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I’ve sat with “Inferno” almost daily since its release and I’d like to put out my ratings and favorite track from each. I’ll go chronologically on a 0-10 scale (10 highest), include the unofficial releases and EPs, and exclude lost releases, basically what I’ve been able to get my hands on. Share yours too.

Twoism: 8.5 (“Sixtyniner”)
A Few Old Tunes: 9 (“5.9.78”)
Old Tunes Vol. 2: 8.8 (“Staircase Whip”)
BoC Maxima: 8.5 (“Everything You Do Is A Balloon”)
Hi Scores: 7.8 (“June 9th”)
MHTRTC: 10 (“Aquarius”)
IABPOITC: 8.2 (“Kid for Today”)
Geogaddi: 9 (“Corsair”)
The Campfire Headphase: 9.5 (“Chromakey Dreamcoat”)
Trans-Canada Highway: 7.6 (“Left Side Drive”)
Tomorrow’s Harvest: 7.5 (“Nothing Is Real”)
Inferno: 9.2 (“Blood in the Labyrinth”)

I am grateful to be here for a new BoC release that was 13 years in the making. If “Inferno” were their last official release I’m happy to have experienced a fitting end to the works of the geniuses they are. Where “Tomorrow’s Harvest” predicted an apocalyptic future, “Inferno” put us directly into the fire, the aftermath of right now…in the future. Until next time. 🍊

I’ve taken in “inferno” almost daily. I understand how it ties into Geogaddi and Tomorrow’s Harvest as part of this trilogy of end times. I guess I just need confirmation, or validation, about “Memory Death.”

I have three interpretations of one of the most straightforward, heartbreaking tracks I’ve heard in the 20 years I’ve been a BoC fan.

I interpret “Memory Death” as:

1. The death of the past, an innocence, the “before times”
2. The actual death of memory of someone (loved one) through illness (Alzheimer’s/dementia)

(Please, I ask that you be kind in your views and understanding of what we’ve been through since 2013)
3. A “tribute” to 2020-21/early pandemic times when COVID was at the forefront, many people sick and dying (heart monitor/EKG beeping), since then society has mostly chosen to move past it. When I first heard this track it brought me back to a time I think we want to forget, a collective “memory death.” What do you think? It’s a beautifully tragic interlude, isn’t it? Truly.