{"id":2378883,"date":"2026-04-18T12:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T12:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2378883"},"modified":"2026-04-18T12:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T12:34:08","slug":"this-is-the-closest-thing-ive-had-to-a-religious-experience-in-a-long-time-boards-of-canada-are-back-with-their-first-new-music-in-13-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/this-is-the-closest-thing-ive-had-to-a-religious-experience-in-a-long-time-boards-of-canada-are-back-with-their-first-new-music-in-13-years\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;This is the closest thing I&#8217;ve had to a religious experience in a long time&#8221;: Boards of Canada are back with their first new music in 13 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-68e1840e-4caf-4288-996c-9a4f3789f6fc\"><strong>Following a mysterious teaser campaign that saw a number of VHS tapes unexpectedly mailed to fans across the globe, Boards of Canada have seemingly returned with a <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6bghDcbzfEU\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6bghDcbzfEU\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\"><strong>new song<\/strong><\/a><strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tape 05 marks the first new music from the storied Scottish duo to be released in 13 years, since 2013&#8217;s Tomorrow&#8217;s Harvest, Boards of Canada&#8217;s fourth album.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-68e1840e-4caf-4288-996c-9a4f3789f6fc-2\">Uploaded on April 16 to the duo&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/tag\/youtube\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/tag\/youtube\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/tag\/youtube\">YouTube<\/a> account, Tape 05 is accompanied by a typically cryptic video featuring religious and cultish imagery, warped with VHS-style glitches and overlaid with Boards of Canada&#8217;s Hexagon Sun symbol.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-continues-below block py-2 text-sm\">Article continues below <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"inline-block w-2.5 h-2.5 ml-2\" fill=\"currentColor\" preserveaspectratio=\"xMidYMid meet\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 1000\"><path d=\"M1000 100L500 900 0 100h1000z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pb-0 pt-2 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 !text-base uppercase sm:text-sm font-bold&#10;        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The track itself is a darkly beautiful ambient piece that traverses multiple moods in just under three-and-a-half minutes, the eerily melancholic synths of the introduction soon giving way to looming drones and scorched fuzz, before the fog clears for a strangely uplifting, semi-orchestral finale carried by harp, organ and rising strings.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"elk-f4c1ab2b-36b3-40ac-81f6-feb114866ca1\">\n<blockquote class=\"vanilla-quoteblock\">\n<p>&#8220;More than a decade of hope has led up to this moment&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"elk-d0889b6f-0c63-456e-8877-9810d19d014a\">Testament to the passionate devotion that the Scottish duo inspire in their fans, reactions in the comments have been almost unanimously positive, with one enthusiastic listener remarking: &#8220;This is the closest thing I&#8217;ve had to a religious experience in a long time&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;More than a decade of hope has led up to this moment. I&#8217;m grateful to be alive&#8221;, said @Zaadkameraaad, while @joypowerful admitted they were &#8220;crying during my lunchbreak in my car&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>No details have yet been shared around Boards of Canada&#8217;s next project, but all signs point to the imminent release of the duo&#8217;s fifth album.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-skU6nfvaUaJ6Jbf3M2e4PP\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-skU6nfvaUaJ6Jbf3M2e4PP slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Want all the hottest music and gear news, reviews, deals, features and more, direct to your inbox? Sign up here. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On April 6, a small group of fans received VHS tapes bearing the Hexagon Sun logo, sent through distribution channels linked to BoC&#8217;s label Warp Records. The tapes contained glitchy footage and garbled audio, with a sample lifted from a radio ad for a Christian bible school magazine that ceased publication in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after, several posters with BoC-esque imagery and the Hexagon Sun logo appeared in London, New York, California and Japan, before the official Warp Records Instagram account seemingly <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXHH7TKjUtE\/?img_index=2\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DXHH7TKjUtE\/?img_index=2\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">confirmed<\/a> their legitimacy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\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 www.musicradar.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a mysterious teaser campaign that saw a number of VHS tapes unexpectedly mailed to fans across the globe, Boards of Canada have seemingly returned with a new song. 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