bored of canada

Inferno, the new Boards of Canada album, is released this week; coming thirteen years after their last album Tomorrow's Harvest. After a 13 year wait, the fanbase is sufficiently excited to hear it. It has, however, already received a lukewarm review from The Guardian, basically calling it boring and that we've heard it all before. This is a particular problem for a band like BoC - and Portishead before them. They have a signature sound, a specific aesthetic that is unique to them. If they change their sound they run the risk of alienating the fans who want to hear more of the stuff they like. If they stay the same then they're boring and predictable, we've Heard It All Before. (Their album 'The Campfire Headphase' is widely accepted to be their weakest effort among fans, mainly because it diverted somewhat from the BoC formula by adding guitars and real drums to the mix). Boards of Canada's music mainly consists of analogue synthesisers; drum loops or drum machines; vocal samples…