In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country is an EP by Scottish electronic music duo Boards of Canada. It was released by Warp on 27 November 2000, in between the Scottish duo's landmark releases "Music Has the Right to Children" and "Geogaddi." Like those albums, it was well received by critics. It peaked at number 15 on the UK Independent Albums Chart. Originally pressed on blue vinyl, the vinyl version of the EP was reissued on black vinyl in 2013. The four-track collection centered around a central theme: the Branch Davidian
In a Beautiful Place Out in the Country religious sect and their Waco retreat. The EP's title refers to a line of vocals around which the title track is based, a vocoder-processed and slowed voice sample – ""come out and live in a religious community in a beautiful place out in the country."" – purportedly of Amo Bishop Roden, for whom the second track is named after. Roden, the widow of a rival of David Koresh, reoccupied the Waco site after its destruction, sleeping in a ditch near the property until federal authorities who had been keeping her away finally abandoned it. According to Metacritic, "In a Beautiful