Description
Thirteen years after the bleak, dystopian transmissions of Tomorrow’s Harvest, Boards of Canada return from the wilderness with Inferno—a sprawling, 18-track double album that marks a monumental chapter in the duo's legendary discography. Released via long-time home Warp Records, the Scottish brothers Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin plunge listeners into a rich, hypnotic world where analog nostalgia collides with haunting, prophetic futurism.
Inferno bridges the gaps between the pastoral, sun-drenched psychedelia of Music Has the Right to Children and the darker, mathematical paranoia of their later work. The album unfurls like a lost documentary soundtrack, weaving together their signature heavily degraded analog synthesizers, crisp hip-hop-inflected breakbeats, and obscured shortwave radio vocal samples. Tracks like "Prophecy At 1420 MHz" and "Blood In The Labyrinth" simmer with tension, while the melodic warmth of "Somewhere Right Now In The Future" offers a fragile sense of hope amidst a crumbling landscape.
This Deluxe Edition is pressed on stunning transparent red vinyl and housed in a premium triple gatefold sleeve. It includes a 16-page 12" booklet filled with the band's enigmatic, liminal artwork, making it an essential, immersive centerpiece for any vinyl collection.
