after two listens). I feel it would be good to listen to both in summer and in winter

listened to this whilst biking home at 11pm on an unusually foggy night and it was perfect

heh - that sounds a bit scary actually!

Why I'll be... someone on Twoism suddenly noticed this anagram: palace posy = apocalypse

There's a connection between the song titles, isn't there? But what is it exactly? (is it from the last track to the first?)

sadly my newish job does not allow me to indulge in Twoism code-breaking and analysis - curious to see what's gonna come out!

http://www.thefader.com/2013/06/11/by-the-numbers-boards-of-canadas-tomorrows-harvest-lp/

Unlike Sick Mouthy, I lap this stuff up. They've clearly thought hard about the record's themes so why not engage with them?

huh. today i learned what a "weird number" is!

My vinyl LP arrived from Bleep right on US release here in Denver. Very satisfied with that. Unfortunately, getting the package scared the shit out of me when I saw the huge fold in the corner - it translated into the innards, which aren't at the point of showing white creases but are albeit still is very noticeable.

Sick Times is such a simple, but so effective head rush. It is great for walking anywhere, as all BoC is.

Those creases are unique and one of a kind and could make you $$$$ in a couple of years!

i also learned about weird numbers from boc

and now i know about cyclosa spiders

these guys are the best

New interview w/ NYtimes, roughly akin to that Guardian one

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/12/arts/music/tomorrows-harvest-by-boards-of-canada.html?emc=tnt&tntemail0=y&_r=1&