Boards of Canada Release Their New Album ‘Inferno’
Boards of Canada Set to Release New Album After Long Hiatus
The acclaimed electronic music duo Boards of Canada is poised to unveil their first album of new material in over a decade. Titled Inferno, the forthcoming 18-track double album promises a runtime of 70 minutes.
Inferno’s tracklist, detailed below, notably excludes the recent release “Tape 05,” which was shared last week as part of a cryptic social media campaign by BoC and Warp Records.
Tracklist Highlights
For long-time fans of Boards of Canada, Inferno comes as an unexpected announcement. The duo’s last studio album, Tomorrow’s Harvest, debuted in 2013, marking their most commercially successful release to date.
After a prolonged silence stretching thirteen years, the surprise news has ignited excitement among fans, particularly given the minimalistic yet evocative promotional posts, combining vintage imagery and atmospheric soundscapes that evoke a sense of nostalgia.
Scottish brothers Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin form Boards of Canada, renowned for their enigmatic presence in the electronic music scene. The duo is celebrated among connoisseurs for their distinctive style, although they have rarely engaged with the media and have performed only a handful of live shows since the late 1990s.
Measuring their impact on the genre goes beyond chart performance. Their album Tomorrow’s Harvest achieved significant milestones, reaching No. 7 in the UK and making their first appearance on the Billboard 200 at No. 13.
In 2019, Boards of Canada resurfaced with “XYZ,” a previously unreleased track from their July 1998 Peel Session, featured on the WXAXRXP Sessions compilation celebrating Warp Records’ 30th anniversary.
Inferno is scheduled for release on May 29 in digital, CD, and 2xLP formats. Below is the tracklist for the album:
Inferno Tracklist:
- — “Introit”
- — “Prophecy At 1420 MHz”
- — “Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan”
- — “Age Of Capricorn”
- — “Father And Son”
- — “Somewhere Right Now In The Future”
- — “Naraka”
- — “Acts Of Magic”
- — “Memory Death”
- — “The Word Becomes Flesh”
- — “Into The Magic Land”
- — “Blood In The Labyrinth”
- — “Deep Time”
- — “All Reason Departs”
- — “Arena Americanada”
- — “The Process”
- — “You Retreat In Time And Space”
- — “I Saw Through Platonia”
Fans can view the latest social media updates from Boards of Canada as anticipation grows for the release of Inferno.
