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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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May 26, 2026It’s an incredible journey – one of their most evocative, ambitious and rewarding yet.
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May 26, 2026Thirteen years was a long time to wait. ‘Inferno’ makes every one of them feel worthwhile.
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UncutMay 26, 2026A brilliant album that doubles down on Boards of Canada's core strengths and finds room to move their music forward. [Jun 2026, p.20]
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May 26, 2026"Does Inferno live up to the hype?" Thankfully, it unequivocally does.
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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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May 26, 2026Inferno may the wonkiest and most unnerving album from the duo, not uniformly menacing, but one undoubtedly apt for the current climate in its restless energy. Hope may be in short supply, but at least we've got a brilliant soundtrack for the apocalypse.
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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.