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Track Listings
| 1. Into The Rainbow Vein |
| 2. Chromakey Dreamcoat |
| 3. Satellite Anthem Icarus |
| 4. Peacock Tail |
| 5. Dayvan Cowboy |
| 6. Moment Of Clarity |
| 7. '84 Pontiac Dream |
| 8. Sherbert Head |
| 9. 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 |
Product Description
People get excited about the prospect of a new Boards Of Canada album, and The Campfire Headphase again confirms exactly why. Coming just two years after Geogaddi--a blink of an eye, in Boards terms--this, the Scots duo’s third full length LP unfurls 15 tracks of languid, warm, but strangely absorbing soundscapes of eddying beats and trilling synth.
Lighter in tone than Geogaddi, the likes of "Satellite Anthem Icarus" replace Boards’ eerie undercurrents with a brighter, more optimistic moods. New too is the presence of guitar, albeit often of the heavily-treated variety: "Constants Are Changing" hides ringing acoustic chords in a whirlpool of woozy keyboard wash, while "Hey Saturday Sun" loops a strange, cyclical melody that’s nicely complemented by some thrumming synthetic bass lines. Mind you, the album stand-outs hail from a firmly electronic base--see "Oscar See Through Red Eye", which emerges from an ambient cocoon and gradually evolves into a distant cousin of acid house, dry handclaps and psychedelic digital blips dotted in the warm sonic mulch. Perhaps there’s not enough fresh here to confirm Boards Of Canada as cutting-edge sonic trailblazers, but as ever, their familiarity remains a strong part of their appeal, and The Campfire Headphase confirms that their quality threshold remains way up there.--Louis Pattison
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The Campfire Headphase has already achieved critical acclaim to rival its predecessors. What defines this album from previous work is Boards’ desire to simply make a melodic, beautiful record. Playing out like a road movie, The Campfire Headphase is a dense and intricate collection of music, immersing the listener in kaleidoscopic swathes of spacious live instrumentation and trademark isolated chords of sound. Here, Boards have experimented with unfiltered analogue tones from a diverse range of instruments, all of which they played themselves.
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