Reach for the Dead
| "Reach for the Dead" | ||||
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| Single by Boards of Canada | ||||
| from the album Tomorrow's Harvest | ||||
| Released | 23 May 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2005–2012 at Hexagon Sun near Pentland Hills, Scotland | |||
| Genre | Downtempo, drone | |||
| Length | 4:47 | |||
| Label | Warp | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Marcus Eoin, Mike Sandison | |||
| Producer(s) | Marcus Eoin, Mike Sandison | |||
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"Reach for the Dead" is a song by the Scottish electronic music duo Boards of Canada. It is the second track and lead single from the duo's fourth studio album, Tomorrow's Harvest (2013). "Reach for the Dead" was premiered on Zane Lowe's programme on BBC Radio 1 on 23 May 2013 and released later the same day on Warp Records' official SoundCloud.
The single was preceded by "------ / ------ / ------ / XXXXXX / ------ / ------", an exclusive 12" single released on Record Store Day 2013, which contained cryptic clues about Tomorrow's Harvest's release. A music video directed by Neil Krug, a Los Angeles–based photographer, was later premiered in Tokyo, Japan, and a reversed version of the video was released online. Critical reception to "Reach for the Dead" was generally positive.