Boards of Canada Announce New Album Titled Inferno

That album will feature eighteen songs, with early clips hinting at a darker, more ominous sound.
Inferno Boards of Canada Release

Last week, Boards of Canada dropped “Tape 05,” the first new snippet of music from the duo since 2013’s Tomorrow’s Harvest. It was an intriguing piece of music that, as I wrote, was hopefully a sign of much more to come. And as it turns out, that was indeed the case.

Earlier today, Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin announced Inferno, their fifth album and first full-length in thirteen years. Multiple pre-order options are available, including a couple of vinyl editions, and the album will also be released on CD and digital. To promote Inferno, Boards of Canada released a short YouTube clip that, like “Tape 05,” seems to hint at a darker, more ominous approach to the duo’s trademark hauntology.

Here’s the full tracklist:

  1. Introit
  2. Prophecy at 1420 MHz
  3. Hydrogen Helium Lithium Leviathan
  4. Age of Capricorn
  5. Father and Son
  6. Somewhere Right Now in the Future
  7. Naraka
  8. Acts of Magic
  9. Memory Death
  10. The Word Becomes Flesh
  11. Into the Magic Land
  12. Blood in the Labyrinth
  13. Deep Time
  14. All Reason Departs
  15. Arena Americanada
  16. The Process
  17. You Retreat in Time and Space
  18. I Saw Through Platonia

Inferno will be released by Warp Records on May 29, 2026.

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