These Just In

The search is over today for people who have been tirelessly figuring out the puzzle that has surrounded the mysterious "Record Store Day Incident" involving Boards of Canada. Someone cracked the code today, and entered it at http://cosecha-transmisiones.com/ which http://www.boardsofcanada.com/ is forwarding to right now and found this video (unfortunately not really a song from them per say), followed by a link to Bleep, where Tomorrow's Harvest can be pre-ordered on vinyl or cd. Each release comes with a download code to obtain mp3's of the album as well. The new album is due out June 10th. I'm pretty stoked on this; it will be my first BoC vinyl I will own!

Also today, the wait isn't quite over for people who've been excited about the new Empire of the Sun album, Ice on the Dune, which is still due out in June, but EotS released a video today, for the track 'Alive.' As per the usual Empire of the Sun style video, it's super-epic // sci-fi // futuristic awesomeness. Definitely a nice fun video to tide us over until the album drops in a little over a month and a half! Check out 'Alive' below, and look out for the album June 14th.

So Excite!

'Once, the world was pure. It was the Emperor and the Prophet who kept it thus. Each day, they charted the sun’s course across the sky, guided rivers down from mountain peaks, brought rains to quench raging fires.

With the aid of their four priests, who possessed spirits of wild animals, they travelled the world tirelessly, maintaining nature’s delicate balance, allowing all things to grow and flourish -- always with the aid of the sacred jewel held atop the Emperor’s crown...

But one night, as the Emperor slumbered, recovering from his labours, true darkness appeared. The King of Shadows, ever the bitter foe of the Empire, and all it had achieved, crept into their temple. Craving the Emperor’s power, he stole the jewel from his crown-- and in an instant the world was changed.

Robbed of the bulk of his power, the Emperor and the Prophet watched helplessly as their temple was torn asunder, and their priests cast far out into the world.

But even in that moment, when all appeared lost, there was one thing that the King of Shadows black heart simply could not have imagined... The Emperor and the Prophet have never abandoned hope.' 

I seriously don't know what to say about this, except I've never been so excited for an album after reading something. Seriously. Empire of the Sun.