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July 2025 June 2025 ------ / ------ / ------ / XXXXXX / ------ / ------ single Boards of Canada Boards of Canada RSD 2013 Album Cover.jpg A cardboard vinyl sleeve with the Boards of Canada logo on it, the title of the release written on it (------ / ------ / ------ / XXXXXX / ------ / ------) and Warp Records copyright information. 20 April 2013 2013 Hexagon Sun (Pentland Hills, Scotland) AmbientMcGovern Kyle Boards of Canada Set Bizarre Easter Egg Hunt in Motion With Surprise Record Store Day Vinyl https://www.spin.com/2013/04/boards-of-canada-record-store-day-vinyl-clues-easter-egg/ 22 April 2013 5 November 2024 SPIN 8 December 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231208091252/https://www.spin.com/2013/04/boards-of-canada-record-store-day-vinyl-clues-easter-egg/ live electronicaMichaels Sean Does Boards of Canada's record-store clue point to new album? https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/apr/22/boards-of-canada-clue-new-album 22 April 2013 5 November 2024 The Guardian 10 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140110135000/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/apr/22/boards-of-canada-clue-new-album live 40 Warp Marcus Eoin, Mike Sandison Telephasic Workshop / Roygbiv 1998 Reach for the Dead 2013 "------ / ------ / ------ / XXXXXX / ------ / ------" is a song by the Scottish electronic music duo Boards of Canada. It was created as part of a promotional campaign for their fourth studio album, Tomorrow's Harvest (2013). It was exclusively released as a limited-edition single-sided 12-inch vinyl record. While the release of the single coincided with 2013's Record Store Day, the record was hand-delivered to record stores by employees of Warp Records.Young Alex Update: Boards of Canada tease new music with surprise Record Store Day release https://consequence.net/2013/04/boards-of-canada-tease-new-music-with-surprise-record-store-day-release/ Consequence 23 April 2013 4 November 2024 4 November 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241104234857/https://consequence.net/2013/04/boards-of-canada-tease-new-music-with-surprise-record-store-day-release/ live While six copies of the single are confirmed to exist,Breihan Tom Boards Of Canada Release Mysterious 12″ For Record Store Day https://www.stereogum.com/1327742/boards-of-canada-release-mysterious-12-for-record-store-day/news/ 5 November 2024 Stereogum 22 April 2013 only three have been actually found.Wilson Scott Rare Boards of Canada vinyl appears on Discogs for $4,500 https://www.factmag.com/2016/03/31/boards-of-canada-rare-vinyl-tomorrows-harvest-discogs/ Fact 31 March 2016 4 November 2024 Background After the release of The Campfire Headphase (2005) and Trans Canada Highway (2006), Eoin and Sandison "took some time out, and spent some time travelling".Pattison Louis Boards of Canada: 'We've become a lot more nihilistic over the years' https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/06/boards-of-canada-become-more-nihilistic The Guardian 6 June 2013 4 November 2024 21 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140721063337/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/06/boards-of-canada-become-more-nihilistic live They had also taken time to expand their studio space. In February 2012, a BBC radio personality noted that a new album from Boards of Canada was "on the way".Yenigun Sami Boards Of Canada Tap A Devout Following To Push New Album https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2013/06/13/190753152/boards-of-canada-tap-a-devout-following-to-push-new-album NPR 12 April 2013 4 November 2024 25 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240525031840/https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2013/06/13/190753152/boards-of-canada-tap-a-devout-following-to-push-new-album live A fan asked the duo on Facebook about this comment, to which they responded with "yes".Brandle Lars Boards of Canada Return with 'Tomorrow's Harvest' https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/boards-of-canada-return-with-tomorrows-harvest-1560063/ Billboard 30 April 2013 4 November 2024 2 June 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230602105621/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/boards-of-canada-return-with-tomorrows-harvest-1560063/ live Release On 20 April 2013, the same day as Record Store Day, one person was able to find a copy of the single in Other Music.Minsker Evan Boards of Canada Released a Mysterious 12" on Record Store Day https://pitchfork.com/news/50420-boards-of-canada-released-a-mysterious-12-on-record-store-day/ Pitchfork 21 April 2013 4 November 2024 The release was packaged in a basic cardboard sleeve, with the group's logo and the title of the single on the front. The audio on the record itself consisted of a distorted snippet of music,Boards Of Canada release mystery single – the full story so far https://www.factmag.com/2013/04/22/boards-of-canada-release-mystery-12-for-record-store-day/ Fact Magazine 22 April 2013 4 November 2024 1 December 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231201232350/https://www.factmag.com/2013/04/22/boards-of-canada-release-mystery-12-for-record-store-day/ live coupled with a vocoded voice reading the numbers "9-3-6-5-5-7".Jenke Tyler 13 bands with the smartest marketing campaigns in music https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/13-bands-smartest-marketing-campaigns/list/boards-of-canada--tomorrows-harvest/ Tone Deaf 6 September 2021 4 November 2024 Fans realised that the numbers likely formed a code when put together.Kreps Daniel 15 Innovative Album Releases That Shook the Music Industry https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/15-innovative-album-releases-that-shook-the-music-industry-162516/boards-of-canada-2013-39858/ Rolling Stone 9 September 2014 4 November 2024 Other pieces of the sequence were found in various places, such as a Boards of Canada fan forum, a video found on the duo's YouTube account, and two audio clips aired on BBC Radio and NPR Radio.Boards of Canada hint at album title in latest cryptic clue https://consequence.net/2013/04/boards-of-canada-hint-at-album-title-in-latest-cryptic-clue/ Consequence 26 April 2013 4 November 2024 30 May 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230530023536/https://consequence.net/2013/04/boards-of-canada-hint-at-album-title-in-latest-cryptic-clue/ live Eventually, the code could be entered on a cryptic website, to which the release date and name of their new album, Tomorrow's Harvest, was revealed. Track listing 12" single release ------ / ------ / ------ / XXXXXX / ------ / ------ 0:40 0:40 References 2010s Music Category:2013 singles Category:Boards of Canada songs Category:Warp Records singles