Boards of Canada have shared a new recording called “Tape 05,” which marks their first new music in 13 years.
The influential Scottish electronic duo haven’t released an album since 2013’s Tomorrow’s Harvest, but they’ve occasionally reemerged over the years to offer remixes, archival reissues, and an NTS DJ set for Warp Records’ 30th anniversary in 2019. Last month, the band sent fans into a frenzy by mailing out VHS tapes featuring their signature hexagonal logo. According to reddit threads, Discogs users, and a Boards of Canada fan site, the tapes contained audio from an ad for a Christian Bible school magazine that was discontinued in 1991.
Then, they launched a poster campaign with eerie artwork akin to the design found on their 1998 album Music Has the Right to Children; the posters went up in London, New York, California, and Shibuya, Japan’s Liquidroom venue. Warp, their longtime label, hasn’t confirmed a new project from the duo, but they did post a carousel of photos of the posters to their Instagram page on April 14th.
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“Tape 05” then appeared on the duo’s YouTube page on the morning of April 16th, although Warp and Boards of Canada have made no official confirmations that a new album is on the way. Still, “Tape 05” certainly boasts Boards of Canada’s unique, evocative style; with an ambient crawl featuring strings and a thick atmosphere of sound, it’s a nerve-touching turn from the duo. The song really illuminates itself close to the two-minute mark, where the clouds part and warm, hopeful chords begin to ring out. Check out “Tape 05” below.
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