Album Reviews Leonard's Lair Music Reviews Leonard's Lair - Bringing you weekly updated music reviews Bringing you weekly updated music reviews
Reviews     Best     Links     About
Leonard's Lair Music Reviews Music Reviews
Music Reviews Album Reviews CD Reviews Music Reviews Indie Reviews
Alternative Reviews CD Reviews Album Reviews
CD Reviews
Reviews of Music
Album Reviews
 
Boards Of Canada Album Reviews 4out of 5
Album Reviews
The Campfire Headphase

Album Reviews
Boards Of Canada have been reluctant in interviews to describe the stories behind their music. It's a canny move, meaning that listeners try to unravel the mystery, adding meaning to the sometimes cheerful, sometimes sinister sounds when really there's probably not much of a story there at all.

The cover to new album 'The Campfire Headphase' offers a few clues to the stories: some blurred images of schoolchildren circa 1980 but the words on the record are deliberately muffled so it could be a small girl laughing or, stretching to extremes, a teenage boy being tortured. Instead, the mood has lightened since their so-called "evil" album 'Geogaddi'; this time around the synths and samples are lighter in mood. Guitars are added; not normal rock guitars of course but ghostly, off-key guitars. '84 Pontiac Dream' and 'Peacock Tail' proffer ambient music mixed up with the kind of instrumental noises made up for the BBC's 'Tomorrow's World' spoof 'Look Around You'. More robust tracks ('Oscar See Through Red Eye', 'Satellite Anthem Icarus' and 'Chromakey Dreamcoat') bubble with ideas and ever-changing beats. Perhaps the key moment is right at the end when the lovely melody to 'Farewell Fire' fades ever further into the background. Just like the rest of their fine albums, infact, that elusive quality is always there and they remain the quintessential musical engima.

Album Reviews
  Track Listing
01 Into The Rainbow Vein
02 Chromakey Dreamboat
03 Satellite Anthem Icarus
Standout Track Peacock Tail
05 Davyan Cowboy
06 A Moment Of Clarity
07 '84 Pontiac Dream
08 Sherbet Head
09 Oscar See Through Red Eye
10 Ataronchronon
11 Hey Saturday Sun
12 Constants Are Changing
13 Slow This Bird Down
14 Tears From The Compound Eye
15 Farewell Fire

Standout Track = Standout Track

Album Reviews
Weblink:
http://www.boardsofcanada.com/
Album Reviews
Also Recommended:
BBC Radiophonic Music - BBC Radiophonic Music
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Falling Through A Field, Start A People, Lost, Picking Flowers In The Woods
Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children, Geogaddi, Twoism
Skoud - Systems And Drafts
Album Reviews
print this reviewprint this review Album Reviews print this reviewemail this review
Music Reviews CD Reviews
Alternative Reviews CD Reviews Album Reviews
Alternative music reviews Album Reviews CD Reviews Record Reviews Indie Reviews
go to the top of the page Music Reviews Music Reviews Music Reviews
Music Reviews Music Reviews Music Reviews Music Reviews Music Reviews