Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest (2013)

that's for YOU to find out! Once you get there, carve an hexagon in the sand and all will be revealed.

xxp: nobody's saying they're *owed* anything. this hype cycle is kind of strange though. no idea how true or untrue this is but it seems that you can be one album removed from your "classic" period and still garner this sort of hype but that's it. in fact I think Louie CK said there's a similar thing for comedy specials, if you do one that's not very good people can overlook it, but after two people just forget about you. for both Daft Punk and BoC it feels like the stakes are high for this one if they want to be relevant in 2020 (or whenever the "next" one will be)

i love BoC but their music has dated in a way that I don't think the best music by the other high-profile folks of that "moment" has

i think this is true, particularly the dj shadow boom bap beats. also the textural mood that they at least partially pioneered has become like a default patch setting on music making software.

what makes boc worth listening to in 2013 (for me) beyond how engaging i still find that mood is how well the songs are arranged, that is, unlike many of their contemporaries and followers they engage with dynamics etc. eg "kid for today." of course there is a certain amount of formless dicking around too. i'm into it but i can understand how it could be found frustrating or dull.

san francisco!

I would love a whole "BoC Do The 80s" album with stuff like 'Midas touch' and 'trapped'.

is the skyline on the cover like an actual skyline of an actual city somewhere in the actual world

― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, May 2, 2013 4:37 AM (8 hours ago)

it looks vaguely like San Francisco as seen from Treasure Island or Oakland, but it looks like parts of the skyline have been photoshopped around for symmetrical purposes?

Apparently, it's the view from the Alameda air force base where Mythhusters do their car stunts.

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compare cover to:
http://vimeo.com/7753335

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2013/04/boards_of_canada_tomorrow_harvest_san_francisco_cover.php

Yep thats it

cover reminding me of

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testament_(film)

(about nuclear bomb dropped on san francisco)

that movie freaked me the fuck out as a kid

i hope the album isnt like that

yeah the movie is not an upper, let's say

I would love a whole "BoC Do The 80s" album with stuff like 'Midas touch' and 'trapped'.

― brimstead, Thursday, May 2, 2013 3:09 PM (2 hours ago)

this would be awesome.

that midas touch remix is an all time classic

yes!

May 22nd 24:00 @ 1-23-10 Jinnan Shibuya-ku Tokyo

so google tells me this is the ... Hello Kitty store?

I reckon it's one of the big screens overlooking Shibuya Crossing

That's 22 hours from now?

http://pitchfork.com/news/50834-boards-of-canada-are-doing-something-in-tokyo-today/

Someone's streaming the scene at the intersection from their cell phone (?) - including sound... (11 minutes to go)

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/unofficial-boards-of-canada-shibuya-live?utm_campaign=t.co&utm_source=14492273&utm_medium=social

duh. stream offline with 4 minutes to go :-/

stream back up - the big screen at the intersection went all black....

http://boardsofcanada.com is down!

top flight strategic marketing there Warp

"Like the legend of the phoenix..."

(just kidding - possible noises now)

traffic lights down

ghostly synths

3 minor accidents already, 1 major

make that 4 minor accidents

internet!

synthy drones and an unreadable lcd screen

come on dude, turn down your brightness

Interesting - that was it, it appears. But what was on that screen?

something grainy and nostalgic

sounded pretty good, imho

http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/636340bocshybuia.jpg

http://boardsofcanada.com/ now has 403 forbidden (was an invalid redirect only minutes ago - I bet the video's going to be there soon)

wtf is heppening

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

that's only the last minute or so

here, from about 7:40

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/unofficial-boards-of-canada-shibuya-live?utm_campaign=ustre-am&utm_source=14492273&utm_medium=social

site's back http://www.boardsofcanada.com -> redirects to http://stash.warp.net/boc/tomorrows-harvest/ -> preorder links

this dude's uploading a 1 Gb video... http://ikimasho.net/2013/05/22/may-22nd-2400-1-23-10-jinnan-shibuya-ku-tokyo/

Kind of amazing how much more ridiculous internet hype has become since 2005, nothing like this happened when The Campfire Headphase was being released.