Boards of Canada Return with 'Inferno,' Their First Studio Album in 13 Years
By
Michaelangelo Matos
Plain bagel done well. Pleasantly substantive.
Summary
Boards of Canada, the Scottish electronic duo, return with their first studio album in 13 years, 'Inferno.' The article discusses how their music, once loosely categorized alongside Warp Records' experimental acts, has proven timeless despite initial associations with trip-hop. Their signature sound—lazy breakbeats, pitch-bent synthesizers, and woozy atmospheres—continues to define their unique place in electronic music.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledBoC's lazy breakbeats, pitch-bent synthesizers and samples, and woozy air did and does point straight in that direction.
Even now, though, that phrase might strike the ear as too time-bound — too Nineties, especially for a duo whose best work has proven veritably timeless.
On 'Inferno,' the duo's first studio album in 13 years, Boards of Canada prove nobody is better at their kind of limpid lullabies
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