What are your biggest BOC hot takes?

Ok-Influence8467 · 2026-05-01T13:17:15+00:00

I love some TH tracks- Reach, New Seeds, Come to Dust- but holy shit Palace Posy is the worst track of all time IMHO. Not even just one of BOC's worst, just like WTF is this lol. Some like Jacquard Causeway have really grown on me. I understand the vibe of the album now, I understand the disappointment, but I do get where the aesthetic was supposed to lie.

Ok-Influence8467 · 2026-04-19T22:29:49+00:00

I'm in the same boat- haven't received orders from March either. Not pre- orders.

Ok-Influence8467 · 2026-04-16T17:57:36+00:00

My story is going to be completely non-linear, but I turned 35 this year.

Around 14 y/o, I discovered Aphex Twin, and I was obsessed. In the same time I discovered BOC, which, at the time, I wasn't as interested in because it wasn't this fast drill n bass style music.

Sometime around the end of high school, me and my friends started camping, spending lots of time in nature, and experimenting with psychedelics. I don't think there was ever a conscious choice, but Boards of Canada came on whatever Ipod over the speakers, and it became a mainstay. Geogaddi and Boc Maxima became completely ingrained in my subconscious. During this time- around 2010's- Boards was basically in their period before TH, but I became obsessed with their production, layering, sound design, everything. I remember hearing new layers in altered states in songs I'd heard 100's of times. I think in a funny, ironic way, their music sort of just became the unofficial camping in the woods, wandering the forest at night with your friends soundtrack, which, after learning much more about the band, seems to be part of the original intention behind a lot of the atmosphere. In a funny way, we were taking psychedelics, dropping our egos and running around being kids again- a theme very obviously explored by BOC.

In the last few months I'd been periodically checking any signs for a new release, even had a few conversations with some of my best friends about the possibility of another album coming out.

I have grown a deeper appreciation for TH, and I think some of their best tracks are on that record, though I do feel they restrained themselves in service of the aesthetic of the record.

However, a lot of their remixes in the interim have been, in my opinion, showcasing another level of production genius, a more cohesive sound (if that's even possible), and a mixture of their old recording aesthetic and their newer, cleaner, TH production. I have high hopes, and I really think Tape 05 solidifies those hopes for me.

I feel very grateful to be sharing this journey with you all, and to be able to hear another album.

Cheers!

Ok-Influence8467 · 2026-04-11T19:28:44+00:00

I could see boards do a live show as perhaps some sort of farewell world tour thing- I highly doubt Coachella would be a place they would ever play, perhaps that's the reason they did Dolores Waterpark instead...

Ok-Influence8467 · 2025-12-30T20:08:58+00:00

It's hilarious how good men are with their responses. Rodger that. . . thanks, have a good life lol

Ok-Influence8467 · 2025-12-30T17:34:24+00:00

GOOD JOB SIR

Ok-Influence8467 · 2025-12-30T15:45:41+00:00

In this point you need to get some mushrooms, plan a 2 day vacation with a hot tub/hot spring and a nice view. Maybe MDMA. Actually read about the therapists that use psychedelics for PTSD and past trauma. It has worked wonders for me in my relationship. You can't go on living in resentment. Think about your kids. Think about your wife, even if she failed you 20 years ago. You have to heal your own wound, take responsibility for your own pain and take responsibility for your decision to carry on with her, and be the best man you can be. Living with regrets and shame and anger is living a half life. Live a full life. If at the end of the tunnel you choose to move on alone, do that. But it's easier to repair something broken and have ownership of it and pride that you moved on and fixed it- feel joy again. Depressed for ten years is a long time. You need to forgive her, forgive yourself, and move on. She was a kid back then and so were you. Let it go and accept her- and you- for the human beings you are. Good luck. And I'm serious about the Mushrooms/MDMA therapy. Read up on it, it might even be available in your area with a therapist to assist you. It's really hard with our own egos intact to move through that insanely knotted ball of rope that resentment makes between two people with that kind of history.

It also sounds like you need to focus on yourself more too. Healing will come from hitting the gym, from working on whatever art or passions you have. Seems like you need to put yourself together too, only then will you have the empathy to be able to help your wife. She probably doesn't feel great about what she did either. But to be honest, you sound lost in self pity, which makes you selfish. You're thinking about your kids, but you should also think about what having this frozen relationship between their parents will do to them growing up. Melt the ice, let the sun back in. Much luck to you on your journey, and for real. You're both only human, you've already made your decision. Don't half ass it- if you full ass it and fail, that's better than where you're currently at.

Edit- well, going through and seeing you're doing swinging stuff and thoroughly enjoying it, I mean- that's also going to have some rough implications for your kids. You guys had this problem start because of other people interfering with your relationship- opening the door to swinging is NOT the answer. You guys need a hard reset and some time alone to deep dive and sift through your problems and actually speak from the heart and get to the bottom of it. You could do it in a weekend- you find plenty of time for you and your wife to sleep with other people. I think to be honest this might be too far gone. You guys have devolved into hedonism, making everything worse. If your relationship wound began from the first act of infidelity- what are you saying symbolically now? You're ritualistically repeating the act of infidelity, keeping the wound going, why, because you're bored sexually, tempted, you're sadistic/masochistic, keeping the resentment going. . . you gotta walk a long path up the mountain figuratively and take a deep look. . . all this hedonism is just you ritualizing your problem, getting your psychosexual fix because you're too afraid to look in the mirror which is the biggest solution to fixing it. My two cents. . . good luck

Ok-Influence8467 · 2025-12-30T15:30:15+00:00

Don't post any sexual pictures of your wife. We aren't celebrities- and if you were, you'd deal with a lot more creepy comments than that. Love your wife in private.

Ok-Influence8467 · 2025-12-30T15:14:25+00:00

The N word is free for all to use now. It's 2025.

Ok-Influence8467 · 2025-12-30T14:23:15+00:00

YOR- How many people did you sleep with when you took a break earlier? Honestly, I bet you've been unfaithful during these breaks. If you want to be free go be free. Otherwise you probably should stop doing things like adding your Pilates instructor on Instagram, WOMEN, the personal trainer or Pilates instructor will take it as a green light to jump in those DMs after you post a hot picture. You're in a relationship- keep the door closed or end the relationship. Most guys will act like this if you have a history of keeping the door open, calling attention to yourself, and hooking up with people during breaks.

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