The Word Becomes Flesh

2026-06-02T21:19:43Z

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{{Infobox Song|
| name=The Word Becomes Flesh
| runtime=5:20
| appearson=[[Inferno]]}}
"[[The Word Becomes Flesh]]" is the tenth track on [[Boards of Canada]]'s fifth studio album, ''[[Inferno]]''.

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== Comments ==
* The track title is a direct biblical reference to verse 1:14 of the book of John; "The Word became Flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the on and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."

== Samples / Lyrics ==
The source of the speech is sampled from Introduction to Development,<ref>https://archive.org/details/introductiontodevelopment</ref> a 1983 educational film by Vuke, George J. Using time-lapse, close-up photography, and illustrations, this work documents the developmental processes of an amphibian and a bird, covering stages from the fertilized egg to the formation of critical anatomical structures like the nervous system, gut, circulatory system, and heart.

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The head of the embryo grows forward and the gut elongates rearward 
The neural folds meet in the brain region, but do fuse 
At this stage, four pairs of somites, blocks of mesodermal tissue, have formed 
(''Remarkable development of the embryo in more detail'') 
As the head of the embryo grows forward 
The head fold further undercuts its anterior end 
(''If we open a fertilized egg that has just been laid, we see the yolk'') 
The neural folds fuse to form new sets 
—terior end develops into a three-part brain 
(''These rope-like strands, called the chalazae, help to hold the yolk in position'') 
Early structures of the eye are now prominent 
Meanwhile 
(''The egg passes down the oviduct'') 
The embryo develops in an equally exciting manner 
In this later stage, a small embryo is already visible 
(''These rope-like strands, called the chalazae'') 
As a light-colored disk 
(''Called the blastoderm'') 
(''The blastoderm, the central part of—'') 
Soon, blood vessels appear outside the embryo 
The heart develops and begins to beat 
(''By repeated cell divisions while the egg— called the chalazae'') 
The pattern of blood vessels over the egg expands 
Supplying the embryo with food and oxygen and removing waste 
(''Cell division continues and is restricted to the blastoderm'') 
As the embryo grows, brain, eyes, and other structures develop 
(''The extensive yolk of the egg does not divide'') 
Soon, a vigorously beating heart is pumping blood throughout the complex embryo 
Which is rapidly developing into a mature organism 
(''The cells move from both sides of the midline'') 
(''A long thickened area called the primitive streak'') 
Part of the blastoderm, the area pellucida, is translucent because it is over a liquid 
And the white of the egg 
—pands, vessels over the yolk expands 
Some of the albumen becomes thickened and twisted as the egg passes down the oviduct 
(''The central part of—'') 
These rope-like strands, called the chalazae, help to hold the cells in position 
The blastoderm at this stage consists of many cells produced by repeated cell divisions 
While the egg was still within the organism 
(''The blastoderm, the area pellucida'') 
(''The central part of—, will completely surround the—, filled cavity'') 
(''Eyes, the midline, stage, develop'') 
(''The head of the embryo grows forward and the gut elongates'') 
(''Visible, the neural folds meet'') 
(''The outer portion, the area opaca, is opaque'') 
(''The cells move from both sides of the midline'') 
(''A long thickened area called the primitive streak'') 
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== Trivia ==
* The track was used in the end credits of [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26657236/ Backrooms] by [[wikipedia:Kane Parsons|Kane Parsons]], a film based on the [[wikipedia:Backrooms (web series)|web series]] and [[wikipedia:The Backrooms|creepypasta]] of the same name.<ref>[https://stereogum.com/2500808/backrooms-end-credits-song-is-from-boards-of-canadas-new-album "''Backrooms'' End Credits Song Is From Boards Of Canada’s New Album"], Margaret Farrell, Stereogum, 2026</ref> Parsons cites [[Boards of Canada|the duo]] as one of his influences for the film's score.<ref>[https://www.gq.com/story/backrooms-director-kane-parsons-influences "''Backrooms'' Director Kane Parsons on the Games, Shows, and YouTubers That Shaped Him"], Zack Hauptman, GQ, 2026</ref>
** Notably, ''[[Inferno]]'' and the film were released on the same day: May 29th, 2026. How [[wikipedia:A24|A24]] received early access to the track is unknown.

== Videos ==

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A video breaking down roughly the parts with the sample:

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== Audio ==
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== External links ==

== References ==
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[[Category:Released tracks]]
[[Category:Inferno tracks]]

Beware The Friendly Stranger

2026-06-01T23:10:58Z

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{{Infobox Song|
| name=Beware The Friendly Stranger
| runtime=0:38
| appearson=[[Geogaddi]]}}

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== Comments ==

== Samples / Lyrics ==
* Contains a crackling campfire coupled with a short synth line to transition into the next song. It has been used several times a sort of theme song to [http://www.fat-pie.com/ David Firth]'s "[http://www.fat-pie.com/salad.htm Salad Fingers]" flash cartoon series.
* The "vinyl crackle" in the background is actually a bonfire being lit in the 1963 movie "[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057261/ Lord Of The Flies]".<ref>[https://www.whosampled.com/sample/1169008/Boards-of-Canada-Beware-the-Friendly-Stranger-Lord-of-the-Flies-(1963)-Creating-the-Bonfire/ whosampled.com]</ref><ref>{{#widget:YouTube|id= TPBNI6YSqSM |width=480px|height=270px|start=1443s}}</ref><ref>https://www.twoism.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=309295#p309295</ref>

== Trivia ==
* The 'Friendly Stranger' is mentioned, as the name of a bar, in "The Illuminatus! Trilogy". It's in the chapter entitled "the second trip, or chokmah":
<blockquote>"Then I met Mao Tsu-hsi.  It was April 30, Walpurgasnacht (pause for thunder on the soundtrack), and I was rapping with some of the crowd at the Friendly Stranger.  H.P. Lovecraft (the rock group, not the writer) was conducting services in the back room, pounding away at the door to Acid Land in the gallant effort, new and striking that year, to break in on waves of sound without any chemical skeleton key at all ..."</blockquote>
* [[Image:Beware-the-friendly-stranger.jpg]]
 
* There was a PSA released in the '50s that portrayed homosexuals as predators, and contained the line "If you meet a stranger, be careful if they are too friendly."<ref>http://www.understandingprejudice.org/multimedia/heterosexism.htm</ref> The song title may be a reference to this.

== Videos ==

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== External links==
* [[wikipedia:David_Firth_(animator)|David Firth]]

== References ==

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[[Category:Geogaddi tracks]]
[[Category:Released tracks]]

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The Word Becomes Flesh

Beware The Friendly Stranger