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      Boards of Canada
      The Campfire Headphase
      (Warp Records)
      Boards Of Canada: the name is mysterious and just a touch forbidding.
The group's track titles similarly combine an eye for poetic resonance,
nostalgia and the peculiar. Until now the group have remained mute and
allowed their music and texts to speak for them, while an ever-inquisitive
public have projected their own images upon their shadowy outlines. The
lengthy periods of silence that have accreted between their infrequent
releases have only served to amplify the fascination.
      Music Has The Right To Children (1998) and the EP, In A Beautiful
Place In The Countryside (2000), forged their reputation for a haunted
nostalgia that at times touched the sublime. Once led into their labyrinth
by the dreamy voices of cult members and the laughter of distant children,
it's difficult not to find oneself lost in reveries about long-lost
polaroids edged with the encroaching darkness of times evermore distant.
Boards Of Canada's best work teases the listener with things that lie just
beyond reach. The Campfire Headphase returns to the seductive beauty of
those works. It also successfully recaptures the fluid coherence fundamental
to the success of their hypnotic appeal, something that its predecessor,
Geogaddi ultimately failed to do.
      Given the foregoing, it seems strange that Mark and Mike Sandison have
now embarked upon a concerted campaign of demystification. Lengthy
interviews published in The Wire magazine and on the Pitchfork website
express their frustration at the public's mythmaking and talk keenly of the
ageing techniques that they apply painstakingly to their music. It's
difficult to see how such disclosure enhances their art and it's a tribute
to the strength of The Campfire Headphase that it survives this puzzlingly
banal urge.
      As with its predecessors, The Campfire Headphase initially sounds
almost too easy on the ear. The music itself offers little more than a
tweaking of the duo's template to date. The only real change is the presence
of guitars and the reduced prominence of vocal samples (where they do occur
they're much more blurred and distant than before). This latter may be a
reaction to the relentless puzzle-solving provoked by Geogaddi's multiple
references.
      Only time will tell whether Boards Of Canada can continue to produce
this kind of music without surrendering to the rule of diminishing returns.
Despite this concern, the duo remain extremely adept at creating lacunae at
the heart of their music, spaces into which you can project your own
feelings and memories. As you do so, you'll slip into a gentle whirlpool of
slowly emerging sonic details. The effect is seductive and remarkably
subtle. A perfect accompaniment to summer evenings as dusk falls, The
Campfire Headphase provides a key to the lost art of daydreaming.
      Reviewer: Colin Buttimer
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       Read other people's comments then Tell us what you think:
      Michael, Essex
      Liked this album a lot.
      Beau, SF, USA
      How old are you people? Anyone who didn't like Geogaddi must wear
pleated khakis and really like Daniel Lanois.
      grescan
      mm yeah
      Danny, London
      Same old, same old...It's nearly eight years since the first album,
yet they seems that they've failed to move on, to progress in their sound,
it almost like hearing an almost identical album. The sound of guitars on
two tracks promise a change of direction but it's up sounding like another
BOC album. Dull and disappointing
      dan, guildford
      I like the main review here it's good. I'm not sure how much I like
TCH yet, i find it quite hard to pick up, let alone put in a rating box. The
music sounds like the cover image in a kindof 'loveless' way, which is kool.
I'm not sure whether I like the music or just the concepts and boards of
canada in general, i just feel rather drawn to liking it. I think another
comparison to 'loveless' or just MBV in general is this idea that the music
doesn't jump out at you, you have to reach out into it, something Kevin
Shields talked about in an interview once. Anyway it's just lovely music,
the guitars blend beautifully and theres a real depth and intricacy to it.
It really is a daydream album.
      chris, holland
      Sounds a bit boring to me, everytime I listen to a track, I am looking
forward to a new track, hoping for something more exciting..
      Ronnie, New York, USA
      I wish I could listen on headphones at work... nonethless, Campfire,
like the rest of Boards' work slowly creeps into your mind and sticks to
your psyche after a few listens. Despite a few reviews declaring the album a
step backward, how many times can an artist go to the well and recreate
something like Music has the Right to Children? With kids now in the picture
and the brothers getting older, I cannot help but to think that I'll take
more of the same; and Campfire is a solid release that does not essentially
dissapoint.
      Matt, UK
      I've only listened to it a couple of times (I'm sure there are many
more ahead) and I think it's a very good album. Not so many great tracks as
Geogaddi (their best album) but fits together nicely.
      Michael, London
      Yeah I dunno I'm listening on headphones at work as well and can't say
I'm very impressed. Altho I'm only at track 10. I liked about half of
Geodaddi, and just about everything preceding that album, but this seems, as
ben said, a bit too clean and bland.. Subsequent listens may elicit
something else though. Everything is gestation, as Rilke said (roughly!)...
      nannydamson, 
blogger.com
      So dreamy, with a bit of crunch, like a melted Caramac bar. Great
music to stalk the fenlands to. Or to stalk an estranged lover to perhaps. I
think I'll pummice my corns whilst listening to this.
      Pete, UK
      I'm pleasantly surprised - 'Geogaddi' was a real let-down, but
'Campfire Headphase' is much more in line with their best work (particularly
'Music Has The Right To Children'). It's their most dreamy and filmic music
to date, which may not be to everyone's tastes.
      ben,uk
      I, like many others, have waited a long time for this album and I have
to say it's a real disappointment. It doesn't have the depth of their other
work and wouldn't be out of place on any bland chill-out compilation. The
drum production is uninspired and the whole thing is too clean. There are a
couple of strong tracks in there though. This album will get rave reviews
everywhere because, as I've just realised, the mystery surrounding them is
far more interesting than their music.
      Robin, Wigan
      Just listening to it now for the first time, at work on headphones,
and I am getting goosebumps...
      tom, uk
      This album is just brilliant, at first i heard a few of their songs
from the bbc shows.. i liked a few, so i looked deeper. i have always loved
BOC, and this album just tops my view of them even further. 
warp.com
 have a
small description on their website of the album, i don't tihnk that should
go a miss Anyway personally for me this album chills me out like no other
music, and very emotional, it's hard to describe but listening to tracks
like, Peacock Tai and Dayvan Cowboy is a truly unique experince. Best album
they have released by my opinion.
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