I went into the record shop across the road from me yesterday morning and saw the latest Board of Canada album in the front of the rack of new releases going for a cool 40 quid. Lumme. I remember buying freshly released records for a fiver or so. Back in the day. I suspect I'll never own it, But I'm listening to it now as the sun sets and imagine I'll probably listen to it on a regular basis. All year and beyond. Because frankly it's a completely staggering achievement. .
Now the sun is up, it's Sunday morning and I'm listening to it again. It has heft and gravitas. It feels like a document for our time. It's the Scittish duio s furst album for 13 years and I imagine I'll be playing it on loop.Record reviews hint at the great themes; the occult, doomsday, climate collapse, melancholy, depression, mourning, grief, economic, political, cultural upheaval. Same as it ever was. The Manson family read all kinds of similar things into Beatles songs and it led them to do monstrous things. Perhaps they should have just staye at hope and listened to and appreciated the music. . Inferno should be played as a suite.That's what I'll be doing.
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