4 Facts About Boards of Canada’s “Reach for the Dead”

It was the lead single from Tomorrow’s Harvest “Reach for the Dead” was released on May 24, 2013, as the first single from Boards of Canada’s fourth studio album.

The single preceded the album by two weeks Tomorrow’s Harvest came out on June 10, 2013, making “Reach for the Dead” an early preview of the album’s sound.

The track is darker and more dystopian than earlier work Its sparse, ominous tone marked a shift from the warmer, nostalgic style of previous albums like Music Has the Right to Children.

The single was released with a music video The video features eerie, slow-motion imagery of a desert landscape, matching the song’s bleak atmosphere.