Backrooms
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June 4, 2026 · 1h 15m · Season 1 · Episode 17
About this episode
This episode explores the musical aspects of Kane Parson’s Backrooms and its connections to Vaporwave and hauntology.
This week we examine the phenomenon of Kane Parson’s Backrooms through a musical lens. We discuss the history of Vaporwave and its influence on liminal space horror. Could the internet’s decade long obsession with ‘hauntology’ be traced back to the early internet musical genre? And how did Boards of Canada wind up on the soundtrack of this indie horror runaway hit? Tune in as we uncover all this and more!
People in this episode
Host: This Podcast Should Be Played Loud
Topics covered
- Backrooms
- Vaporwave
- liminal space horror
- hauntology
- indie horror
- Boards of Canada
Keywords
- Backrooms
- Vaporwave
- liminal space
- hauntology
- indie horror
- Boards of Canada
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Boards of Canada
Books & works: Backrooms, Vaporwave, hauntology
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