{"id":2376388,"date":"2026-04-16T18:17:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2376388"},"modified":"2026-04-16T18:17:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:17:47","slug":"listen-to-tape-05-the-first-new-boards-of-canada-song-in-13-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/listen-to-tape-05-the-first-new-boards-of-canada-song-in-13-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen to &#8216;Tape 05&#8217;, the first new Boards of Canada song in 13 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-906723\">\n<div class=\"featured-img\"><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"article-meta-left\">\n<p> <time datetime=\"2026-04-16T19:15:19+01:00\">Thu 16 April 2026 19:15, UK<\/time> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Elite <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/tags\/ambient\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ambient<\/a> musicians Boards of Canada have shared their first new song in 13 years, titled \u2018Tape 05\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish electronic duo unceremoniously uploaded the new track to their YouTube page after a poster campaign was spotted on walls around central London, New York, California, and Shibuya, Japan\u2019s Liquidroom venue.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-video GRVVideo GRVPrimisVideo\"\/>\n<p>Additionally, last month the band mailed fans VHS tapes, which included their signature hexagonal logo; as per <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/04\/boards-of-canada-tape-05-new-song\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Consequence<\/a>, <\/em>the tapes contained audio from an ad for a Christian Bible school magazine that was discontinued in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>The new track, \u2018Tape 05\u2019, has not yet been acknowledged by the band, but is as emotionally evocative as fans have come to expect from their dizzying discography.<\/p>\n<p>Their label, Warp, has shared it on their social accounts, but the song has yet to hit streaming services, and the uploaded video file on YouTube has no press release or notes attached.<\/p>\n<p>Boards of Canada last released a full-length project in 2013; <em>Tomorrow\u2019s Harvest <\/em>followed up eight years of silence following 2005\u2019s <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/five-electronic-albums-rock-lovers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">The Campfire Headphase.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The air of mystery around the current project is typical for the duo. In 2005, they gave an extremely rare interview with <em>The Guardian <\/em>to combat spiralling <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/boards-of-canada-the-two-headed-banksy-of-the-music-world\/\">fan theories that their music was satanic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople were understanding things from our music that we didn\u2019t put in there,\u201d Michael Sandison told\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160306060433\/http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/interviews\/6151-boards-of-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Pitchfork<\/em><\/a>\u00a0in 2005, \u201c[They] were saying there was an evil undercurrent to everything. And we are not like that at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The band, formed by Sandison\u00a0and\u00a0Marcus Eoin,\u00a0triumphantly\u00a0became a defining act for\u00a0Warp Records\u00a0during the late 1990s and early 2000s.<\/p>\n<p>On \u2018Tape 05\u2019, the brothers explore the same downtempo rhythm and vintage textures that earned them a cult following in the past; if the reaction to their mysterious marketing scheme is anything to go by, Boards of Canada are set to enjoy an even bigger fan base 13 years on.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tape 05\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6bghDcbzfEU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article-follow preferred-source\" style=\"display:flex;justify-content:flex-start\">\n<div class=\"article-sharing google-follow\" style=\"\"> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"\"> <span>ADD AS A PREFERRED SOURCE ON GOOGLE<\/span> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/far-out-magazine\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/a> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"incontent-container\">\n<div class=\"incontent-content\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h6>The Far Out Music Newsletter<\/h6>\n<p>All the latest music news from the independent voice of culture.<br \/>Straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source faroutmagazine.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Press Thu 16 April 2026 19:15, UK Elite ambient musicians Boards of Canada have shared their first new song in 13 years, titled \u2018Tape 05\u2019. 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