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Boards of Canada appear to be teasing a return, after fans began sharing footage of mysterious VHS tapes allegedly sent through distribution channels linked to Warp Records and its retail arm Bleep.^[1]

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Timeline

• 2026-04-10 | Posters (Soho, London)

• 2026-04-06 | One of the first VHS Tapes received by a fan. More below.

Tapes

Table

Pictures

Possible official Promo - NTSC/PAL Cassette Tapes with Black Matte paper casing. 7 Hexagons screened in white on top of VHS tape with white NTSC/PAL sticker. No other markings.^[2] It should be noted that on the mailing label, Ochre, in the sender's name, Ochre Logistics Limited, is a type of orange coloring. Orange is a well-known color reference in Boards of Canada's discography. However, Ochre is also the name of the platform Bleep runs on, and it is likely the tapes come from Bleep. It has been speculated that the 2025 BoC merch on Bleep was used to collect the postal addresses of the best people to send the tapes to.

Videos

Recordings

Deconstruction

Playlist

Analysis

• Moody Bible Institute AD is the Audio on VHS (2026-04-07) (reddit)

The vocal track on the tape:

"In every new issue of the monthly magazine for seekers everywhere, devotees arrive with exclusive supersonic flexi-disks bearing voices and music that strike the heart. Subscribe now, every month find a record with devotion with a hexagonal sound disc. Discover the new issue: six-sided flexible carrying high-fidelity recordings from the MBI Institute. Hear the patterns, follow the shapes. This marks the first low of a strange dessert, reflections and source of life. Now with your first issue, you'll receive the exclusive flexi-hexidisc, a hexagon of sound. Six voices and music to guide your path. Subscribe today, discover the New Month's journey. Each issue brings insight into devotion and a unique exodus of voices and music to guide your path. The guide is the light that calls them, music and spoken words to make way clear. **The first issue is free**. From the first line to the last word, the message is clear. It's monthly devotion, revelation, and the exclusive hexasong from the desk. All for only 2.95, call now."

I posted this in a thread earlier today about the isolated vocal track, but wanted to add some new details. I'm almost certain this audio is an ad for Moody Monthly Magazine which was a publication of Moody Bible Institute (a private Christian bible school based in Chicago) that stopped publishing around 1991.

The beginning of the vocal mentions a monthly magazine, then after talking about a "free hexagonal flexi disc", it says it "features a recording from the MBI Institute", which, when you google that, comes up as Moody Bible Institute.

At the end, the voice says "all for $2.95". I looked for copies of Moody Monthly on EBay and from 1989-91, the magazine cost...$2.95! You can find most of the issues from those years on Ebay but none of the few photos that I saw mention a special flexi disc. [1]

The school has a pretty vast archive library, so I called them today to see if they might know about the flexi disc in the magazine. The person I spoke with didn't but mentioned the head archivist was out today. If you happen to live in Chicago, you can schedule an appointment to visit the library and check!

Moody has a radio station that is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year^[3][4]

I'm guessing the audio is from an ad for the magazine that aired on the radio station at some point between 1989 and 91.

I also have this theory that the VHS copies aren't just about a new release, but maybe a "golden ticket" to an exclusive live event that the recipients will get tickets to if they can somehow decode info on the VHS.

• Jim & Tammy Faye Bakker in VHS footage (2026-04-08) (reddit)

American televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker with her husband Jim Bakker. They were prominent figures in the 1980s, building the religious television empire known as "The PTL Club" (Praise the Lord). The couple's public image and empire collapsed following scandals related to financial fraud and sexual misconduct in 1987.

• Spreadsheet for VHS Observations (2026-04-09) (reddit)

This sheet segregates every frame into "scenes", which is anytime the visual changes substantially (whether its 1 frame or 100 frames). Descriptions are kept as objective and abstract as possible unless we can reasonably confirm whats being shown. Notes are reflexive first impressions. Origin will ideally be urls of source material. Shoutout to the person here who zipped every frame into jpegs.

See Also

• LP5
• Discography

External Links

Articles

• Clash Magazine
• DJ Mag
• Electronic Groove
• Exclaim!
• Far Out Magazine
• Gizmodo
• Happy Mag
• Resident Advisor
• Stereogum
• The Needle Drop

Sources

• BoCARG Visual Infinite Board on Miro
• BOC VHS Tracker on Google Sheets
• BOCC TAPE TRACCRR on TMW Discord
• General New Release Speculation Topic Part II on Twoism forum
• Mystery VHS Tape Transcription on Twoism forum
• News & Findings on Twoism forum
• Spreadsheet for VHS Observations

References

1. ↑ https://nl.ra.co/news/84925
2. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/release/36993321-Boards-Of-Canada-2026-VHS-Promo%20Tape%201
3. ↑ https://www.moodyradio.org/landing-pages/100-years/
4. ↑ https://www.moodyradio.org/stations/chicago?appeal=GAW&opti_ca=12032419815&opti_ag=121707183968&opti_ad=490700854979&opti_key=kwd-890658849097&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=12032419815