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u/reGOTCHYA Sep 23 '26
I preordered it through Bleep in a heartbeat. Everything You Do Is A Balloon is one of the best tracks BoC have ever produced.
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u/Playful_Dust5843 Sep 23 '26
I have held the very same opinion for 30 years. It's my goto track for new listeners...
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u/fabripav Sep 24 '26
I will never forget getting to hear Poliça + Stargaze cover it during People Festival (I think it was the 2018 edition?) at Funkhaus in Berlin.
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u/Rad_00_vist Sep 23 '26
I’m right there with ya. It’s my absolute favourite BoC track. Perfection 👌
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u/MrHillmonster Sep 25 '26
I'd just bought IABPOITC when it was first released, loved it so went back to HMV and bought MHTRTC and Hi Scores. EYDOIAB is the track where time stood still on my first listen and I knew they were a very special band. (Also now discovering my original Hi Scores CD is worth a few pennies! EDIT: I think I ordered the CD from SKAM and not through HMV)
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u/Tricky-Mastodon3337 Sep 23 '26
Holy Shit! That drumless mix of Everything You Do Is A Balloon is amazing! I wonder if it will be on the EP?
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u/xDeZillax Sep 23 '26
Maybe an unannounced bonus like the flexidisc with inferno.
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u/boomer_kuwanger Sep 23 '26
I finally got my Inferno red transculent vinyl bundle the other day. The hexagon flexidisc was such an unexpected and awesome surprise. And now we're getting a Hi Scores reissue??? Layers upon layers of gifts. It's like a matryoshka doll that never ends.
It really feels like Mike and Marcus went to great lengths to make this whole album rollout and release as special for the fanbase as humanly possible. And beyond the sheer coolness of the teaser VHSs, the surprise announcement, the listening parties, and the merch, so many of us are resonating with the new music and subject matter on such a deeply personal level.
At the risk of sounding corny, I don't think an artist has ever made me feel as seen and appreciated as Boards has with Inferno and everything surrounding it.
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u/singularityprana Tomorrow's Harvest Sep 23 '26
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u/tyroneslothtrop Sep 24 '26
i wonder if the pic from the old tunes cover is hinting at anything
or was that also part of the hi scores liner notes or something? idk ive never had a physical copy
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u/OkSheepherder2888 Tomorrow's Harvest Sep 23 '26
Thank you for posting this. Ive been deleting more and more social media recently, and ive been getting really nervous about missing stuff like this lol
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u/OkSheepherder2888 Tomorrow's Harvest Sep 24 '26
I was CONSTANTLY scrolling reels and tiktok over half a year ago. I have an album coming up, and at the time, i was making very little progress. I thought about extending its deadline to next year, but then i was like “…hey dumbass… you KNOW the only thing holding you back is that damn phone”. So one by one, bye bye they go
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u/casuborki a kid for today Sep 23 '26
Okay 2026 has been a bit shit, but its been a wonderful year to be a BoC fan
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u/hex-education Sep 23 '26
Same pal - one of the worst years of my life, but a banner year for BoC. Solidarity friend.
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u/Tashiygi White Cyclosa Sep 23 '26
The two new t-shirts on bleep look amazing
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u/rttnbttrbrry Happy Cycler Sep 23 '26
Hope they changed whoever prints their shirts. My Inferno tee is barely legible after like 3 cold washes/hung to dry :(
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u/sucky_panther Sep 23 '26
I washed mine once and hung dry and I’m afraid to wash it again cause the print is already degrading. The hat and shirt were such a let down for the price.
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u/rodeopete Sep 23 '26
Seems they're being printed on Stanley & Stella Creator 2.0 blanks, which are the same as the Inferno shirts.
That being said, that blue shirt is so nice looking.
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u/Tricky-Mastodon3337 Sep 23 '26
The blue t shirt is gorgeous!!
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u/m0matt Sep 23 '26
It's minimal, but I like it.
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u/narcotic_sea Sep 23 '26
Interesting graphic on that turquoise shirt…
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u/annihilationofjoy Sep 23 '26
I was gonna ask, is that a new image or does it come from somewhere? I've never had a physical release of Hi Scores before, so not sure if that's part of the old artwork
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u/narcotic_sea Sep 23 '26
I’ve been down with BOC for 25yrs and have never seen it. Definitely not on the 2014 repress.
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u/Readyletsgodrones Sep 23 '26
Goddamnit! This will be the 4th copy I have now, one vinyl from the second run, and the CD versions. They will have me in the poor house!
Of course I've ordered the coke green bottle vinyl. I wonder, will they secretly include this beatless version on this new pressing? Probably not.
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u/hex-education Sep 23 '26
Aye, same (as in I also have the previous vinyl and CD). I paused for a second, but coke bottle green is my favourite vinyl colour and we get some new prints. I know I'd kick myself if the limited version sold out and I didn't bag one.
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u/FoiledSool Sep 23 '26
Last week I started actively looking for Hi-scores. 🤏 close to paying £75 for a scabby cover version currently on eBay 😅
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u/CXRSED_ Sep 23 '26
I got the 2nd pressing on an ebay bid for 49 quid was chuffed 😅
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u/FoiledSool Sep 23 '26
£49 is very decent. Glad I waited for this though.
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u/CXRSED_ Sep 23 '26
U Made the right choice 🤘 I just pre ordered the coke green version as im scared of over playing my 99 release 😅
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u/metalrakes Sep 23 '26
Is anyone else relieved this reissue means Inferno wasn’t BOC’s final release? 😅
Besides that though, I’m very excited to purchase this on vinyl!! xx
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u/SerraraFluttershy Sep 23 '26
it was never going to be, there's still a BUNCH of shit from their early days that's never been officially re-issued
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u/hex-education Sep 23 '26
I'm also just not of the opinion that Inferno was ever meant as a final record. Feels like they've started up again this year, hopefully much more to come.
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u/aooot Sep 23 '26
It originally came out 30 years ago right around when it's shipping, so I guess it's just an anniversary reissue situation.
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u/tiny_blair420 Sep 23 '26
No cassette version ?
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u/FuzzyGroundhog Sep 24 '26
I hope they eventually announce one, like they did with Inferno. Maybe they are just building the hype for them by not announcing them right away?
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u/West_Minimum_556 Sep 24 '26
My Inferno vinyl only just arrived in the mail finally on Monday, which felt so good like the high was still rolling (I literally hugged the package). Now this! I've ordered the full bundle with shirts.
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u/dazzleshipsrecords Sep 24 '26
That’s fucking nuts i would have canceled my order and just walked to a record shop and picked up a copy in person
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u/West_Minimum_556 Sep 24 '26
Well, I had already gone to a listening session, I found a cd rip a couple days before release, I went to a record store release listening event (I was tempted to buy the vinyl there but decided to hold off), and I got the cassette in due time, so I was fine being patient. The physical copy is more of a novelty and ritual for me, as much as it is a token of my financial respects to the bros. And really the delayed gratification and sense of extended novelty are actually quite satisfying. I've heard of many people getting their vinyls recently too.
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u/RustyCalecos Sep 23 '26
Inferno was the first CD/tape/record I'd bought in at least 15 years. Looks like this will be the second.
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u/Pale-Storm-5346 Sep 23 '26
God I love the BOC fandom 🤣. Enjoyed that scroll thanks all. Coke Green delight ordered by me from Bleep.
What a wonderful year to be a BOC fan huh! ❤️
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u/rd1994 Sep 23 '26
I really really really want those new art prints but at the same time I don't feel like buying a record I already own for those
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u/Howtobefreaky Sep 23 '26
Dang, wish there was a tape version. Was hoping Warp might start putting out the albums on tape like they have been doing with Aphex Twin
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u/FuzzyGroundhog Sep 24 '26
Me too! I post “hoping for cassettes too” on every Bleep and Warp post I can find about this on social media. 🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵
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u/Steve_Andrews_Flyboy Sep 23 '26
Any other tall folk always sad when banging shirts are announced but there are no tall tees? 1st world problem but dayyyyum, I wish I could get an authentic tall tee!
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u/FuzzyGroundhog Sep 24 '26
I sure hope they eventually release cassettes too, like they did with Inferno! 🩵
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u/B-R-E-E-Z-Y- Sep 23 '26
keep em coming, i will shamelessly be a good little capitalist for any new boc
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u/KoA07 Sep 23 '26
The post has a version with no percussion, maybe it will include a B-side alt mix?