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portiss wrote:They know the fanbase ''hates'' them for not giving them info, I don't think they would fuck us over so bad by answering YES to that question, just to tease us. I don't think they would do that.

They knew exactly what the guy meant, and they knew exactly what question they were answering. Ofcourse, they answered YES to the question if the rumours were rife, but they knew the real question, and they responded to that.

Why the hell would they never post anything, but post yes to a dumb question like that? They knew, and they gave us some info.

Bryan wrote: but at the end of the day I'd much rather be listening to a new album than think about the hours and hours I've spent reading through these posts over the years.

Bryan wrote:...

If as usual another six months pass with no album you'll see that silence be twisted in a way that strengthens the core belief of an imminent release. It's a cognitive bias built on top of a strong emotional investment, almost religious in nature. All competing information and logic must be selectively ignored in order to protect the emotional stability of the belief. Pretty fascinating stuff in it's own right, but at the end of the day I'd much rather be listening to a new album than think about the hours and hours I've spent reading through these posts over the years.

LuminalStasis wrote:My sick sense of humor imagined that the next album will consist entirely of barely audible dronelike syths while a computerized voice reads all the posts in this thread.

Fredd-E wrote:

Rodheh wrote: They responded to a question about rumors with absolutely no information whatsoever and then they redacted their post. I'm not sure how one can infer that "yes" means anything other than a literal answer to the question that was asked, which was "rumors of a new album are rife" or something of the like.

They did not redact their post.
https://www.facebook.com/boardsofcanada/posts/10150621277593927?comment_id=21629865&offset=150&total_comments=176

Bryan wrote:

Rodheh wrote:

Fredd-E wrote:How on earth anyone can even begin to doubt that is way beyond me.

I have no doubt that there will be something new eventually, but it would seem to me ridiculous how "anyone can even begin to" take anything that Boards of Canada says about a new release with any sort of legitimacy at this point in time, now that we've been told year after year that a new album was coming soon.

You're watching people access information through the filters of faith and belief. I haven't said much this round because there has been a little more smoke than usual (perhaps signalling a fire), but the logical lesson from years of this merry-go-round remains the same - take everything short of an official Warp announcement with a huge grain of salt.

If as usual another six months pass with no album you'll see that silence be twisted in a way that strengthens the core belief of an imminent release. It's a cognitive bias built on top of a strong emotional investment, almost religious in nature. All competing information and logic must be selectively ignored in order to protect the emotional stability of the belief. Pretty fascinating stuff in it's own right, but at the end of the day I'd much rather be listening to a new album than think about the hours and hours I've spent reading through these posts over the years.

Opothecary wrote:bicycle day announcement imminent

BuShPuPpEt0 wrote:WHAT IS GOING ON!?!?!!?!?!?!?!

davey0110 wrote:Every one to their local record shops! It seems like we have 5 more to find. One was in NYC, so I imagine they are in bigger cities.