{"id":14949,"date":"2026-04-22T16:41:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/14949\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T16:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:41:06","slug":"boards-of-canada-announce-first-album-in-13-years-inferno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/14949\/","title":{"rendered":"Boards of Canada announce first album in 13 years, &#8216;Inferno&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Boards-of-Canada-Inferno-2026-Far-Out-Magazine-1140x855.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Boards of Canada - Inferno - 2026 -\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>(Credits: Boards of Canada)<\/p>\n<p> Wed 22 April 2026 17:13, UK <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/tags\/ambient\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ambient<\/a>\u00a0duo Boards of Canada have followed up their first new song in 13 years with the announcement of a new album, Inferno, slated for release on May 29th, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>News of their return was picked up by way of a poster campaign, spotted by fans around London, New York, California, and Shibuya.<\/p>\n<p>A month ago, the band also mailed fans VHS tapes, which included their signature hexagonal logo. Reportedly, the tapes contained audio from an ad for a <a href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/listen-to-tape-05-the-first-new-boards-of-canada-song-in-13-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Christian Bible school magazine<\/a> that was discontinued in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>It is not yet clear why they included this sample, as the Scottish brothers have given curiously little information alongside the announcement of their forthcoming 18-track project.<\/p>\n<p>The first single released unceremoniously on YouTube was called \u2018Tape 05\u2019; as per the newly-released tracklist, this might end up being the song \u2018Father And Son\u2019 off the record, but it is yet to be confirmed by the musicians or their team.<\/p>\n<p>Boards of Canada last released a full-length project in 2013; Tomorrow\u2019s Harvest followed up eight years of silence following 2005\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/five-electronic-albums-rock-lovers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Campfire Headphase.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The band, formed by Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin, became a defining act for Warp Records during the late 1990s and early 2000s.<\/p>\n<p>Fans, new and old, can get their hand on the May release in several formats, including a special edition limited red translucent 2LP vinyl in a triple gatefold sleeve with a 16-page booklet, standard black 2LP vinyl, and the classic CD and digital formats.<\/p>\n<p>Boards of Canada \u2013 \u2018Inferno\u2019 tracklist:\u2018Introit\u2019\u2018Prophecy At 1420 MHz\u2019\u2018Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan\u2019\u2018Age Of Capricorn\u2019\u2018Father And Son\u2019\u2018Somewhere Right Now In The Future\u2019\u2018Naraka\u2019\u2018Acts Of Magic\u2019\u2018Memory Death\u2019\u2018The Word Becomes Flesh\u2019\u2018Into The Magic Land\u2019\u2018Blood In The Labyrinth\u2019\u2018Deep Time\u2019\u2018All Reason Departs\u2019\u2018Arena Americanada\u2019\u2018The Process\u2019\u2018You Retreat In Time And Space\u2019\u2018I Saw Through Platonia\u2019  <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"\"> ADD AS A PREFERRED SOURCE ON GOOGLE <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/far-out-magazine\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/a>  The Far Out Music Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>All the latest music news from the independent voice of culture.<br \/>Straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credits: Boards of Canada) Wed 22 April 2026 17:13, UK Ambient\u00a0duo Boards of Canada have followed up their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7859,2900,17],"class_list":["post-14949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ambient","tag-boards-of-canada","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}