So Burial released his latest EP this past week, accompanied by the sound of furious music bloggers and critics frantically changing their year end lists. And why not, as Burial has been putting up some of the most deeply intense, soulful music anyone has ever seen. This is dance music so far evolved beyond any labels of garage, 2-step or whatever, tunes that not only make you move but move you as well.
This latest EP, which consists of the two tracks Truant and Rough Sleeper, not only live up to his standards but continue the progression his sound has made since the other EP he released this year. Just like in the Kindred EP, Burial seems to have moved on towards longer tracks with small individual sections that mesh together to create almost a stream of consciousness that moves from one idea to the next. The tracks certainly feel much more like 'mixes', rather than the album tracks we're used to on his LPs, where he focuses on one beat or idea and develops it over 5 minutes or so.
The downside of this is it might come off a little messy, and just when you're grooving to one part you're thrown into something else very quickly. The upsides definitely outweigh any downside though: we get plenty of sweet little snippets and jams that probably wouldn't have fit on any bona fide album tracks, and the tracks on a whole feel much more unpredictable and epic all at once. Regardless of all this douchey discussion though, this is up there with some of the most gorgeous music Burial has put out. The second half of Rough Sleeper especially.
Buy the EP
here (only 2.50GBP!)
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