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	BOARDS OF CANADA - The Campfire Headphase
		And something similar applies to The Campfire Headphase, of which the subterranean blur of its cover art at least keeps one part of the BOC legend intact – offering immediate salvation before the CD is even put in the tray.
		The Campfire Headphase certainly doesn’t have the same smacked-out hallucinatory vibe as Geogaddi for example, it’s as if BOC are coming down from their high and finding faith in the natural order of things.
		However, one can always over-analyse; The Campfire Headphase is ultimately a very good album - but with reference to my opening statement - I wouldn’t say BOC got the treble.
	www.barcodezine.com /revboardsofcanadathecampfireheadphase290905.htm (434 words)

	The Campfire Headphase - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Campfire Headphase is the third full-length album from the electronica duo Boards of Canada, released in October 2005.
		This album has a decidedly more organic feel from their earlier work, with the addition of heavily treated acoustic guitar and the use of more conventional song structures.
		The Campfire Headphase at the official Warp Records discography (features audio clips).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Campfire_Headphase (193 words)

	Boards Of Canada - The Campfire Headphase - almost cool music review
		Instead, they took their time and finally announced that their next album would be called The Campfire Headphase with very little dramatics other than the overzealous fans who found themselves flipping out at a release date finally set in stone (or at least some very soft chalk).
		I have to admit that I was really looking forward to The Campfire Headphase as much as a lot of people, but after listening to it time after time, it's sometimes hard for me to believe that it's even the same group that blew my mind with their earlier releases.
		Sadly enough, though, The Campfire Headphase is a letdown from the duo who has at least seemingly always managed to stay slightly ahead of their contemporaries.
	www.almostcool.org /mr/1602 (764 words)

	Boards Of Canada: The Campfire Headphase (2005): Reviews
		The Campfire Headphase is enough of a genre bender to finally introduce this music to a well-deserved new audience.
		The Campfire Headphase lacks the transcendent grace that made Music Has the Right to Children and even Geogaddi classics in their field.
		Ultimately, The Campfire Headphase shows continuity with the duo's previous recordings but fails to replicate the sheer beauty and awe-inspiring quality of past material, sounding at times like the work of very good Boards of Canada copyists.
	www.metacritic.com /music/artists/boardsofcanada/campfireheadphase (1190 words)

	Boards of Canada - Geogaddi, Twoism, The Campfire Headphase Review
		Boards of Canada make some very beautiful music and their latest effort, The Campfire Headphase is no exception.
		Campfire Headphase seems to take a little more of an organic feel to that of their previous two albums.
		Sure, Headphase doesn't scream innovation, you have to give Boards of Canada credit for creating a very fine downtempo album that still sounds fresher than most of the like groups out there today.
	www.musicemissions.com /display_review/44 (608 words)

	'Campfire' burns bright - Arts & Life
		The Campfire Headphase still sounds like a Boards of Canada album - their sound is too distinctive, and nobody else can come up with the fantastic textures and sounds on display here.
		The Campfire Headphase is also the shortest album the band has released at just over an hour.
		Ultimately, The Campfire Headphase is a step sideways for Boards of Canada, not a complete disappointment or rehash of what the band has so far accomplished, and yet not a disastrous attempt at recreation.
	www.independentcollegian.com /news/2005/10/20/ArtsLife/campfire.Burns.Bright-1027413.shtml (469 words)

	Cokemachineglow.com : Boards of Canada: The Campfire Headphase
		Scotland is a forbidding and cold little chunk of land, but after a few years of light winters and more sun than average, it’s hard to blame the Sandisons for starting to look more on the bright side of life.
		The result is The Campfire Headphase, which, while perhaps not a great record, is still both wonderfully consistent and blissfully chilled out.
		Campfire Headphase is BoC’s most organic-feeling album to date, using more subtle washes of sound, light keyboards, and even unprocessed guitars.
	www.cokemachineglow.com /reviews/boc_campfire2005.html (686 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: Arts :: The Campfire Headphase
		The group’s new release, “The Campfire Headphase,” is upbeat, light, and at times blissful; a striking departure from their eerie sophomore album, “Geogaddi.” Throbbing electronic melodies, airy guitar chords, fragments of conversation, and frosty hip-hop beats layer effortlessly over and under the hazy ambient textures for which BoC is famous.
		Yet “Campfire” is remarkably clean-cut; devoid of devil worshipping and all the stronger because of it.
		“Campfire” is an hour of electronic bliss—proving without a doubt that BoC’s allure is not dependent on their enigmatic aura.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=509638 (512 words)

	Criminal Records - Boards Of Canada : Campfire Headphase *
		THE CAMPFIRE HEADPHASE lacks some of the edge of BoC's first offerings, instead emphasizing space rock-style atmospherics and shoegazer tempos.
		This is not to say, however, that the album lacks any of the meticulous craft and rich detail of their other work, or that the music is any less otherworldly or evocative.
		THE CAMPFIRE HEADPHASE stands alongside the most intriguing electronica recordings of the mid-2000s.
	www.buymusichere.net /rel/v2_viewupc.php?storenr=93&upc=80106101232&pt=1 (211 words)

	Boards of Canada: The Campfire Headphase - PopMatters Music Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The joy then of Boards of Canada's The Campfire Headphase is that it creates a welcome space for both artist and audience.
		The Campfire Headphase's initial pull is through familiar motifs and sensations.
		Not to say that The Campfire Headphase is mere sonic decadence, literal ear candy, because careful arrangement gives roughly half of the compositions a sense of coherence and strength.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/b/boardsofcanada-campfire.shtml (769 words)

	Harmonium » Archive » Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		If Geogaddi was their “intelligent dance” record, The Campfire Headphase is their “rock” album and I would argue that this record is more accessible to the virgin ear because of it.
		This type of composition, pitting rhythm against delay to create a more complex pattern, is explored frequently on the record through more frequent use of echo-based effects than I have noticed on their past releases and hints slightly at Jamaican dub.
		Overall, The Campfire Headphase is a further refinement of their artistic goals as apparent to the listener and hits that sweet spot that so many groups either over or under shoot in creating the followup to their last record.
	www.harmoniummusic.com /?p=37 (683 words)

	'Campfire' burns bright - Arts & Life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Campfire Headphase still sounds like a Boards of Canada album - their sound is too distinctive, and nobody else can come up with the fantastic textures and sounds on display here.
		Though still present here, such songs are not in the same abundance, and their aesthetic has combined with the longer songs to make the whole album more relaxing and light than the tense wonder that made Geogaddi so engaging but ultimately beyond the reach of the listener.
		Ultimately, The Campfire Headphase is a step sideways for Boards of Canada, not a complete disappointment or rehash of what the band has so far accomplished, and yet not a disastrous attempt at recreation.
	media.www.independentcollegian.com /media/storage/paper678/news/2005/10/20/ArtsLife/campfire.Burns.Bright-1027413.shtml (467 words)

	PIXELSURGEON \| Reviews \| Music \| Boards of Canada
		It's great to hear a different tangent in their music, not least because it helps you enjoy Campfire Headphase without thinking too much about how great Music Has The Right, and Geogaddi were.
		Although saying that, their music has always been about weaving the unknown into the tapestry, so whether it's the disembodied voices of children from the first record, or acoustic guitars here, their skill at integration is evidently abundant.
		Campfire Headphase is also an album that, just like the others in fact, gradually seeps into your mind and takes over.
	www.pixelsurgeon.com /reviews/review.php?id=845 (520 words)

	ReGen Reviews :: Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
		To sum that thing up and express it to you as to what it’s always meant to me is that the artist must always do what you expect and never change, but if they do then they should be ready for the tar and feathers.
		What happened here with The Campfire Headphase is that we get exactly what we have come to expect from them and it’s bittersweet because though we get the standard Boards of Canada fare, which is pleasing to the ear, it’s also a bit dull to be listening to the same record after all this time.
		The Campfire Headphase is such an extension of its predecessors that this reviewer feels that he’ll save ReGen readers time by not breaking the album down into much further detail, because this is an album they could’ve (and have) written years ago with past favorites such as Geogaddi and Music Has the Right to Children.
	www.regenmag.com /index.php?module=pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=5&pid=583 (604 words)

	Boards of Canada - The campfire Headphase Review - sputnikmusic
		Boards of Canada, have over the course of their last 3 full length albums and numerous e.p's varied the atmosphere they create greatly, from the darker geogadi to the thick analogue synths of music has the right to children, yet boards of Canada have always managed to retain their own unique sound.
		With the campfire headphase B.O.C have managed to introduce a new element to their sound, the major change on this album is addition of guitars and other live instruments all recorded by the duo themselves.
		The campfire headphase has a warm acoustic sound to it and many of the tracks can bring back memories of summer days spent in fields, and walking through the countryside.
	www.sputnikmusic.com /album.php?reviewid=5261&ref=mx (694 words)

	Orlando Weekly - Music Review - The Campfire Headphase
		An unconditionally bewildering return to center stage, The Campfire Headphase is the first Boards of Canada LP in three years.
		As evident in the subtle, tremolo-heavy "Dayvan Cowboy," the album's sparse organic elements point back to garage and psych influences, while the constant chirps, swelling chords and color changes in "Oscar See Through Red Eye" are Boards at their busiest.
		Over 15 tracks, Campfire stays within the tradition of Boards' limitless exploration, with each cut as valuable to the trek as the next.
	www.orlandoweekly.com /music/review.asp?rid=9909 (167 words)

	Blogcritics.org: Album Review: The Campfire Headphase by Boards Of Canada
		From the moment you see the cover artwork for The Campfire Headphase, you know that this album will have more in common with the duo's debut album than with their previous album.
		Also, The Campfire Headphase is the shortest of BOC's three albums and has less tracks than the others as well.
		Despite this, The Campfire Headphase is an enjoyable, nearly filler-free album that should reward fans in repeated listens until the next BOC release.
	blogcritics.org /archives/2005/11/01/023450.php (1135 words)

	Album Review: Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
		There's little revelation to be found here, and while a few parts of the album are on par with their previous two masterworks, there's just not enough parts here that really makes you go "wow!" the way those past albums did.
		However, on The Campfire Headphase they've started using guitars, not so much as a basic instrument, but as yet another type of sound for them to bend, stretch, warp and tinker with in all kinds of different ways.
		So The Campfire Headphase is kind of pleasing and disappointing at once, but the bottom line is that there really is plenty to like about the album.
	www.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au /~tommo/campfireheadphase.html (631 words)

	Boards Of Canada: The Campfire Headphase (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Their little "mini" tracks at the end of some songs that they have are often sublime, and I often find myself wishing they'd go on for much longer.
		Case in point on TCH is the little piece at the end of Chromakey Dreamcoat, when that little piece with the banjo's kicks in - absolutely thrilling, but too short.
		However, TCH seems to have firmly grasped the "summer of yesteryear" vibe that their music evokes, and the skewed guitars seem to further enhance their flights of fancy.
	www.empireonline.com /forum/printable.asp?m=60121 (3525 words)

	Austinist: Boards of Canada's Campfire Headphase: Not For the Bored
		All in all, we found Board of Canada’s The Campfire Headphase to be pleasant, easy listening.
		But their newest release: Campfire Headphase (popped out the Warp womb in October 2005), takes a slight turn, and deserves a bit of expounding upon.
		The Campfire Headphase isn't quite so emotionally wrenching in that it doesn't speak so loudly of longing for simpler childhood and all that it entailed.
	www.austinist.com /archives/2005/12/29/boards_of_canadas_campfire_headphase_not_for_the_bored.php (2225 words)

	* Dusted Reviews - Boards of Canada *
		On The Campfire Headphase, their third full-length, melody has all but evaporated.
		We are left with the underpinnings of a Boards of Canada disc, the intricately woven tapestry of sound that has always supported the trademark “phat beetz.” If the sonic stew that remains morphed, ebbed and flowed as on previous efforts, this new aesthetic might have worked nicely; unfortunately, it happens far too rarely.
		Commenced by a huge slow but clean mass of guitar shoegazery, the track swells and intensifies; a well-placed tambourine thwacks and jangles, accentuating and offsetting simple melodies in the manner of Spaceman III or Ride at their best.
	www.dustedmagazine.com /reviews/2499 (558 words)

	Boards Of Canada - The Campfire Headphase - Stylus Magazine
		The Campfire Headphase comes wrapped in a sleeve none-more-Boards-Of-Canada, turquoise-tinted mildewed Polaroids of dozens and dozens of people who may no longer exist scattered across the digipak.
		The opening seconds of “Into The Rainbow Vein” confirm that the sound of The Campfire Headphase sits just as flush with their history.
		The Campfire Headphase turns previously oblique approaches to building new worlds of sound in more concise directions, makes Boards Of Canada more accessible without making them any less special.
	www.stylusmagazine.com /review.php?ID=3470 (631 words)

	Boards of Canada, "The Campfire Headphase" - E-Zone
		Boards of Canada's latest effort, "The Campfire Headphase," has the capacity to inspire this sort of weird, lackadaisical humming, as I found myself in the dark recesses of my bedroom attempting to make synthesizer noises through my teeth.
		Most of the critics agree that Boards of Canada missed the mark with "The Campfire Headphase," and maybe in some ways they're right.
		As critic Mark Richardson put it, "'The Campfire Headphase' is a good album and it's almost, but not quite, a good Boards of Canada album."
	media.www.dailyvidette.com /media/storage/paper420/news/2005/12/08/EZone/Boards.Of.Canada.the.Campfire.Headphase-1124451.shtml?sourcedomain=www.dailyvidette.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com (528 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Campfire Headphase: Music: Boards Of Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Playing out like a road movie, The Campfire Headphase is a dense and intricate collection of music, immersing the listener in kaleidoscopic swathes of spacious live instrumentation and trademark isolated chords of sound.
		I was renting a CD from the library the other day, and when I told the muso behind the counter that I actually thought Campfire Headphase was better than Music has the Right to Children he acted like I'd just confessed to secret fantasies about having sex with glove puppets or something.
		The Campfire Headphase is a beautiful, strange and psychedelic reminder of the emotional potential of instrumental electronica.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Campfire-Headphase-Boards-Canada/dp/B000AP2ZQC (1607 words)

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