Hi! Here are some small clarifications that have been brought to my attention by viewers in the comments below: - That mysterious one second of audio in Cold Earth is MUCH more likely to be appearing at 1:54 in the track - The sun is RISING on the front cover and SETTING on the back cover (thanks sun scientist) - Aphex Twin's Syro was released in 2014 (not 2013) (Don't hesitate to comment! I'll add more clarifications if necessary) Also thanks for watching :)
Actually nothing to do with sun science and more to do with knowing the photo was taken from Alameda. Which is east of SF. So you face west to shoot SF from there. I order for the sun to be in frame it has to be west as well…so setting ;) Album starts with the death and ends with rebirth, leading to death, leading to rebirth, leading to….
"Ken me my harvest" is Scottish, not Irish. Outlander is also Scottish, as are the members of BOC. I don't really understand why you reached for "Irish" whe "Scottish" is right there, practically screaming at you like a demented Highlander!
Apparently someone close to them (part of the Hexagon Sun collective) posted about a year ago that they are indeed working on something, and this guy is legit. However, last time he said that was 2009 or 2010 and it took a few more years for this album to come out in 2013. Hopefully that at least means we will se an album in the next few years. I've been waiting for a BoC album a new GTA game for the same amount of time now.
@@xBINARYGODx If it is BS, at least I can promise you it's not me consciously bullshitting. This comes from Mark David Garrett, known in the community as MDG, who is a photographer and is part of the Hexagon Sun collective where BoC are the most prominent members. He posted a year or two ago that the brothers are working on something but didn't give any details on release dates and such. As I said he previously confirmed that they were working on something before the release of Tomorrow's Harvest but that was a couple of years before the album actually came out, so we might have to wait a year or two yet. Trust me I also hope that my post is not BS.
And many came to change their minds. At least on some of the forums. But some still feel let down, but I feel maybe those are the sort of people that don’t relate much to “deep” “controversial” topics etc.... the album is very moody and done differently to their back catalogue, but even so, I felt the judgement was a little displaced and harsh. And for what? Because some people don’t think or feel about deep subjects, or won’t? This isn’t an all “ear-candy” album. To me it was the album they made very personally, and always wanted to make, and then they did it. It is still my favorite thing they have ever done. Jacquard Causeway is my life anthem. So hauntingly beautiful
@@soulslip totally agree. Jacquard Causeway is something incredibly sad and poignant to the core. I listened to this track for the first time at night when I was walking in an unfamiliar part of town and the track made the deepest and most depressing impression on me.
@@itemcaligo I myself would agree about that song being sad and poignant BUT I also find Jacquard Causeway to be fascinating because of the sheer "massive scope" of the musical elements, composition and production value. I became a BoC fan in 2005 and have taken in all their work (well their mainline albums and 3 of their EP's so far) and I have heard nothing...NOTHING...in their catalog sound anything like this! The slow, dragging 2/2 beat, the quiltwork of lo-fi synth leads that fade-in and out through the course of the 6 minute+ length, the way it breaks down into a fiery afterglow of ambience toward's it fading last seconds like a supernova lighting up the sky. Just because Tomorrows Harvest is an album about the potential "end times," I'd like to think that's it's about something beyond death (a re-occuring theme on the album). If you've ever watched Lars Von Trier's Depression Trilogy and see the transition point between Melancholia and Nymphomaniac, I kind of see a similar mood happening on BoC's 2013 album too (ironically the same year that Nymphomaniac came out). Yes this album and that song in particular are depressing...but there's beauty that lies within depression as well. Something sacred that endures. Anyways, Jacquard Causeway is a brilliant piece of electronic music evolution for BoC. I wonder how they're going to top that one with their next album haha.
Hello, in the interview they say this " In a way we're really celebrating an idea of collapse rather than resisting it", for me, as they grew older and had children, they realized that life is a cycle, and that humanity works in cycles too, that's why is a palindrome and can be read both ways and you end always in the same place "Collapse": the etymology of the word means "to slip together", so it makes sense they celebrate the collapse instead of resisting it. Fighting death and rebirth cycle is totally useless and makes more suffering than joy, again, another quote: "Being a father fills you with a healthy understanding of your own mortality, and on a bigger scale that responsibility highlights the fragility of our society, or the problems with it. ". That's my take. And by the way, thanks a lot for the video, I loved it
One of my favorite moments on the whole record is how Collapse transitions into Palace Posy. Sounds exactly like a missile before palace posy hits and the world goes boom!
man you breakdown of geogaddi and Tomorrows harvest are insanely good and very accurate. BOC have been my favourite artist since 97 when they released tunes on warp. I am in the uk and was lucky to have seen them rarely live...incredible brothers who make music which is inspiring creative and unparralled...no one comes close...hoping we get new music from them soon as been too long since 2013
Corsair and Sundown are literally two of the best BOC tracks. There’s something about them that’s calming but also a little unnerving. I love them so much
The palindrome theory blew my mind. TH was my least favorite album from BoC because it didn't seem to click like their other albums (like you play one song and you have to listen to the rest because you can't stop), the flow was weird, the songs were random and didn't make much sense to me. Now when I listen to it in the right order everything has become clear, you can feel the whole landscape in its full force, these guys are genius. This album should be the next Voyager album if that happened. The release part with the ARG was also interesting and fun. Thanks for the vid bud!
Before I forget, just one name: Richard Pinhas. Highly recommended by me, albums like Iceland and Rhizosphere. And then, thank you for this analysis, it was so well made that in 15 years time if there is still an Internet, your video might become a principal information source for BoC researchers.
I really got into this album in the months prior to Covid. And I still love the shit out of it. It just blows me away. Little did I know the world would soon be thrown into some version of a dystopian dream lasting year upon year (and I hope it ends!). True masterpiece.
By "hope it ends" I assume you mean becoming less dystopian, because; it could end altogether, which IDK, might be a good thing for all the surviving non-human creatures. After all, that's what the album is kinda getting at.
@@ancientlord7695 "by design" implies intention, at least usually that is the use. Are you one of 'those' people or are you simply hip to the fact of the current system happily walking us all off the cliff, so long as next year's financials appear better?
As time goes on Tomorrow's Harvest seems to becomes more and more relevant. Whether or not one believes we're on the cusp of something dark, or at least big, it's really possible we might be and to me this album really embodies this element quite well. Come to Dust and Reach For The Dead come to mind... Anyways, in a tragic way I think Tomorrow's Harvest would almost be the most cinematic, perfect end for their discography. Unless of course they have something that touches upon similar themes in an even bigger way. This is all opinion of course, just how I feel. That being said, I'm holding onto the sentiment that there is something new coming, eventually... But TH would naturally be, to me, a great conclusion of their work.
great presentation man. i like that you shout out bocpages too. so fascinating that they hide so much in their music edit: 7:45 thereto means onto. It is pronounced like two words "there" "to". The sentence means that " the melodies were created from the strings and then the words were added to the melodies.
ok but in all seriousness I love this video! I have a strong nostalgia connected with BoC (as do many others I'm sure) and this album came out right when I was graduating college. It was honestly such an overwhelming and scary feeling. Because I was supposed to know right then and there what I was going to do with my life. And as I get older, I realized that I should have taken more time to figure out myself, and I regret that to a certain extent. Anyway, great video!!
watched the Geogaddi video and working through this one and have to stop and marvel at how no one is mentioning how low-key funny this guy is, in addition to being a mad genius putting all of this together for us. i like the triangles too bud!
Such a great analysis, thank you. TH is my second favorite after TCH and I just can't get enough of it. It also makes me extremely happy that you're twice as younger than me, but seem to be a huge fan of the band. Their music will live forever
it is purely due to you that I am even able to listen to this album, your video has changed my mind and allowed me to love Tomorrow's Harvest just as any other BOC album, thank you
The palindrome idea is that it sounds the same when said forward and backward. yes pairing them with their sister track is coherent but thats not the idea of the palindrome at all. Quite simply you have to listen to the album forward and THEN you have to listen to it with the backward tracklist (Semena, Come to dust, new seeds) so that the album sounds the same foward and backward (backward in tracklisting not in audio term) I think this is what most people get wrong about this album and it annoys me a lot ahah.
To give you an example if you say REDIVIDER, you don't go: "Oh wow it's a palindrome REDIVIDER -> RREEDDIIV" you just say the word ... and then you say it backward and it sounds the same. That doesn't mean the Sister track way of listening to it is wrong but in my opinion it's not what the bros meant when they said the album is a palindrome.
Really good video, the palindrome theory is very interesting I'm going to have to check out that tracklist order. I always felt the odd tracklist was in reference to soundtracks which usually never have transitions/why some tracks end abruptly
Yes. I totally agree with 'hcaz'. This is a score/soundtrack for an imaginary film. And those albums don't have smooth transitions. They are various chronological points throughout the film.
@@barbeque08 this album though is a palindrome. With its track listing but also the musical composition itself, a few tracks are identical backwards as they are forwards
@@serraramayfield9230 well the middle one, but that is the only one - I think they mean with other ones the fact that so frequently one song plays right into its mirror partner, but who knows what they mean.
Loved this album for years, this is the first I’ve ever heard of the palindrome theory and listening to the different tracks connecting seamlessly properly blew my mind. I always thought Farewell Fire from the Campfire Headphase makes a really good prelude to this album. It very much gives an tone along the lines of hearing the world and civilisation ending as it slowly fades out, with Tomorrow’s Harvest being the aftermath
Super cool info on B.O.C. I dig the feel of your stories. Your narration skills are epic man. You sure remind me of Shiey. Such a mysterious personality. Peace out.
Dude you make me laugh your channel is cool!. I enjoyed your Geogaddi video and now I’m getting into this Tomorrow’s Harvest video essay! Lol. I just listened to the Palidrome playlist of this album, it sounds like a more natural order.
I love your job on this album! I'm at some point when BoC's music is becoming to some kind of obsession and it feels good to have someone sharing his views and analysis on it :)
Sick Times/Palace Posy reminds me of Ring Around the Rosie because of the line “Ashes, ashes, we all fall down” which ALSO reminds me of your Ready Lets Go theory
While that's true, CZcams gives benefit of the doubt to lawyer's complaints, so the video gets demonetized or taken down, until the process of investigation is done(they take their own sweet time). So even videos that rightly claim fair use are subject to attack by lawyers who dedicate their time to finding such "violations". It's subject to the whims of CZcams, unfortunately.
Thanks dude! Your videos are always on point. Dig the sarcastic lil bits you throw in there. Im curious on what you think of the fake, unconfirmed or unreleased stuff from BOC (maybe a future video?) . You seem too be one of the bests at speaking BOC (the lost language lol) in media. Take care !
A superb break down of my favorite album. Very nicely done. Be good if you did same with campfire headphase! A way under rated album. And I didn't realise palace posy spelled out Apocalypse! Anyway all the best to you and thankyou.
For those deeply into BoC and don't already know these artists, I can highly recommend Loess and Zorn off the top of my head. Loess self titled as well as Wind and Water, or Zorn's The City's Collapsing (But Not Tonight) or All We Can Do is Enjoy the Ride are standouts from my musical memory. Hope someone enjoys them as much as I do; I can probably find some more if desired : )
You absolutely did an amazing job on the Geogaddi episode, I love BoC, and to see their albums with lots of mystery surrounding them get an as-well put together video as this and that one were does them justice. Going to enjoy this episode. Edit: Jacquard is also my favorite off of the record, that track is beautiful.
Hi, I feel a strong connection with you. I'm 26 and for me it took very long time to get used to think about our gloom destiny. As humanity. Now my eyes are open and I can't go back. I can't avoid to see the signs and I see them almost everywhere, every day. You are really smart, being able to take dive so deep in this at 18 yo. I hope people like me and you will plant good seeds for the future.
Really enjoying these deep dives into one of my favourite artists. I've learned a lot of new information from watching your videos, and I've been a BoC fan since around 2000 when I first heard '1969' on the first Weebl and Bob video (I think) and sought out what the artist was so that I could listen to more of their work. I was initially disappointed with Tomorrow's Harvest when I first heard it, but it has definitely grown on me over time. Still isn't my favourite BoC album (that is Music has the Right to Children), but I appreciate it a lot more now.
I'm glad I rediscovered my love for this band and came upon this and many other analysis videos. But can ANYONE here tell me what are some very similar bands to BoC? In terms of this dreamy compositions and overall ambient-y feeling. I'll be so grateful - my sleep playlist needs a refreshment :)
I couldn't find the time to listen to this album, but in your video I listened to all the tracks a little and figured out the idea. I really liked your previous video about Geogaddi. Good job! Hello from Kazakhstan!
Absolutely brilliant analysis. Love the album, but always thought that the running order of the tracks seemed to suggest a collection of ideas rather than a full blown concept. When you put forward the idea of rearranging them to create a cohesive narrative, mind blown lol. Looking forward to giving a listen in the order. Great work.
Absolutely love the video. Now dunno if it's only me, but when the previous 3 albums in form of MHTRTC, Geogaddi and Campfire Headphase seems like the 3 parts of the same story, this one sounds to me like it's own separate thing, maybe the part of the next trilogy?
TH has always felt like Geogaddi pt. 2 to me in a way, although different in terms of musical composition, less driving melodies but the sinister subliminals and overall themes...
If MHTRTC, Geogaddi, and TCH were the "first half of the hexagon", then maybe TH signifies the beginning of the "second half"... [Just a theory I've seen around ;) ]
Excellent breakdown towards this album you've encountered to share along side the community wiki of the band's name. Didn't even know there's an alternative tracklist thought the second half of your video where it makes even more sense that BOC themselves is pretty much sums up of the album even more clearly. Very brilliant by them along with tour take where I may even relisten to the album.with the alternative tracklist order to hear exactly. Thank you so much for doing these BOC album breakdowns where thus far it's very intresting that I would like to see more videos towards other electronic artists to discover as well, once you have free time to start uploading videos again. Nice work!
just got done watching your 'geoghadi' review, now watching this -- really digging your reviews. BoC, one of my fave bands. thanks for these close analyticals with these records. 'tomorrow's harvest' is a masterful record for/to me.
Thom, I'm so glad you talk about that one second sound on Cold Earth. It may be the single most unusual sound I've ever hear in electronic music, so jarring and unexpected. I disagree with where you feel it occurs in the song, however. The sound I'm referring to is at about 1:55.
Thank you for the comprehensive analysis! I'd been meaning to watch this video - should've done so sooner. I discovered BoC through a music teacher almost 15 years ago, and it seems there's still always something new to discover within the fine details and obscure symbolism of their music. 🌀🌀🌀
You’re amazing. Thanks for all your effort. I appreciate all your work with this. Hope your application goes well. I anticipate more BoC commentary from you. You’ve got talent in this arena.
man, i need you to talk about autechre, i think after boards of canada, they are very very interesting, even above aphex twin and, other than that, I am eternally grateful that you make these videos. I know that you are not monetized by the copyright of the songs, and even so, the love and effort that you put into this seems incredible to me, thank you very much, you have my full support
I dont think there would be much to talk about with autechre unless you are a musician. And an electronic one. I dont think there is any reasons behind their evolution besides just getting in front of machines and trying their best to push the boundaries and jam. In any interview i have seen of theirs they really only talk about experimentation then any theories or stories behind it
in addition to events at an extinction level there are parallels to collapse and rebuild of societies which we have some records of happening in cyclical nature. the use of anagrams, masking, etc is such a clever way to present this theme across more than one meaning. thanks for the video, enjoyed it
For the 1 second hardware effect. Super jealous lol I would love the ability to do things like that. Just be able to use obscure synths and effects, just brings creative ability you can't get elsewhere unless you find a really good emulator and even then it won't be exact
The track title 'Reach for the Dead' reminds me of the Judgement tarot card which has an image of the dead reaching up towards an angel with a trumpet. This ties in with the seven angels with the seven trumpets
Good work. Glad to see that you are loving the music I grew up to. I have been listening to BOC since 1996 I ran across Boc Maxima when I used to DJ. Funny thing, I followed the whole 'puzzle' before this album drop. In the beginning, I guessed that the album would come out June 9th. Close! But regardless, as soon as the album dropped I immediately DJ'd the tracks mainly so I could just do a quick remix all in one play. Well I posted on the internet and they actually liked it! Huge deal to me. But WARP ended up taking it down the next day for copyright infringement. All good though f&ck em. Can't believe they dug my mixtape I was acting like a 16 year old groupie at a Britany Spears concert. You should listen to Future Sound of London. They have have changed music at that time and have a ridiculous amount of music under various Monikers. It's crazy to me nobody has done a Doc on them. As far as I am concerned they are the OG's of trip hop/IDM. Check them out. But good work holmie!
Great job dude... good content remembering now I would play this in my caravan on my xbox360...and it would actually play the the tracks like this when randomised
Old tunes don’t really have any meaning, yes they are a fucking bop but it’s basically just a compilation of random songs. (1 has songs that were created between 95-96, meanwhile 2 goes as far back as their earliest work, 86-96.)
Tomorrow's Harvest is like the masterful alternative OST to Todd Haynes' 'Safe,' if the film were adapted to the "post"-pandemic world within which we find ourselves today. Unattenuated credit to Ed Tomney for the original score.
Also it makes sense that come to dust sounds like an extension because like I said the alblum is done in the film score style so to have reach for the dead end abruptly and then later have a track that's pretty much a twin continue on the bizzare note makes sense as movie will sometimes do that
Thanks for the video. About the 1 second thing on Cold Earth; I’ve always thought it’s the “piercing” sound that leads into the second chorus. It’s at 1:24 in the track.
The Triangel is bodysnatchers hq. Thanks for this comments on this great Album, ordered it on vinyl after owning it only Digital. Pick it up tommorow, ill give it the time it deserves, listening during these taxing times
I like your insights- my own take is 2 scots boys getting their minds blown by Saskatchewan flatlands while their father listens to satellites for pictures of the earth. Everything BoC has done fits in completely with my own experience of driving the prairies and is it's perfect soundtrack. Thank You
Something I would like to add: planet-scale disasters- like mass extinction events or dramatic climactic shifts- take a very long time. While apocalyptic, they're not the sudden events we might think of like say a meteor impact. At least for me, Tomorrow's Harvest evokes themes of decay and degradation, a slow winding down rather than a dramatic event.
I personally think that "Ferox" in 'Transmisiones Ferox' is referring to something wild or untamed, or, in other words, feral. In this context, the transmission is one that is not manmade. It is from the world; The world's warning.
Absolutely compelling. One point to note, as a fluent Irish speaker, Ken is not an Irish word, but Old English. There's no 'k' in the Irish language. Anyways - awesome video!!
Hi! Here are some small clarifications that have been brought to my attention by viewers in the comments below:
- That mysterious one second of audio in Cold Earth is MUCH more likely to be appearing at 1:54 in the track
- The sun is RISING on the front cover and SETTING on the back cover (thanks sun scientist)
- Aphex Twin's Syro was released in 2014 (not 2013)
(Don't hesitate to comment! I'll add more clarifications if necessary)
Also thanks for watching :)
Actually nothing to do with sun science and more to do with knowing the photo was taken from Alameda. Which is east of SF. So you face west to shoot SF from there. I order for the sun to be in frame it has to be west as well…so setting ;)
Album starts with the death and ends with rebirth, leading to death, leading to rebirth, leading to….
The 3 suns may relate to this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Suns_(eschatology) and is representing the "three stages of the end-time."
Palace Posy has the word "Eleven" repeated many, MANY times - that's the sound you labeled as grunting.
Yeah and it’s from this Metromedia Television ident:
czcams.com/video/KX8fUEzOSgk/video.html
"Ken me my harvest" is Scottish, not Irish. Outlander is also Scottish, as are the members of BOC. I don't really understand why you reached for "Irish" whe "Scottish" is right there, practically screaming at you like a demented Highlander!
To think it's been 10 years since this masterpiece of an album came out. Here's hoping we get to hear something from the boys again soon.
Apparently someone close to them (part of the Hexagon Sun collective) posted about a year ago that they are indeed working on something, and this guy is legit. However, last time he said that was 2009 or 2010 and it took a few more years for this album to come out in 2013. Hopefully that at least means we will se an album in the next few years. I've been waiting for a BoC album a new GTA game for the same amount of time now.
@@EvilTim1911 God, I hope your post is not BS.
@@xBINARYGODx If it is BS, at least I can promise you it's not me consciously bullshitting. This comes from Mark David Garrett, known in the community as MDG, who is a photographer and is part of the Hexagon Sun collective where BoC are the most prominent members. He posted a year or two ago that the brothers are working on something but didn't give any details on release dates and such.
As I said he previously confirmed that they were working on something before the release of Tomorrow's Harvest but that was a couple of years before the album actually came out, so we might have to wait a year or two yet. Trust me I also hope that my post is not BS.
Annoys me how many people put this album down when it first came out but the marketing and the actual album were top tier. An absolute masterpiece...
And many came to change their minds. At least on some of the forums. But some still feel let down, but I feel maybe those are the sort of people that don’t relate much to “deep” “controversial” topics etc.... the album is very moody and done differently to their back catalogue, but even so, I felt the judgement was a little displaced and harsh. And for what? Because some people don’t think or feel about deep subjects, or won’t? This isn’t an all “ear-candy” album. To me it was the album they made very personally, and always wanted to make, and then they did it. It is still my favorite thing they have ever done. Jacquard Causeway is my life anthem. So hauntingly beautiful
@@soulslip spot on bud 👌
@@soulslip totally agree. Jacquard Causeway is something incredibly sad and poignant to the core. I listened to this track for the first time at night when I was walking in an unfamiliar part of town and the track made the deepest and most depressing impression on me.
@@itemcaligo I myself would agree about that song being sad and poignant BUT I also find Jacquard Causeway to be fascinating because of the sheer "massive scope" of the musical elements, composition and production value. I became a BoC fan in 2005 and have taken in all their work (well their mainline albums and 3 of their EP's so far) and I have heard nothing...NOTHING...in their catalog sound anything like this!
The slow, dragging 2/2 beat, the quiltwork of lo-fi synth leads that fade-in and out through the course of the 6 minute+ length, the way it breaks down into a fiery afterglow of ambience toward's it fading last seconds like a supernova lighting up the sky.
Just because Tomorrows Harvest is an album about the potential "end times," I'd like to think that's it's about something beyond death (a re-occuring theme on the album). If you've ever watched Lars Von Trier's Depression Trilogy and see the transition point between Melancholia and Nymphomaniac, I kind of see a similar mood happening on BoC's 2013 album too (ironically the same year that Nymphomaniac came out). Yes this album and that song in particular are depressing...but there's beauty that lies within depression as well. Something sacred that endures.
Anyways, Jacquard Causeway is a brilliant piece of electronic music evolution for BoC. I wonder how they're going to top that one with their next album haha.
Campfire Head phase will always be my favorite but this one is a close second.
Hello, in the interview they say this " In a way we're really celebrating an idea of collapse rather than resisting it", for me, as they grew older and had children, they realized that life is a cycle, and that humanity works in cycles too, that's why is a palindrome and can be read both ways and you end always in the same place "Collapse": the etymology of the word means "to slip together", so it makes sense they celebrate the collapse instead of resisting it. Fighting death and rebirth cycle is totally useless and makes more suffering than joy, again, another quote: "Being a father fills you with a healthy understanding of your own mortality, and on a bigger scale that responsibility highlights the fragility of our society, or the problems with it. ". That's my take. And by the way, thanks a lot for the video, I loved it
One of my favorite moments on the whole record is how Collapse transitions into Palace Posy. Sounds exactly like a missile before palace posy hits and the world goes boom!
Holy ash
And whole Geogaddi album looks like it is foreshadowing coming of devil with nuclear ICBM. IDK. Any relation? Coincidence?
man you breakdown of geogaddi and Tomorrows harvest are insanely good and very accurate. BOC have been my favourite artist since 97 when they released tunes on warp. I am in the uk and was lucky to have seen them rarely live...incredible brothers who make music which is inspiring creative and unparralled...no one comes close...hoping we get new music from them soon as been too long since 2013
Man this is such a great video! Even if you're 18, I'm 51 and you've made the album even better for me so thank you very much!
Corsair and Sundown are literally two of the best BOC tracks. There’s something about them that’s calming but also a little unnerving. I love them so much
That Gemini poem was spookyly prophetic, it’s kind of describing where we are at the moment.
I mean, that likely is true for many times - many things written like that are kind of horoscope.
The palindrome theory blew my mind.
TH was my least favorite album from BoC because it didn't seem to click like their other albums (like you play one song and you have to listen to the rest because you can't stop), the flow was weird, the songs were random and didn't make much sense to me.
Now when I listen to it in the right order everything has become clear, you can feel the whole landscape in its full force, these guys are genius.
This album should be the next Voyager album if that happened.
The release part with the ARG was also interesting and fun.
Thanks for the vid bud!
Before I forget, just one name: Richard Pinhas. Highly recommended by me, albums like Iceland and Rhizosphere. And then, thank you for this analysis, it was so well made that in 15 years time if there is still an Internet, your video might become a principal information source for BoC researchers.
I really got into this album in the months prior to Covid. And I still love the shit out of it. It just blows me away. Little did I know the world would soon be thrown into some version of a dystopian dream lasting year upon year (and I hope it ends!). True masterpiece.
By "hope it ends" I assume you mean becoming less dystopian, because; it could end altogether, which IDK, might be a good thing for all the surviving non-human creatures. After all, that's what the album is kinda getting at.
It only ends if we make it end. The dystopia is by design.
@@ancientlord7695 "by design" implies intention, at least usually that is the use. Are you one of 'those' people or are you simply hip to the fact of the current system happily walking us all off the cliff, so long as next year's financials appear better?
As time goes on Tomorrow's Harvest seems to becomes more and more relevant.
Whether or not one believes we're on the cusp of something dark, or at least big, it's really possible we might be and to me this album really embodies this element quite well. Come to Dust and Reach For The Dead come to mind...
Anyways, in a tragic way I think Tomorrow's Harvest would almost be the most cinematic, perfect end for their discography. Unless of course they have something that touches upon similar themes in an even bigger way. This is all opinion of course, just how I feel.
That being said, I'm holding onto the sentiment that there is something new coming, eventually...
But TH would naturally be, to me, a great conclusion of their work.
Also, the 'grunting' sample in Palace Posy is a sample from a news channel saying "Eleven".
KEEP THESE COMING MY MAN!!!
I literally just found your channel and watched your Geogaddi video two days ago lolol
It’s like Christmas
great presentation man. i like that you shout out bocpages too. so fascinating that they hide so much in their music
edit: 7:45 thereto means onto. It is pronounced like two words "there" "to". The sentence means that " the melodies were created from the strings and then the words were added to the melodies.
I am a sun scientist. I can without doubt say that what is on the cover is the Sun.
ok but in all seriousness I love this video! I have a strong nostalgia connected with BoC (as do many others I'm sure) and this album came out right when I was graduating college. It was honestly such an overwhelming and scary feeling. Because I was supposed to know right then and there what I was going to do with my life. And as I get older, I realized that I should have taken more time to figure out myself, and I regret that to a certain extent. Anyway, great video!!
Oh man I thought it was pluto
@@TheCagamerda 😂😂
I am an urbanist. I can without doubt say that what is on the cover is city
I always thought it was a nuclear blast
watched the Geogaddi video and working through this one and have to stop and marvel at how no one is mentioning how low-key funny this guy is, in addition to being a mad genius putting all of this together for us. i like the triangles too bud!
Such a great analysis, thank you. TH is my second favorite after TCH and I just can't get enough of it. It also makes me extremely happy that you're twice as younger than me, but seem to be a huge fan of the band. Their music will live forever
I’ve been watching since the geogaddi episode, keep it up! Glad you covered the most underrated BOC record out there
Great analysis of my favorite BoC masterpiece. 💜
Thank you so much I can barely find content on these albums
it is purely due to you that I am even able to listen to this album, your video has changed my mind and allowed me to love Tomorrow's Harvest just as any other BOC album, thank you
The palindrome idea is that it sounds the same when said forward and backward. yes pairing them with their sister track is coherent but thats not the idea of the palindrome at all.
Quite simply you have to listen to the album forward and THEN you have to listen to it with the backward tracklist (Semena, Come to dust, new seeds) so that the album sounds the same foward and backward (backward in tracklisting not in audio term)
I think this is what most people get wrong about this album and it annoys me a lot ahah.
To give you an example if you say REDIVIDER, you don't go: "Oh wow it's a palindrome REDIVIDER -> RREEDDIIV"
you just say the word ... and then you say it backward and it sounds the same.
That doesn't mean the Sister track way of listening to it is wrong but in my opinion it's not what the bros meant when they said the album is a palindrome.
@@thestatpow5 yes. It is almost purely compositional in reality.
Nice timing, been listening a lot to this album in the last 2 years. The greatest collapse soundtrack
thanx for existing
BoC content is so welcomed thank you so much
Watched this twice now, your best video so far the editing and stuff is crazy well done
Really good video, the palindrome theory is very interesting I'm going to have to check out that tracklist order. I always felt the odd tracklist was in reference to soundtracks which usually never have transitions/why some tracks end abruptly
Yes. I totally agree with 'hcaz'. This is a score/soundtrack for an imaginary film. And those albums don't have smooth transitions. They are various chronological points throughout the film.
@@barbeque08 this album though is a palindrome. With its track listing but also the musical composition itself, a few tracks are identical backwards as they are forwards
@@cinquefoilofficial such as?
@@serraramayfield9230 well the middle one, but that is the only one - I think they mean with other ones the fact that so frequently one song plays right into its mirror partner, but who knows what they mean.
@@xBINARYGODx I mean BoC has gone on record saying that the tracklist isn't reflective of the intended progression
I am not gonna lie but It's been a while since I sit and watch a very long video like this, incredible work and deep analysis
Congrats on this awesome video. Please keep them coming (particularly BoC discography…) :)
Found your frank ocean video and though "damn this dude is good" then I saw this and was like "oh he's FORREAL" good job dude and great taste in music
the fact that BOC were to many years ago trying tell us what will happend in this days broke my heart
Dude, I'm a BOC fan and I'm blown away! Good job, my man! Definitely worth watching!
Loved this album for years, this is the first I’ve ever heard of the palindrome theory and listening to the different tracks connecting seamlessly properly blew my mind.
I always thought Farewell Fire from the Campfire Headphase makes a really good prelude to this album. It very much gives an tone along the lines of hearing the world and civilisation ending as it slowly fades out, with Tomorrow’s Harvest being the aftermath
Super cool info on B.O.C. I dig the feel of your stories. Your narration skills are epic man. You sure remind me of Shiey. Such a mysterious personality. Peace out.
Dude you make me laugh your channel is cool!. I enjoyed your Geogaddi video and now I’m getting into this Tomorrow’s Harvest video essay! Lol. I just listened to the Palidrome playlist of this album, it sounds like a more natural order.
I love your job on this album! I'm at some point when BoC's music is becoming to some kind of obsession and it feels good to have someone sharing his views and analysis on it :)
Sick Times/Palace Posy reminds me of Ring Around the Rosie because of the line “Ashes, ashes, we all fall down” which ALSO reminds me of your Ready Lets Go theory
Amazing review dude. Been a boc fan since 2002.
It’s interesting that the whole album re-samples their previous albums and music. Almost like it’s going in reverse.
these videos are a perfect commentary on the tracks, so I'm pretty sure all the use of the music would be fair use!
While that's true, CZcams gives benefit of the doubt to lawyer's complaints, so the video gets demonetized or taken down, until the process of investigation is done(they take their own sweet time). So even videos that rightly claim fair use are subject to attack by lawyers who dedicate their time to finding such "violations". It's subject to the whims of CZcams, unfortunately.
Thanks dude! Your videos are always on point. Dig the sarcastic lil bits you throw in there. Im curious on what you think of the fake, unconfirmed or unreleased stuff from BOC (maybe a future video?) . You seem too be one of the bests at speaking BOC (the lost language lol) in media. Take care !
Compliments from Italy, now I'm your proud subscriber
A superb break down of my favorite album. Very nicely done.
Be good if you did same with campfire headphase! A way under rated album.
And I didn't realise palace posy spelled out Apocalypse!
Anyway all the best to you and thankyou.
More videos of Boards Of Canada pls! I love it!!
For those deeply into BoC and don't already know these artists, I can highly recommend Loess and Zorn off the top of my head.
Loess self titled as well as Wind and Water, or Zorn's The City's Collapsing (But Not Tonight) or All We Can Do is Enjoy the Ride are standouts from my musical memory.
Hope someone enjoys them as much as I do; I can probably find some more if desired : )
You absolutely did an amazing job on the Geogaddi episode, I love BoC, and to see their albums with lots of mystery surrounding them get an as-well put together video as this and that one were does them justice. Going to enjoy this episode.
Edit: Jacquard is also my favorite off of the record, that track is beautiful.
Thank you for making this! Such a solid and well-produced analysis. Jacquard Causeway is also my favorite track.
Hi, I feel a strong connection with you. I'm 26 and for me it took very long time to get used to think about our gloom destiny. As humanity. Now my eyes are open and I can't go back. I can't avoid to see the signs and I see them almost everywhere, every day. You are really smart, being able to take dive so deep in this at 18 yo. I hope people like me and you will plant good seeds for the future.
Watched it last night and then i watched it again ;-) Thank you for work, i appreciate very much.
I just wanted to let you know how happy I was when I saw you made another BoC video. Awesome stuff man!
Really enjoying these deep dives into one of my favourite artists. I've learned a lot of new information from watching your videos, and I've been a BoC fan since around 2000 when I first heard '1969' on the first Weebl and Bob video (I think) and sought out what the artist was so that I could listen to more of their work.
I was initially disappointed with Tomorrow's Harvest when I first heard it, but it has definitely grown on me over time. Still isn't my favourite BoC album (that is Music has the Right to Children), but I appreciate it a lot more now.
I'm glad I rediscovered my love for this band and came upon this and many other analysis videos. But can ANYONE here tell me what are some very similar bands to BoC? In terms of this dreamy compositions and overall ambient-y feeling. I'll be so grateful - my sleep playlist needs a refreshment :)
The artist 'Christ.' has a very similar feel. Lorn as well
Awesome video! As a BOC fan I really enjoy your videos analysis. Thank you for the effort and the time!
I couldn't find the time to listen to this album, but in your video I listened to all the tracks a little and figured out the idea. I really liked your previous video about Geogaddi. Good job!
Hello from Kazakhstan!
Absolutely brilliant analysis. Love the album, but always thought that the running order of the tracks seemed to suggest a collection of ideas rather than a full blown concept. When you put forward the idea of rearranging them to create a cohesive narrative, mind blown lol. Looking forward to giving a listen in the order. Great work.
Absolutely love the video.
Now dunno if it's only me, but when the previous 3 albums in form of MHTRTC, Geogaddi and Campfire Headphase seems like the 3 parts of the same story, this one sounds to me like it's own separate thing, maybe the part of the next trilogy?
TH has always felt like Geogaddi pt. 2 to me in a way, although different in terms of musical composition, less driving melodies but the sinister subliminals and overall themes...
If MHTRTC, Geogaddi, and TCH were the "first half of the hexagon", then maybe TH signifies the beginning of the "second half"...
[Just a theory I've seen around ;) ]
"Never trust someone who doesn't pronounce the letter H"
-Me while watching this video
Excellent breakdown towards this album you've encountered to share along side the community wiki of the band's name.
Didn't even know there's an alternative tracklist thought the second half of your video where it makes even more sense that BOC themselves is pretty much sums up of the album even more clearly. Very brilliant by them along with tour take where I may even relisten to the album.with the alternative tracklist order to hear exactly.
Thank you so much for doing these BOC album breakdowns where thus far it's very intresting that I would like to see more videos towards other electronic artists to discover as well, once you have free time to start uploading videos again.
Nice work!
Phenomenal job on this!!! I love how much detail you put into this! So informative- thank you!!!
I think that the song "nothing is real" is the most beautiful song...besides the creepy message it's amazing
just got done watching your 'geoghadi' review, now watching this -- really digging your reviews. BoC, one of my fave bands. thanks for these close analyticals with these records. 'tomorrow's harvest' is a masterful record for/to me.
Huh, I found the Palacy Posy the "funkiest" track of the bunch, lol.
Wonder what's the thing with that. It didn't sound very dramatic at all
Thom, I'm so glad you talk about that one second sound on Cold Earth. It may be the single most unusual sound I've ever hear in electronic music, so jarring and unexpected. I disagree with where you feel it occurs in the song, however. The sound I'm referring to is at about 1:55.
Thank you for the comprehensive analysis! I'd been meaning to watch this video - should've done so sooner. I discovered BoC through a music teacher almost 15 years ago, and it seems there's still always something new to discover within the fine details and obscure symbolism of their music. 🌀🌀🌀
You’re amazing. Thanks for all your effort. I appreciate all your work with this. Hope your application goes well. I anticipate more BoC commentary from you. You’ve got talent in this arena.
When I was listen to this album in an empty dry field outside the town 2020 when Covid-19 was on the news this album hit me like never before 💔
man, i need you to talk about autechre, i think after boards of canada, they are very very interesting, even above aphex twin
and, other than that, I am eternally grateful that you make these videos. I know that you are not monetized by the copyright of the songs, and even so, the love and effort that you put into this seems incredible to me, thank you very much, you have my full support
I dont think there would be much to talk about with autechre unless you are a musician. And an electronic one. I dont think there is any reasons behind their evolution besides just getting in front of machines and trying their best to push the boundaries and jam.
In any interview i have seen of theirs they really only talk about experimentation then any theories or stories behind it
Truly brilliant video and so enlightening thank you for all the info it's impressive what you have done (:
Brilliant. Only a young person could suss this out. Has anyone compiled and posted the revised track list ? Well done man and thanks.
Love to listen to you! Would love if you did more reviews and Deep dive into music like this Aphex Twin, Autechre etc..
in addition to events at an extinction level there are parallels to collapse and rebuild of societies which we have some records of happening in cyclical nature. the use of anagrams, masking, etc is such a clever way to present this theme across more than one meaning. thanks for the video, enjoyed it
Ahhhh I see you have read The Adam and Eve Story hahaha
For the 1 second hardware effect. Super jealous lol I would love the ability to do things like that. Just be able to use obscure synths and effects, just brings creative ability you can't get elsewhere unless you find a really good emulator and even then it won't be exact
Just watched your deep dive into Geogaddi, and was curious if there was a deep dive into Tomorrow's Harvest.
You did it, so you get a sub. Yay.
The track title 'Reach for the Dead' reminds me of the Judgement tarot card which has an image of the dead reaching up towards an angel with a trumpet. This ties in with the seven angels with the seven trumpets
Good work. Glad to see that you are loving the music I grew up to. I have been listening to BOC since 1996 I ran across Boc Maxima when I used to DJ. Funny thing, I followed the whole 'puzzle' before this album drop. In the beginning, I guessed that the album would come out June 9th. Close! But regardless, as soon as the album dropped I immediately DJ'd the tracks mainly so I could just do a quick remix all in one play. Well I posted on the internet and they actually liked it! Huge deal to me. But WARP ended up taking it down the next day for copyright infringement. All good though f&ck em. Can't believe they dug my mixtape I was acting like a 16 year old groupie at a Britany Spears concert.
You should listen to Future Sound of London. They have have changed music at that time and have a ridiculous amount of music under various Monikers. It's crazy to me nobody has done a Doc on them. As far as I am concerned they are the OG's of trip hop/IDM. Check them out. But good work holmie!
you didnt mention the CB clicks in Jacquard Causeway, done when trying to find if anyone is listening.
Great job dude... good content remembering now I would play this in my caravan on my xbox360...and it would actually play the the tracks like this when randomised
Amazing work! Your channel has so much potential! Will follow you closely in the future! Keep up the great quality!
Great Video ! More BoC Videos please. They are inctedible, thanks ❤
this is my new favorite channel. I would love to see you go through Old Tunes Vol1/2. I just got into those recently and they're soooo good
Old tunes don’t really have any meaning, yes they are a fucking bop but it’s basically just a compilation of random songs. (1 has songs that were created between 95-96, meanwhile 2 goes as far back as their earliest work, 86-96.)
The album flows so much better when put in proper order.
you have great explanation of albums. i am learning new cool things about the albums i like from you
Tomorrow's Harvest is like the masterful alternative OST to Todd Haynes' 'Safe,' if the film were adapted to the "post"-pandemic world within which we find ourselves today. Unattenuated credit to Ed Tomney for the original score.
Great video! Very interested in the future of this channel. I’d recommend the history of Unwound’s Leaves Turn Inside You
Also it makes sense that come to dust sounds like an extension because like I said the alblum is done in the film score style so to have reach for the dead end abruptly and then later have a track that's pretty much a twin continue on the bizzare note makes sense as movie will sometimes do that
Thanks for the video. About the 1 second thing on Cold Earth; I’ve always thought it’s the “piercing” sound that leads into the second chorus. It’s at 1:24 in the track.
The Triangel is bodysnatchers hq. Thanks for this comments on this great Album, ordered it on vinyl after owning it only Digital. Pick it up tommorow, ill give it the time it deserves, listening during these taxing times
I like your insights- my own take is 2 scots boys getting their minds blown by Saskatchewan flatlands while their father listens to satellites for pictures of the earth. Everything BoC has done fits in completely with my own experience of driving the prairies and is it's perfect soundtrack. Thank You
To support your theory: When listening to the end of Gemini, on the left channel, there is a vocal - it sounds like someone saying Semena Merthvykh
>>>>> THOM, Thomas, Thom!
In some hexagons, they say the cover isn't the sun just above a city, but instead is depicting a nuclear detonation of a city.
Was waiting for this! Thank you! 🙂
what a video! really mind opening, thank you
Something I would like to add: planet-scale disasters- like mass extinction events or dramatic climactic shifts- take a very long time. While apocalyptic, they're not the sudden events we might think of like say a meteor impact. At least for me, Tomorrow's Harvest evokes themes of decay and degradation, a slow winding down rather than a dramatic event.
nice plate reverb from that room
I personally think that "Ferox" in 'Transmisiones Ferox' is referring to something wild or untamed, or, in other words, feral. In this context, the transmission is one that is not manmade. It is from the world; The world's warning.
Absolutely compelling. One point to note, as a fluent Irish speaker, Ken is not an Irish word, but Old English. There's no 'k' in the Irish language. Anyways - awesome video!!
Awesome work! I wish I could give it a thumbs-up more then just once