Is There Any Reason To Believe That BoC Are Still A Thing?

[Fredd-E]

fredd e maybe you should learn how to read.

i said an update would be nice. i said it would take little effort on their part.

i didn't say that mdg's statements are dubious. again learn how to fucking read. i said the twitter/myspace updates are dubious since MDG said they have no interest in using those sites. see what I'm doing there? i'm relying on something MDG said as a fact.

Who do you think makes the twitter/myspace updates? Yeah, that's right... MDG (and other HS friends who share access). Hence those updates are not dubious. And those small updates take little effort on their part and are as such valid updates per your request.

[Zeffolia]

You know what I would do if thousands of people were anxiously waiting for me to say something?

I'd say something


It's called a moral obligation. If people are wasting a lot of time an energy doing something that you could easily put an end to and make everyone happier in the end, YOU DO IT.

It's like if the world ended and everyone all of a sudden looked to me for guidance. Sure I don't owe them anything, but the right thing to do is NOT to ignore them.

The right thing to do is address them, tell them the state of affairs, and move on from there


It's not like we're here demanding BoC give us a tracklist and samples of their new album. We're not even asking for them to confirm their new album exists for God's sakes

We're just asking that they acknowledge whether they are alive or broken apart

It's just the right thing to do. They don't owe us anything but it's right and proper to acknowledge us since it would take them little to no effort whatsoever

You aren't obligated to help the old lady cross the street you are about to cross yourself, but doing so would take you little to no additional effort and would help somebody else out.

How is this so hard to understand

Also LOL at Fredd-E's pigheaded misconceptions of Alzado's posts. Your retorts are ridiculously illogical, Fredd-E.

[Cupz]

Also LOL at Fredd-E's pigheaded misconceptions of Alzado's posts. Your retorts are ridiculously illogical, Fredd-E.

Oh dear, there goes twoism.

[ChumpCharity]

I'm a long time fan of the band, and I just joined the forums today to contribute to this topic. I emailed Bleep in July of 2010 asking about any new material and I received this reply:

We are not aware of any imminent releases. However they are still releasing music so something will come along sooner or later!

Kind regards

Bleep Support

Despite the fact that it has been a year and a half since I received that message, I think it's safe to say that Boards of Canada still exists. A lot of people think they have some obligation to their fans to make some kind of statement, but I can think of a few scenarios to justify their silence. They're not the only people doing this either - My Bloody Valentine had a brief reunion and promised new material, but they have been silent for well over a year now. If any of you are familiar with Valve's Half-Life franchise, they have not made even the slightest mention of a sequel to anyone at all despite the community's overwhelming impatience and frustration.

I'm still hopeful that we'll see something down the line, even if it's a decade from now, but for their own sanity, I think fans should try to accept that anything is possible, including no more new material. Fortunately, it still appears that they are making new music. All we can do at this point is be patient, and I'm well aware of how much that sucks. There are plenty of artists who have a similar sound and approach to Boards of Canada, but I think it's stupid and unfair to treat them as substitutes or placeholders. Therefore, I'm just as eager for new material as anyone else, just to give you some perspective on how I feel.

[The Friendly Stranger]

If there's one thing this thread has taught me, it's that I'm not a BoC fan. I'm just a person who likes their music. I don't understand the bitterness, aggression, provocation, whatever you want to call it in this thread. If it's what being a fan means then I'm out.

[BunnyRabbit]

clears throat after another longish silence

I hate it when friends fight. I've been around long enough to know that we all feel broadly the same. We wish BOC would love us a bit more. The differences come down to fairly minor disagreements about how to interpret the minimal level of communication. Some say it's not enough. Others that it is. No-one thinks it's too much.

I'd like a bit more. And no-one can change my mind on that. Equally, if you accept what we have to go on, I've no right to persuade you otherwise.

I welcome these threads from time to time because they help. A good row clears the air.

MDG is a spokesman of sorts. You have to be thick skinned to do that job. You will tell people things in good faith and then have to accept some stick when those things don't turn out like you said. I'm pretty sure MDG wishes he (or she?) could give us what we want and be right but it isn't their fault if it's wrong

[Waterbagel]

If there's one thing this thread has taught me, it's that I'm not a BoC fan. I'm just a person who likes their music. I don't understand the bitterness, aggression, provocation, whatever you want to call it in this thread. If it's what being a fan means then I'm out.

i agree. if threads like this are allowed to continue (that is, threads where a legitimate, yet possibly poorly-placed question has been reduced to arguing, misquotes, assumptions, and angry words), i question my loyalty and membership to twoism.org itself.

[Jonse]

Okay, enough drama. Somebody lock the thread.

[Waterbagel]

Okay, enough drama. Somebody lock the thread.

yes, yes.
burn it.

fry it, mash it, stick it in a stew

stick a fork in it; it's done

[The Telepathic Kid]

I love how all the people who consider themselves true fans (i'm a regular on a web site!, look at my cred!) insist on putting words in your mouth the second you say something that goes against the grain.

things I have not said in this thread:

1. boc owes me something
2. i demand a new album now
3. mdg is a liar/phony

things i have said in this thread:

1. considering the length between releases, some sort of update (beyond those myspace updates) would be nice

the rest of you are responding to arguments that you're projecting on me.

I never said you in particular, I said people who share that view seem to be newbies.

newbies =/= that view, but a lot of people who have that view = newbies.

[iec]

Okay, enough drama. Somebody lock the thread.

yes, yes.
burn it.

fry it, mash it, stick it in a stew

stick a fork in it; it's done

[Bryan]

Alzado welcome to the forum and apologies for the treatment you've received here. You're certainly not the first.

You opened the thread by asking what is the logical, rational question to be asking 6 years and another 4-5 years of non-official "Coming Soon!" hype builders since the last major release. The usual suspects immediately shouted you down. You're reading of this as analogous to a religious type of behavior is spot on.

It's the displays of dogmatic thought that I find so disappointing, although it doesn't seem to stop me from coming back. While I'm not going to dig through post histories, I don't recall any instances of perspective taking by members such as Mexicola and Fredd-E (not to pick on only you). What I mean is a simple "I can see and understand why you might be confused or skeptical by now, but X and Y are why I feel differently."

That type of empathy and understanding runs contradictory to the feverent emotional belief we see here. They may even turn out to be right for the wrong reasons, but in the meantime we get previous MDG statements quoted as if song and verse from a religious text, as well as straw-man arguments about doubters being possessed by selfish demands. That's the level of discourse here unfortunately.

Bravo to you for sticking to your guns in a largely hostile environment.

[Kamas009]

Alzado welcome to the forum and apologies for the treatment you've received here. You're certainly not the first.

You opened the thread by asking what is the logical, rational question to be asking 6 years and another 4-5 years of non-official "Coming Soon!" hype builders since the last major release. The usual suspects immediately shouted you down. You're reading of this as analogous to a religious type of behavior is spot on.

It's the displays of dogmatic thought that I find so disappointing, although it doesn't seem to stop me from coming back. While I'm not going to dig through post histories, I don't recall any instances of perspective taking by members such as Mexicola and Fredd-E (not to pick on only you). What I mean is a simple "I can see and understand why you might be confused or skeptical by now, but X and Y are why I feel differently."

That type of empathy and understanding runs contradictory to the feverent emotional belief we see here. They may even turn out to be right for the wrong reasons, but in the meantime we get previous MDG statements quoted as if song and verse from a religious text, as well as straw-man arguments about doubters being possessed by selfish demands. That's the level of discourse here unfortunately.

Bravo to you for sticking to your guns in a largely hostile environment.

Written in stone this should be.

Even our wonderful community has it's own insanely stupid politics. Get real people, it's only a band, it's only a forum, why not just get together?


I'm not going to lie, I DID NOT expect such mis-conduct from some fairly respectable people needless to say, I've lost respect for quite a few people today.

I like to see myself as someone who keeps to myself, and only say something when something needs to be said, and this is one of those times, here's what we do.

Get a life.

[mechanismj]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEZtII8rt_Y

[Fredd-E]

Alzado welcome to the forum and apologies for the treatment you've received here. You're certainly not the first.

You opened the thread by asking what is the logical, rational question to be asking 6 years and another 4-5 years of non-official "Coming Soon!" hype builders since the last major release. The usual suspects immediately shouted you down. You're reading of this as analogous to a religious type of behavior is spot on.

It's the displays of dogmatic thought that I find so disappointing, although it doesn't seem to stop me from coming back. While I'm not going to dig through post histories, I don't recall any instances of perspective taking by members such as Mexicola and Fredd-E (not to pick on only you). What I mean is a simple "I can see and understand why you might be confused or skeptical by now, but X and Y are why I feel differently."

That type of empathy and understanding runs contradictory to the feverent emotional belief we see here. They may even turn out to be right for the wrong reasons, but in the meantime we get previous MDG statements quoted as if song and verse from a religious text, as well as straw-man arguments about doubters being possessed by selfish demands. That's the level of discourse here unfortunately.

Bravo to you for sticking to your guns in a largely hostile environment.

How ironic, he certainly is not the first indeed. Must be a reason why his first account (LOL Alzado) got banned by our admin. I reckon it's not for being a polite member. And yet again he started using abusive words in this very thread. Needless to say it's rather unneeded!

No perspective taking? Shouting down without any proper reason? I'd suggest you perhaps do start digging through the post histories to see all the comments so you can see the proper context of the story. I've just tried to let him see the band is still alive and giving updates, albeit rather smallish ones. There's no use in calling twitter/myspace updates dubious if they have been made by legit members of HS. It's that type of ignorance by some members that's rather tiresome. I definitely explained the X and Y's why I think differently and why people should stop doubting when it's obvious one shouldn't doubt but just be patient.

People should be glad we still stick around and try to inform people (especially newbies) with the information we've gathered throughout the years. Perhaps it's just better to create some kind of FAQ with all the details of for instance the whole MDG persona. In order to avoid these kind of needless discussions.

[Kiwibaws]

Maybe they just don't want to rush it and release shite?

[Negamuse]

Perhaps it's just better to create some kind of FAQ with all the details of for instance the whole MDG persona. In order to avoid these kind of needless discussions.

Until you do people are going to keep popping up every so often saying "Hey guys, listen. Guys? How do we know. Listen, how do we know mdg is who he says he is?". At least if it's in the FAQ we can point at it rather than have to explain (and then get shot down for our "dogmatic" belief in the facts )

[Cryabetes]

Maybe we could do something constructive with the (months? years?) that BoC doesn't release another album and make a committee of music recommendations. Promo some albums, that sort of thing. Update monthly or whenever.


I mean, clearly, some of the posts in this thread read like the subtext is "I need something to do with my life".

[Magrathea]

Consider that I waited since 1994 to see Coroner get back together. 17 goddamn years... To that, the puny 6 years for BOC seems like a walk in the park.

I believe the way the net is moving, i.e. instant gratification is slowly nudging people in expecting everything served on their whim, while clearly the real world doesn't work like that. Of course it's fun to get our pleasure sensors zapped over and over by dopamine but it doesn't make us any cleverer.

New BOC will happen, or not, and there's nothing you can do about it, except if your are one of the brothers. Since none of us are, just enjoy the ride, care for those you love and change the world around you.

[warphead]

I just presume they are very busy working hard on some marvellous projects which will be worth the wait. So good will they be, that when it happens all hard feelings will be forgotten and all will be forgiven. That's what will happen. I hope!!!!!

Internet forums can be great things, but I think they also spawn bad behaviour and uncharacteristic attitudes. I for one have spouted a lot of shit about BoC on Watmmer, which if I am honest most of it isn't really how I feel. Things get blown out of proportion and sometimes I am just goading them and mdg. I goad them because it's a game. They play their game of silence and spookyness and I like to take a few chunks out of them just in case they read it. Maybe to bring them down to earth a bit.

Everyone here giving BOC grief about the way BOC conduct themselves would be nothing but nice as pie to them if they walked out their front door and bumped into them lol.