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BoC hit the Highway
Mike_Diver by Mike Diver March 17th, 2006

New squeaky glitchy bleepy noises alert.

Boards Of Canada are to release an EP this summer, presumably as some kind of album stopgap, by the name of Trans Canada Highway.

The release will feature six tracks - one being 'Dayvan Copboy’ from their last long-player The Campfire Headphase - and comes on CD and 12" through Warp. Obviously. It sees the inside of shops on June 5th.

The band have broken their video duck, too, with a promo for 'Dayvan Cowboy' expected to feature on music television channels of choice leading up to the EP's release.

DiScuss: 'Trans' is so nearly 'Tras', that being a song by Battles. Oh, Battles, how we love thee...



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