GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC PART II

[fujee]

Always makes me chuckle going back through the official Hexagon Sun comms on bocpages. Seems like the brothers are setting their watch to Kevin Shields time with this BoC set.

Goderich: "... the entire BOC back-catalogue is included in the recording and publishing schedules with Warp Music/EMI, and therefore is copyright protected by those parties. According to the band, the older compilations being circulated at the moment are quite likely to be re-released in the near future complete with their original artwork. Keep your eyes peeled at www.boardsofcanada.com for more news about this. Peace and all the best to you,
Goderich, Hexagon Sun, Aug 2001 ..."

[HappyCyclist]

I saw those quotes by them from 2008 or something? ”We’ve been cataloging our old unreleased works but… there are too many tracks… it’s too much work”
What are you talking about Marcus? Those early albums have fixed track lists that add up to maybe less than 100 tracks in total? Back then you deemed their contents worthy of releasing instead of the other stuff so why think now that you have to reconsider what to release publicly? Just hand those tapes off to Warp and they’ll remaster and clean them up Jesus… sorry it was just a bit puzzling to see

A few things here… when they’re talking about having too many tracks, I figure they’re talking about sketches and demos, what could amount to 100s of tracks that were never fully fleshed out for release, well beyond the tracklist of what we know of as their unreleased media.

Even just talking about the fixed tracklists for the unreleased projects we know of, saying those were deemed worthy of release isn’t quite right. Those projects were hardly released beyond a tight knit group. It makes sense they would have to reconsider those for a wide public release. Sample clearance alone could tie their hands.

And last, handing them off to Warp for them to finish the job absolutely does not sound like something they would do. Nor should they. It’s commendable they have restraint here. They could choose to print money, but their artistic integrity is more important to them

[sillik7]

Probably not anything new, but I just discovered that:
http://www.boardsofcanada.com redirects to Warp.net, while
http://boardsofcanada.com redirects to Bleep
...Strange that the "www" matters.

[Altruizine]

I saw those quotes by them from 2008 or something? ”We’ve been cataloging our old unreleased works but… there are too many tracks… it’s too much work”
What are you talking about Marcus? Those early albums have fixed track lists that add up to maybe less than 100 tracks in total? Back then you deemed their contents worthy of releasing instead of the other stuff so why think now that you have to reconsider what to release publicly? Just hand those tapes off to Warp and they’ll remaster and clean them up Jesus… sorry it was just a bit puzzling to see

A few things here… when they’re talking about having too many tracks, I figure they’re talking about sketches and demos, what could amount to 100s of tracks that were never fully fleshed out for release, well beyond the tracklist of what we know of as their unreleased media.

Even just talking about the fixed tracklists for the unreleased projects we know of, saying those were deemed worthy of release isn’t quite right. Those projects were hardly released beyond a tight knit group. It makes sense they would have to reconsider those for a wide public release. Sample clearance alone could tie their hands.

And last, handing them off to Warp for them to finish the job absolutely does not sound like something they would do. Nor should they. It’s commendable they have restraint here. They could choose to print money, but their artistic integrity is more important to them

Right. I was originally under the impression that the early catalog was either meant to remain private or they didn’t think very highly of it. It was news to me that they’ve actually gone on record being rather affirmative about releasing it, just putting it off because ”better things to do”. I’m trying to work out what the logical conclusion is here, it seems maybe they want to do a singular official compilation of whatever old stuff they’re willing to part with and be done with it. Not put out that catalog that used to be on their website and some years later go ”oh btw here are some bonus tracks to go with that”

Maybe they’ll dismantle the albums then and put out some all-purpose ”selected old works” who knows. Works for me

[Sherbet Head]

My hope for the existence of the BOCset is purely off the back of MDG stating they were working on one. It seems cruel to announce and then renege on that. New album on the 26th of June, BOCset by October is my guess. If that is indeed the case then pass me the defibrillator, the thought of the anticipation of a new album with the added anticipation of their archived works a few months after, may induce cardiac arrest/soiled underwear/both.

As insane as it would be to get a new album and the BoCset in the same year, I would kinda prefer it if the releases were staggered. It'll be nice to live with a fresh project for a little while as, after all, they usually take some time to unpack. Then maybe the archival stuff a year later?

[BodyOfChrist]

I can’t see them releasing these supposedly old albums. I don’t believe they ever existed. You got to wonder why they once listed all the names and artwork of these albums and never release them. It was just about creating a mystique. If they were that secretive they wouldn’t even tell you their names or their artwork.

If they’ve created some music retrospectively then that would be funny. But I don’t think they’re as active musically as they make out in interviews. They may have been in their early twenties. But not now for a long time. It looks like they even struggle the old they’ve gotten. Let’s hear what’s to come anyhow. But to me it hints towards a brainwashed, controlled population. Turquoise blind eyes.

[BodyOfChrist]

“Humans can drastically reduce their carbon footprint “

Yep… that’s all it is.

“Want to save the planet? Kill yourself”

Was a phrase I heard once on a Malthusian inspired Xbox 360 game. I forget what it was called.

I don’t think people can just change. We’re locked in to our destruction now. War must force change upon us. Without war we have 50 year old single manchilds playing video games.

There was a man recently arrested for murdering his girlfriend. When the police arrived to arrest him his response was “oh no… I’m going to miss GTA6 now”

I think some people here would be like that in concern for their precious BoC release? Maybe the object is NOT to buy it but to reject it. Reject ALL entertainment and digital media/ technology. That’s the real monster and destroyer.

[derp!]

um..

what?

[Altruizine]

Btw I probably have to start holding back on sharing every lukewarm take but originally I thought especially the two posters on the right looked AI generated. Seeing them in higher res now supports that impression. The child that's looking at the parent looks pretty uncanny. It might be deliberate and the posters (and perhaps even the album) are all about entering the soulless AI slop era

[BodyOfChrist]

I think we’ve been in the soulless slop arena since 2000. Maybe the millennium bug happened?

[Negamuse]

Seven hexagons. A hexagon has six sides

"6 7"

[synthonic]

Over on Reddit a user spotted that 5 frames exist in the NTSC tapes that don't exist in the PAL tapes:

https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1sjbggg/pal_tapes_are_missing_these_frames/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

If you interpret each image in sequence you get something like LOOK VIDEO MASK FLAG/BANNER for the first 4, and I'm not sure about the 5th. The word spoken in the original video for that frame (found here https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1si8yiu/possible_source_of_one_the_men_with_sunglasses/ ) is INSTANT.

I feel like this must be something.

[deadfly]

Yeah I just saw that and I think it's pretty significant

[BodyOfChrist]

There’s a venue in Glasgow called St Luke’s. Looks like you can hire the entire space for events.

I think they’re doing a live show.

https://www.stlukesglasgow.com/special-events/

[BodyOfChrist]

Plus it’s an old Church. Laugh party Geogaddi style.

[fujee]

Seven hexagons. A hexagon has six sides

"6 7"

This is the breakthrough we needed

[HerbTurkey]

Over on Reddit a user spotted that 5 frames exist in the NTSC tapes that don't exist in the PAL tapes:

https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1sjbggg/pal_tapes_are_missing_these_frames/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

If you interpret each image in sequence you get something like LOOK VIDEO MASK FLAG/BANNER for the first 4, and I'm not sure about the 5th. The word spoken in the original video for that frame (found here https://www.reddit.com/r/boardsofcanada/comments/1si8yiu/possible_source_of_one_the_men_with_sunglasses/ ) is INSTANT.

I feel like this must be something.

Mentioned it on reddit but i’ll also mention it here. Im very curious about the added hexagonal borders to some frames, especially considering how we have mysteriously found the source of the riffle shot and that hexagonal border wasn’t originally there.

[HappyCyclist]

Had they used the 7 hexagon icon before, or is it new for the VHS and these posters? I thought I had seen it before but may have been misremembering…

I was likely getting it confused with this: https://bocpages.org/wiki/File:Hexagons.jpg from Trans Canada Highway

It works well because it’s instantly recognizable as BOC. For me, the house and trees graphic is their most iconic

[HerbTurkey]

Had they used the 7 hexagon icon before, or is it new for the VHS and these posters? I thought I had seen it before but may have been misremembering…

I was likely getting it confused with this: https://bocpages.org/wiki/File:Hexagons.jpg from Trans Canada Highway

It works well because it’s instantly recognizable as BOC. For me, the house and trees graphic is their most iconic

Yeah this is a development, before it was a hexagon split into 6 triangles, each representing a different release. I believe the inclusion of the 7th to be significant for this reason.

[HappyCyclist]

Yeah, I’ve seen that graphic, but is that official? Notably, Tomorrow’s Harvest isn’t represented in that piece.

If I were to count out their albums, I don’t know that I would land on this upcoming project as being number 7…