I've been out of the loop and just now realized that Boards of Canada released a new album last month. I'm currently most of the way through it and am not impressed at all so far. It comes across as less cryptic, more obvious, and too modern and hi-fi for my tastes compared to most of their old work. And importantly I'm not hearing the chord progressions or melodic bits that grab me the way a lot of their old stuff does. I hate to say it, since Boards of Canada might be my favorite musical project, but it feels almost like someone imitating them to me.
Hopefully it'll grow on me. I disliked Tomorrow's Harvest when it came out, and there are a few more tracks on there that appeal to me now than when I first heard it, but I'm still not a big fan of it. Even Trans Canada Highway I feel like is kind of a mixed bag.
Anyone else have any thoughts on the album?