Burial's Untrue was released Tuesday and it was everything that one could hope for in a follow-up to last years self titled release. An all around slab of dark, emotive dubstep pitter patter. That said, it's not as immediate as his previous release, a more subdued and obtuse sound seems to dominate. His compositions have become more complex, retaining the soul at the heart of certain strains of dubstep, while exploring the hisses and imperfect sounds left off his first release. The interludes feel much more weighted as well, such as the midway track "In McDonalds", which abandons straight beats for more urban soul sounds, soul fed through post-glitch production, an eerie ode to late night rendezvous. When the beats are on, they're pitch perfect, sublimating everything going down in the dubstep scene, while forgetting the 'dub' bit; tracks like "Homeless", a song built on organ chords and abstract voice fills, are transformed from what might, in the wrong hands, be a standard set of bars into something so sublimely entrancing.
I've only gotten a day with this, and already I find it to be one of the most compelling records I've heard all year. I am sure to come back to this at the end of the year once I've had more time to full digest it all. For now I've uploaded a track...
Burial- "Archangel"