GENERAL NEW RELEASE SPECULATION TOPIC

[fujee]

Oh, I don't look that young...

But you are as wise haha

[Parupanei]

Hey guys!
First time posting right here, please don't hate the n00b I'm going to introduce myself properly on a dedicated topic.
So, a wild theory:

A Wow! signal was detected in 1977. It's alphanumerical whatever code is 6EQUJ5. E is fifth letter in english alphabet, Q is 17th, U 21st and J is 10th. Maybe there is some connection with the first digit in Q,U and J. I don't know, just thought it might be worth a shot. At least I popped my Twoism cherry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal

Also I appologise so much if this has been mentioned before, although I've been reading last few days' posts and did not see anything similar.

[Vostok]

Oh yeah, don't get me wrong. I love this whole process and really do appreciate it. Not getting impatient either at all, I just feel that having the same code 3 times kind of took away from the excitement personally. If nothing at all had happened instead of repeating the NPR, I doubt I would feel this way, just be looking forward to the next step even more. I just was a little bit let down when we got the same one 3 times, seeing as we already knew it and everything up until then had been so clever, I think if they had given us the Adult Swim one, and left out the other two, it would have been more effective. But maybe they felt as though the other 2 were not clear enough for whatever reason, as some people have suggested.

This perfectly fits my thoughts. It would have also avoided using twice a radio broadcast, giving all clues in a cool different way.
Imagine the people who would have seen those desert images for the first time on TV, and then that sound...shivers all over their backs

But hey, Mexicola has spoken

After 8 years with the square root of fuck all, I'm more than happy if they drag this out for quite some time yet. My guess is that this time next week we'll have ALOT my information including the release date and possibly the album title confirmed.

Just relax and enjoy this pleasant adventure

Yeah that's all I'm saying man, it' not about the waiting, I just didn't really like the events which gave us the NPR code. I think the event at Rough Trade was unnecessary and a bit confusing, and they probably could have left out the NPR one too, seeing as the BBC was the same night also. It just that all the other clues were so good, I especially enjoyed the one here, that was very clever and a lot of fun. But I'm not impatient at all, don't mind waiting whatsoever. But I was following every tiny bit of progress that happened, and was a little let down by the NPR number events, I mean just a bit too. I'm still really looking forward to more stuff, and I do think the whole thing has been great.

But you have to remember that not only are Boards of Canada giving us a puzzle to solve but they are also advertising the new album. A number on both BBC1 and NPR advertises the album to both the UK and the US.

[IronMark]

Hey guys!
First time posting right here, please don't hate the n00b I'm going to introduce myself properly on a dedicated topic.
So, a wild theory:

A Wow! signal was detected in 1977. It's alphanumerical whatever code is 6EQUJ5. E is fifth letter in english alphabet, Q is 17th, U 21st and J is 10th. Maybe there is some connection with the first digit in Q,U and J. I don't know, just thought it might be worth a shot. At least I popped my Twoism cherry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal

Also I appologise so much if this has been mentioned before, although I've been reading last few days' posts and did not see anything similar.

The Wow signal is one of my favourite unsolved mysteries of all time - I tried to write a song around it for my last album but couldn't get anything that fit - if BoC ever did a song with a Wow signal theme that would be jizzworthy

[seanandcandy]

But you have to remember that not only are Boards of Canada giving us a puzzle to solve but they are also advertising the new album. A number on both BBC1 and NPR advertises the album to both the UK and the US.

people do like to forget that Warp is a business and marketing etc etc

[StarblazerUK]

Hey guys!
First time posting right here, please don't hate the n00b I'm going to introduce myself properly on a dedicated topic.
So, a wild theory:

A Wow! signal was detected in 1977. It's alphanumerical whatever code is 6EQUJ5. E is fifth letter in english alphabet, Q is 17th, U 21st and J is 10th. Maybe there is some connection with the first digit in Q,U and J. I don't know, just thought it might be worth a shot. At least I popped my Twoism cherry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal

Also I appologise so much if this has been mentioned before, although I've been reading last few days' posts and did not see anything similar.

Howdie, Yea I mentioned the WOW signal in IRC chat a few days ago, was looking at it again today but really can't find anything that links it other than the date. I think it may well be a case of waiting until the other number comes out and hoping it's more than just their choice of colourscheme for the album artwork lol.

[Parupanei]

651215 comes to mind. I don't know. Also just realised there's a topic dedicated to the numbers mystery so apologies for that.

[BunnyRabbit]

MDG in the house!

I'd just like to point out that this thread will soon hit 400 posts and a quarter of that was since this all kicked off last week.

[Aimo]

I got work in the morning - come on, please have something new at midnight!(as if the last week wasn't enough after 8 years of waiting)

[thepastinsidepressant]

I agree with this - I still think this has been a fantastic way to promote an upcoming album but I think the Rough Trade video thing was the first time they've put a foot wrong in all of this. Before that I had been in the IRC chat for days on end and constantly on Twoism but after all the excitement building up with the video playing and then it turning out to just be the NPR code has left me quite deflated to the point where I'm just checking things periodically. I've felt all along that not revealing where the code was meant to go was a mistake on NPR's part and that the Rough Trade video was meant to be the final code but they've had to rethink things - part of me thinks the Adult Swim bump was just a final confirmation to remove all doubt about the placement of the NPR code having had two failed attempts at it and was maybe done after reading all the speculation that a bumper would appear on AS.

Of course, all just speculation on my part but I think a lot of people had their excitement build to fever pitch and peak during the Rough Trade video and have been left disappointed and not as into the whole thing after it.

This is not meant as a criticism of Warp/BoC at all. 99% of this whole thing has been absolutely genius and I'm in awe at the things they've managed to do in promoting this - I hope more bands take up this approach. I think the key though is knowing how long to drag it out for and maybe the NPR code coming up three times is just a bit too much.

exactly, now a few see it my way. NPR messed it, Rough Trade attempted to reinforce it albeit the audio issue from the building, but the advert on TV nailed it home. remember, this is new, they're not experts that have done this before the exact same way. they will learn from it, mistakes happen but the show must go on and pretend it was all part of the plan, good though cos most on here are falling for this as if it was all planned, back up plans engaged when one or two failed. repetitive codes. its disjointed and messy now, i'm sorry to say it. i love boc but this is messy and actually news of Neil Krugs in on it, great as he is, that dissapoints me also. i was expecting them to do this themselves as they have always done close to home. Commercial radio hits i hope not the road of Daft Punk.

[BunnyRabbit]

I agree with this - I still think this has been a fantastic way to promote an upcoming album but I think the Rough Trade video thing was the first time they've put a foot wrong in all of this. Before that I had been in the IRC chat for days on end and constantly on Twoism but after all the excitement building up with the video playing and then it turning out to just be the NPR code has left me quite deflated to the point where I'm just checking things periodically. I've felt all along that not revealing where the code was meant to go was a mistake on NPR's part and that the Rough Trade video was meant to be the final code but they've had to rethink things - part of me thinks the Adult Swim bump was just a final confirmation to remove all doubt about the placement of the NPR code having had two failed attempts at it and was maybe done after reading all the speculation that a bumper would appear on AS.

Of course, all just speculation on my part but I think a lot of people had their excitement build to fever pitch and peak during the Rough Trade video and have been left disappointed and not as into the whole thing after it.

This is not meant as a criticism of Warp/BoC at all. 99% of this whole thing has been absolutely genius and I'm in awe at the things they've managed to do in promoting this - I hope more bands take up this approach. I think the key though is knowing how long to drag it out for and maybe the NPR code coming up three times is just a bit too much.

exactly, now a few see it my way. NPR messed it, Rough Trade attempted to reinforce it albeit the audio issue from the building, but the advert on TV nailed it home. remember, this is new, they're not experts that have done this before the exact same way. they will learn from it, mistakes happen but the show must go on and pretend it was all part of the plan, good though cos most on here are falling for this as if it was all planned, back up plans engaged when one or two failed. repetitive codes. its disjointed and messy now, i'm sorry to say it. i love boc but this is messy and actually news of Neil Krugs in on it, great as he is, that dissapoints me also. i was expecting them to do this themselves as they have always done close to home. Commercial radio hits i hope not the road of Daft Punk.

I actually share these thoughts and feelings but basically restrain from saying them because partly it's petty nitpicking and partly because we cannot be sure of anything at this point and the suppositions this is based on may be flawed.

[ravedamage]

I agree with this - I still think this has been a fantastic way to promote an upcoming album but I think the Rough Trade video thing was the first time they've put a foot wrong in all of this. Before that I had been in the IRC chat for days on end and constantly on Twoism but after all the excitement building up with the video playing and then it turning out to just be the NPR code has left me quite deflated to the point where I'm just checking things periodically. I've felt all along that not revealing where the code was meant to go was a mistake on NPR's part and that the Rough Trade video was meant to be the final code but they've had to rethink things - part of me thinks the Adult Swim bump was just a final confirmation to remove all doubt about the placement of the NPR code having had two failed attempts at it and was maybe done after reading all the speculation that a bumper would appear on AS.

Of course, all just speculation on my part but I think a lot of people had their excitement build to fever pitch and peak during the Rough Trade video and have been left disappointed and not as into the whole thing after it.

This is not meant as a criticism of Warp/BoC at all. 99% of this whole thing has been absolutely genius and I'm in awe at the things they've managed to do in promoting this - I hope more bands take up this approach. I think the key though is knowing how long to drag it out for and maybe the NPR code coming up three times is just a bit too much.

exactly, now a few see it my way. NPR messed it, Rough Trade attempted to reinforce it albeit the audio issue from the building, but the advert on TV nailed it home. remember, this is new, they're not experts that have done this before the exact same way. they will learn from it, mistakes happen but the show must go on and pretend it was all part of the plan, good though cos most on here are falling for this as if it was all planned, back up plans engaged when one or two failed. repetitive codes. its disjointed and messy now, i'm sorry to say it. i love boc but this is messy and actually news of Neil Krugs in on it, great as he is, that dissapoints me also. i was expecting them to do this themselves as they have always done close to home. Commercial radio hits i hope not the road of Daft Punk.

Greetings.

Just biked over from WATMM to pop a wheelie!

I'm quite surprised that anyone thinks this project/campaign has been 'messed up' in any way...if indeed the NPR broadcast had been, there's no way anyone (Warp/affiliates/et al) could just turn up with some projectors and a wad of cash to 'rent' the Loading Bay for a few days. It just doesn't work like that. This has all been booked well in advance of Record Store Day.

As it's opposite Rough Trade, and Warp's offices are in London, I would wager that this site still has some part to play in all of these shenanigans.

Odd that nothing has happened in the hameland yet, i.e. Scotland...though there is probably plenty of time for that. Oh, and just over the bridge from Edinburgh, in my home county of Fife, did you know about this wee oddity: http://www.secretbunker.co.uk/

The weirdest thing is people getting impatient though...after almost 8 constant days of clues/plants too...well that's the internet generation for you I suppose...instant gratification seems to be the order of the day....want, want, want, etc.

Me, I like plenty of foreplay...ahem.

[MindElevation]

foreplay by numbers

[Elexen]

Greetings.

Just biked over from WATMM to pop a wheelie!

I'm quite surprised that anyone thinks this project/campaign has been 'messed up' in any way...if indeed the NPR broadcast had been, there's no way anyone (Warp/affiliates/et al) could just turn up with some projectors and a wad of cash to 'rent' the Loading Bay for a few days. It just doesn't work like that. This has all been booked well in advance of Record Store Day.

As it's opposite Rough Trade, and Warp's offices are in London, I would wager that this site still has some part to play in all of these shenanigans.

Odd that nothing has happened in the hameland yet, i.e. Scotland...though there is probably plenty of time for that. Oh, and just over the bridge from Edinburgh, in my home county of Fife, did you know about this wee oddity: http://www.secretbunker.co.uk/

The weirdest thing is people getting impatient though...after almost 8 constant days of clues/plants too...well that's the internet generation for you I suppose...instant gratification seems to be the order of the day....want, want, want, etc.

Me, I like plenty of foreplay...ahem.

Agreed. Refreshing to hear as well.

[Elexen]

@Mexicola: "The Square Root of Fuck All" should be a band name....

Also, 400 pages of new album speculation!!!! And counting.....

[Keeoaddi]

http://www.secretbunker.co.uk/

went there on holiday last year, it's pretty cool

[IronMark]

The weirdest thing is people getting impatient though...after almost 8 constant days of clues/plants too...well that's the internet generation for you I suppose...instant gratification seems to be the order of the day....want, want, want, etc.

Well, I'm sorry we're not all as perfect as you Fifey.

[b0qurant]

Happy page 400

http://www.thecookduke.com/pics/childre ... akes14.jpg

[ravedamage]

The weirdest thing is people getting impatient though...after almost 8 constant days of clues/plants too...well that's the internet generation for you I suppose...instant gratification seems to be the order of the day....want, want, want, etc.

Well, I'm sorry we're not all as perfect as you Fifey.

Ach man, this isn't just about the BoC thing, ye tend to see it everywhere in life now. The fact we pretty much have 'the world' (of information) at our fingertips is pretty mind-blowing still, to this auld fart any road...no wonder people expect 'instant' resolutions to whatever comes their way. Apologies for any offence, Sir. x

[The Friendly Stranger]

The weirdest thing is people getting impatient though...after almost 8 constant days of clues/plants too...well that's the internet generation for you I suppose...instant gratification seems to be the order of the day....want, want, want, etc.

Well, I'm sorry we're not all as perfect as you Fifey.

I think he's got a point to be fair. What's 8 days after 8 years?