Better Late Than Never

Back with the letter B. Pardon my tardiness, I've got a couple reviews for today's post.

B is for Boards of Canada. Incidentally a Scottish duo, Boards of Canada draw their name and some inspiration from The National Film Board of Canada. Their music has a lot of warm analog sounds and synth melodies, similar to 70's and 80's NFB documentaries. [example]
I don't know how well suited I am to reviewing artists, since my first instinct is to just say "go listen to this and this and this!" but I'm giving it a go.
My first exposure to Boards of Canada was the album Geogaddi, and it's still one of my favorite records. Boards of Canada is great to throw on, whether you're doing something and need a good background sound, driving, or just chilling. I for one like to sit down and examine some truly interesting music once in a while.
I found that The Campfire Headphase incorporated a lot more rock-style instrumentation than earlier works. A welcome addition to be sure, and also an interesting departure for them. [example]
Boards of Canada will probably leave you feeling a little nostalgic if, like me, you grew up watching astronomy, biology, and history documentaries by the National Film Board of Canada, and don't think that's a coincidence.

Clearly that's what they were going for, and they've pulled it off flawlessly.

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B is also for Buyproduct. This artist is actually somebody I know, but I'll try to remain unbiased. His album Enwirement is pretty heavy on the electronic, which I always enjoy. Everything is really well produced, and the lyrics are outstanding, in my opinion.


I especially liked the lines "Grinding the gears to take us apart, some of our brain, all of our heart, leave us intact, with modified cells, looking the same but just a shell of ourselves."

There's a lot of industrial/dance style music on the record, but some of the songs change it up a fair bit.



Now as much as I'd love to, I'm not going to embed the whole damn album on here, but I'd just like to throw down some other tracks you should check out. I recommend A Tonne of Misticking, Riding Whales, and Soft Bones. Also worthy of mention is Lost in Thought, which has some fucking sweet sound bytes from David After Dentist. Hell yeah!
That's a fair bit to start with. If you like what you hear, listen to the whole album on Soundcloud. That page includes some lyrics too, which is handy. I would've gone into the lyrical content of this album, but I'd rather let you hear it for yourself.

Alright, that's that. I'll just tack a quick personal update on here. I've started drawing again, and as soon as I can get my hands on a scanner, I'll probably do some uploading.
Also, my brother just submitted a t-shirt design to Threadless. It's still pending approval, but you guys should all check it out and maybe give it a thumbs up.

Later, John the Revelator.