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- Summary: This is the first studio release from Scottish electronic duo Boards Of Canada since 2013's Tomorrow's Harvest.
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- Record Label: Warp
- Genre(s): Electronic
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Record CollectorJun 12, 2026Inferno is, in the least-predictable, most ripe-for-discovery manner imaginable, more of the same. Across 18 tracks which run to exactly 70 minutes, the duo's sonic signature is gloriously intact. [Jul 2026, p.102]
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May 29, 2026Inferno is a comeback album that sounds perfectly conceptualized, live and alluring.
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Jun 4, 2026Inferno may not possess the immediate aesthetic singularity of their other records, but with repeat plays it reveals itself as one of the richest and most spiritually fascinating ones they’ve ever made.
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May 26, 2026It's the darkest and most direct music ever issued under the Boards of Canada seal, a bold swing for an artist whose prettier early formula still inspires wan imitation to this day.
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Jun 2, 2026The environs of Inferno are lush, rich, and cinematic — they go past genres as well as embodying them.
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May 29, 2026The ever-increasing sonic fidelity of the BoC sound has proven contentious, but it is precisely Inferno’s depth and hi-fi clarity that allows the album’s gods their fullest refulgence.
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May 26, 2026There are updates to core BOC sounds, such as the satisfyingly fat synthwave lines that strafe across the arrangements of Arena Americanada and Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan. But the beats on those tracks, along with so many others here, are wretchedly pedestrian, plodding along in dreary, funkless steps.