BoC’s consistency has muted the possibility of it being bad and fans seem to have accepted any chance for another Geogaddi being improbable, so when many were painstakingly typing in the exact 36-character cypher into the promotional website the only thoughts going through their heads will have been “I can’t believe the album is actually coming.” With such a weight of expectation behind the release, BoC’s method of creation seems increasingly alarming. For this reason, a new BoC album didn’t inspire the fear created by similar announcements from other highly regarded artists. BoC’s good is very good, and their best –for some- can be the very best, so it might be of no surprise to see the merely excellent concede with second place. This is not to rule out the rest of their discography, but while scattered EPs and tracks may sometimes match the two goliaths in quality, they are always left in their shadow. For them, that’s eight years to listen to Music Has the Right to Children and Geogaddi on loop: forever.īoth have helped catapult the press-shy Scottish duo from collectors’ archives to a level where a single, one-of-a-kind record will set the internet alight. Review Summary: Exactly as planned Eight years is a long time to go absent, but fans of Boards of Canada don’t seem to mind.
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