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FR 172: Hexagons Everywhere

Thoughts on Boards of Canada, plus new LPs from K Wata, Bill Orcutt & Mabe Fratti, and more.

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Philip Sherburne
Jun 02, 2026
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In my review of Boards of Canada’s Inferno for Pitchfork last week, I mentioned that, in the days following a Barcelona listening session a week prior to the release, I suddenly seemed to see hexagons everywhere I looked. I wasn’t exaggerating. It was as though I’d stepped into Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49, except instead of muted horns, they were six…

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