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Boards of Canada Return After 13 Years: New Album 'Inferno'
23 Apr
Summary
- Boards of Canada will release 'Inferno,' an 18-track album, next month.
- This marks their first album release in over a decade since 2013.
- The duo is known for being enigmatic and rarely granting interviews.
Electronic music duo Boards of Canada is poised to release "Inferno," an 18-track double album spanning 70 minutes, scheduled for release next month. This release marks a significant return, concluding over a decade of silence since their previous album, "Tomorrow's Harvest," in 2013.
"Tomorrow's Harvest" was their most commercially successful work, achieving career-high chart placements including No. 7 in the UK and No. 13 on the US Billboard 200. Following this success, the Scottish brothers, Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin, maintained a low profile, contributing to their enigmatic reputation.
The duo is renowned for their secretive nature, with very few interviews, limited live performances primarily in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and a small number of official music videos. A 2019 release, "XYZ," a previously unreleased track from a 1998 Peel Session, offered a glimpse of new material. The announcement of "Inferno" arrived via cryptic social media posts, featuring minimal new music and distinctive hexagonal imagery, evoking a sense of nostalgia. This unexpected news has generated excitement among connoisseurs of minimal electronic music worldwide.
