Boards of Canada - In a Beautiful Place out in the Country

Forget everything you ever thought was dull or ponderous about ambient music, as Boards Of Canada return like Aeschylusian heroes -- unbound from a genre that often sounds like a washing machine begging for a swift kick. Pay attention, Radiohead. Boards Of Canada traced a disturbed childhood in the arctic, austere Music Has The Right To Children, but here there's a slightly warmer feeling. More central, tweaked vocals add a new dimension to the "hard beats + bittersweet melodies" pattern of the past; songs like the gorgeous, ice-melting "Zoetrope" glide along on simple celestial glimmers without a single bassline in sight. Read More