GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC

[bizcastl]

I think production finished on LP5 in June 2022, and the release date was determined in July 2023.

That would explain mdg saying an album is on its way, and why BoC have been linking to their socials lately. mdg only said an album was on its way after it was 100% certain it was finished and BoC is only telling us where to expect announcements after it was 100% certain those announcements would happen.

Just trying to think of what most logically explains their recent activity.

Hopefully that also means it's not long now...

[luminousdusk]

Soon.. All our questions will be answered and fears will disappear

[Orbited insanitarium]

Soon.. All our questions will be answered and fears will disappear

Then soon.. I can come back to twoism.org.

[rodox_head]

In a fit of rage, Murk frisbee'd the only printed copy of the new album into the street like a stale pancake.

You can all go home now, we need to clean up before the Lifehouse concert at 9.

[luminousdusk]

How about we all chip in to fund some remote viewing so we can see the situation at HS

[qukk_]

I think production finished on LP5 in June 2022, and the release date was determined in July 2023.

That would explain mdg saying an album is on its way, and why BoC have been linking to their socials lately. mdg only said an album was on its way after it was 100% certain it was finished and BoC is only telling us where to expect announcements after it was 100% certain those announcements would happen.

Just trying to think of what most logically explains their recent activity.

Hopefully that also means it's not long now...

What date was determined back in July?

[Burning Shadow]

I'm curious why you say the BoC record is clearly in Warp's hands now? I've been lurking this thread semi-regularly, but did I miss some piece of evidence, aside from the social media activity (likes, Threads setup, etc)?

MDG said the album was "On its way" which I'd assume means Warp has it and is in the process of releasing it (however long it takes.)

I think I actually speculated back in 2021 that I Feel Good was them celebrating that they finished the project.

We really have no idea what I Feel Good means but it does feel like a cheeky way to celebrate them finishing a highly sought after project. But your mileage may vary. Could mean nothing.

My opinion of course but MDG has been kind of irrelevant for 10 years. Album on its way in no way translates to imminent.


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Agreed. it’s wishful thinking to think “album on its way” is the same as “album finished”

[Echelon]

2024 is the year.

Personally, I felt 2014 was the cut off for a TH follow up EP. People were talking about that as late as 2016 but it really never made sense to me. I didn't feel any meaningful release was reasonable after that until shortly after covid hit and that pushed everything back. I felt 2022 was unlikely but not impossible, same with 2023. Next year we are either getting an album or a compilation.

Unless something goes horribly wrong, I don't believe Boards is the kind of band that does nothing for ten years and then announces their retirement a la Daft Punk. That's not their nature at all. They would release something and then tell us after the fact they were done for the foreseeable future. A bit like Radiohead. They're working and not talking about it. We're going to hear something very close to that something being ready to present and that will be soon.

I agree with this wholeheartedly. Aphex came back and released a new EP after five years. The next step up is a BOC album...then a full length Aphex album.

That's the order I predict things will roll out.

Also MDG was never irrelevant since he rightfully predicted Tomorrow's Harvest. I have a good feeling he predicted another new album too.

My personal pet theory is announcement at the end of the year to keep us excited over the holidays for a release next year. Squarepusher did this with his comeback from Dec 2019 into Jan 2020 and the album was fantastic. Let us just have faith they are getting all their ducks in a row!

[Davism]

I think production finished on LP5 in June 2022, and the release date was determined in July 2023.

That would explain mdg saying an album is on its way, and why BoC have been linking to their socials lately. mdg only said an album was on its way after it was 100% certain it was finished and BoC is only telling us where to expect announcements after it was 100% certain those announcements would happen.

Just trying to think of what most logically explains their recent activity.

Hopefully that also means it's not long now...

I think this take makes the most sense. Why post the "I Feel Good" if there was no significance? Why bother posting that at all? And yes, I don't think MGD would have let the cat out of the bag if the album wasn't done.

Unless something crazy happened to them that we'll never learn of. Anyone ever see The Pledge with Jack Nicholson? I think of that ending often when the album continues to not show up.

[Sherbet Head]

Album on its way in no way translates to imminent.

Yup. I said this at the time and got blasted for it, yet here we are, 17 months later with not even a murmur.

I'm absolutely not buying the theory that Warp have had this album ready to go since June 2022.

Pre-planning for marketing roll-outs doesn't take as long as many of you may think, and pressing plant delays aren't what they were throughout the pandemic. OPN finished his new album earlier in the year and Warp put it out last month. King Gizzard submitted their album for mastering in July and you can literally go out and buy the vinyl today.

The most likely factor surrounding the Danny Brown delay was the whole sample clearance process. He's famously had trouble with samples on previous projects, so I expect the same situation happened again here. It can take a very long time. Did nobody learn from The Avalanches' Wildflower?

I believe mdg's correspondence was nothing more than a casual update to put all the "BOC ARE OVER" doomsayers to rest.

[Davism]

Anyone still considering the significance of the Pioneer Plaque? Their FB Hell Interface profile pictures were uploaded on a seemingly significant date (April 7th 2021 US Time, perhaps April 6th UK time). As we already knew, April 6th was Pioneer's launch, but the same black profile pictures were re-uploaded last September 1st 2022. September 1st 1979 is when the probe went by Saturn.

Sorry if this September 1st date was already mentioned, but I'm still inclined to believe the forthcoming album is space themed and probably completed. It seems like for some reason they let the cat out of the bag a little too early.

https://earthsky.org/space/this-date-in ... st-saturn/

[drixlin]

Alright, I don't normally wade into the theory waters too much, but I have thoughts....

The next album (and I firmly believe there is one complete and it was delayed out of their control - see Danny Brown) will be space and/or tech-themed.

Announcement: will it be a simple "here's our new album, it's dropping on *insertdate*" or would/should we expect something more? Personally, I could see them going further down the tech route. The TH ARG was incredible, but unlikely to be repeated - that being said, with the explosive rise in AI and VR/AR tech within the last few years, could we see something like a companion art app released? I believe someone else did something similar recently (AFX?), so I wouldn't necessarily think it would be the same - but could we see some sort of art companion merged with tech as part of this release?

I have absolutely nothing to base any of this on, so take it as you will...but their work so far has covered so many different themes that I wouldn't be shocked to see space/tech represented. I may be letting my own personal bias drive this a little bit, but hey! It's all speculation anyway, haha!

[WaitingFor_22]

I'm all for a new ARG

[hexagonFox]

Tonight Is a Full moon,
Its also the day the domain name either expires or gets renewed for http://www.newcleardawn.com/

https://www.whois.com/whois/newcleardawn.com

[arvy]

I'm all for a new ARG

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[rodox_head]

Tonight Is a Full moon,
Its also the day the domain name either expires or gets renewed for http://www.newcleardawn.com/

https://www.whois.com/whois/newcleardawn.com

Full moon...

[hexagonFox]

Anyone still considering the significance of the Pioneer Plaque? Their FB Hell Interface profile pictures were uploaded on a seemingly significant date (April 7th 2021 US Time, perhaps April 6th UK time). As we already knew, April 6th was Pioneer's launch, but the same black profile pictures were re-uploaded last September 1st 2022. September 1st 1979 is when the probe went by Saturn.

Sorry if this September 1st date was already mentioned, but I'm still inclined to believe the forthcoming album is space themed and probably completed. It seems like for some reason they let the cat out of the bag a little too early.

https://earthsky.org/space/this-date-in ... st-saturn/

100 %%

[Jango9]

I have sources deep within Warp that are confirming to me, through back-channels, that the release will drop Sept 31, 2023. You read it here first folks.

I was just now combing through here looking for something else and found this post that aged spectacularly poorly lmao, do with it as you will

[arvy]

I have sources deep within Warp that are confirming to me, through back-channels, that the release will drop Sept 31, 2023. You read it here first folks.

I was just now combing through here looking for something else and found this post that aged spectacularly poorly lmao, do with it as you will

So close, yet so far

Those who don't try, don't drink the champagne

[steeldancer-x]

Happy Halloween everyone