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Could this be a farewell?

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 12:51 pm
by Valotonin
Apologies in advance for being the one to suggest this. It is however a worst case scenario kind of theory.

Do you think that boards would formally announce it if they decided to stop releasing music to the public?

Something about TH just had a kind of send off, credits rolling, tears looming we would like to say goodbye kind of feeling to it.

I would desperately like someone to prove me wrong and put it down to pessimism.
The thought of no more boards is not a nice one, but there is still an underlying feeling.

Again, not the nicest of subjects to bring up and there will always be hope.
I'm reasonably sure that there is plenty more to come, but what if?

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 1:21 pm
by chronical
We know there's more coming, they said they're not going to stop making music any time soon so they most definitely won't stop releasing it too. This definitely is not farewell. :roll:

(And yes, it's been a year and we all want new stuff. Hold tight. It'll come.)

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 7:08 pm
by futureling
They seem like the kind of group that has loads of music in the vault, just ready to finesse into a new album or track for release. A lot is probably raw material and ideas but there is likely a lot of near finished stuff.

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 8:14 pm
by nick47
I dont know where this memory comes from but...

I believe with the release of tomorrows harvest, BoC fulfilled their contractual obligations with WARP. There MIGHT be another EP in there, but I really have no clue.
Now, that does not mean that they are finished making music, just up for another signing.

Boards have indeed said they will never stop making music, but that does not mean they will always release it.

Something I havent been able to stop thinking about though is something they said in an interview. Something along the lines of "BoC is the tip of the iceberg" which makes me think theyre interested in film making and other art, shit maybe even paintings.
But I find it highly unlikely that they will make it known to us that they are responsible for this film or that drawing, because they want people to appreciate it for what it is, not because its from the guys who make up BoC. Im almost certain they will use a fake name. So, how do we know that they have not already done something like this, and its just waiting to be discovered?

Sorry for the random block o text :lol: :roll:

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 9:35 pm
by Opothecary
They should still be on the hook for one more album with Warp. I'd like to see them self-release a boxed set of their early releases once that happens. After all, they made that music on their own without any label involvement, they should see all the proceeds too.

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 9:40 pm
by Headphase
BoC said that they have over 1000 songs. They have songs that didn't make albums, they have old songs, unreleased mix tapes and even acoustic albums. I'm hoping it gets released soon because otherwise it's lost forever

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:56 pm
by several
nick47 wrote:I dont know where this memory comes from but...

I believe with the release of tomorrows harvest, BoC fulfilled their contractual obligations with WARP. There MIGHT be another EP in there, but I really have no clue.
Now, that does not mean that they are finished making music, just up for another signing.

Boards have indeed said they will never stop making music, but that does not mean they will always release it.

Something I havent been able to stop thinking about though is something they said in an interview. Something along the lines of "BoC is the tip of the iceberg" which makes me think theyre interested in film making and other art, shit maybe even paintings.
But I find it highly unlikely that they will make it known to us that they are responsible for this film or that drawing, because they want people to appreciate it for what it is, not because its from the guys who make up BoC. Im almost certain they will use a fake name. So, how do we know that they have not already done something like this, and its just waiting to be discovered?

Sorry for the random block o text :lol: :roll:
BoC are secretly BMSR

Re: Could this be a farewell?

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 12:47 pm
by 23degreesdream
Valotonin wrote: Something about TH just had a kind of send off, credits rolling, tears looming we would like to say goodbye kind of feeling to it.
The same could be said about TCH - Farewell Fire - a few people suggested that were the case then and we got TH. From the interviews it seems clear they've been working on their studio - i'd be quietly confident they have a fair few records in them yet

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:41 pm
by thepastinsidepressant
yea they said they're spending more time than usual in the studio now after they expanded it, perhaps they moved to a new location and made a bigger studio. they also said regarding 'live' - "never say never".

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 4:50 am
by Waterbagel
thepastinsidepressant wrote:yea they said they're spending more time than usual in the studio now after they expanded it, perhaps they moved to a new location and made a bigger studio. they also said regarding 'live' - "never say never".
Word. The whole "we spent years remaking the studio to make it easier and better to make more delicious tunes" thing pretty easily leads to more music. Not necessarily more released, but I bet that's pretty likely too. :)

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 5:17 am
by Jonse
This is a band that's also stated they've spent ~3 months/weeks (whatever it was) on a hihat and teases their fanbase with a black square.

I wouldn't take their proclamation that they've got 1000 tracks or just about anything else seriously until you see it.

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 5:38 am
by qazxswplmnko
Rodheh wrote:This is a band that's also stated they've spent ~3 months/weeks (whatever it was) on a hihat...
Lol, did they really? Source? I mean, they're one of my top bands, but... why is that even necessary

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 12:33 pm
by Reynolds
qazxswplmnko wrote:
Rodheh wrote:This is a band that's also stated they've spent ~3 months/weeks (whatever it was) on a hihat...
Lol, did they really? Source? I mean, they're one of my top bands, but... why is that even necessary

Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 1:14 pm
by nick47
several wrote:
nick47 wrote:I dont know where this memory comes from but...

I believe with the release of tomorrows harvest, BoC fulfilled their contractual obligations with WARP. There MIGHT be another EP in there, but I really have no clue.
Now, that does not mean that they are finished making music, just up for another signing.

Boards have indeed said they will never stop making music, but that does not mean they will always release it.

Something I havent been able to stop thinking about though is something they said in an interview. Something along the lines of "BoC is the tip of the iceberg" which makes me think theyre interested in film making and other art, shit maybe even paintings.
But I find it highly unlikely that they will make it known to us that they are responsible for this film or that drawing, because they want people to appreciate it for what it is, not because its from the guys who make up BoC. Im almost certain they will use a fake name. So, how do we know that they have not already done something like this, and its just waiting to be discovered?

Sorry for the random block o text :lol: :roll:
BoC are secretly BMSR
:lol: :lol: :lol: I like your sense of humor

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 4:30 am
by Valotonin
Reynolds wrote:
qazxswplmnko wrote:
Rodheh wrote:This is a band that's also stated they've spent ~3 months/weeks (whatever it was) on a hihat...
Lol, did they really? Source? I mean, they're one of my top bands, but... why is that even necessary
YES 8)


Also thank you for the reassurance, people.

I had heard something about this being the final album on the current contract and started getting myself worried.

Back to anticipating a new EP it is then :D

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 12:19 pm
by Najlepsiejszy
Jesus Christ. If Aphex Twin hasn't put out anything in a while does it mean that's he's done with music?

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 6:57 pm
by AFX.NL
And even if BoC would stop releasing music, that would be their decision.

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 10:19 pm
by Iced Cooly Beatnik
Give it another year, maybe 2, and we'll see an EP or something crop up. Tomorrow's Harvest is its own entity, it's definitely BoC's most (clearly) concept-driven album, so there likely won't be a related EP in Trans Canada Highway style, meaning anything new probably won't come out soon, think of it more as ABPOITC being released after MHTRTC.

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 2:13 am
by Sun Drugs
Just wait for their kids to be old enough to leak hundreds of songs to the web for us all!

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 6:15 am
by Jonse
Najlepsiejszy wrote:Jesus Christ. If Aphex Twin hasn't put out anything in a while does it mean that's he's done with music?
I think it's likely that he'll release something on the 20th anniversary of druqks since he's waited this long.