Album Rating: 4.5

I listen to this in the middle of winter every year and it gives me a kind of euphoria that I desperately need.

t/t is an absolute stormer, but this whole thing has some of the most borderline patronising spoken word samples of any record I can think of. Absolute flop on the show-don't-tell front I think Burial usually excels at - I like the final sample on Come Down to Us for the framing it gives the whole thing, but the rest just feel stifling. Real shame

yeah i can definitely agree with that. this is probably my least favorite of his non-ambient releases

Oof. Defs one of his best. Took me a minute to warm up to it though. Always felt a bit extra sonically and lyrically before that

Love that sample too tho Johnny

He took a similar approach on the shock power of love EP. I get why more upfront lyrical stuff seems unfitting for burial because it’s usually obscured or less intelligible, but i personally think it works really well for his music. The more comfortable he’s gotten with what he has to say, the clearer the samples have become. Pretty beautiful

Also yeah coming back to this i always forget how heavy this album is on the r&b influence, that’s always been a big part of burial’s ethos because duh 2-step but this is by farrr the most full tilt r&b tip he’s ever done. I remember thinking come down to us was just so sluggish and indulgent, I think it was tough for a lot of burial fans to vibe with initially including me for literally years but it’s aged as one of his finest imo. Come back to it later Johnny dear

i wish it grew on me

its slightly more satisfying in the context of "tunes" but the non-t/t tracks are still just decent for me

t/t is still incredible though ofc

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

dis best woo



new one is his best since this one

oooh new burial good? must czech

Album Rating: 5.0

This one is so good

"how heavy this album is on the r&b influence, that’s always been a big part of burial’s ethos because duh 2-step but this is by farrr the most full tilt r&b tip he’s ever done."
the actual R&B-styled samples on this are mostly good
the majority of the spoken word samples are absolutely not. feels so crass and corny compared to what I dig from Burial - sheds too much of the murk the last two EPs thrived on and sours the whole experience for me. clearly well-intended (and I get that making a departure from his more shadowy style was probably inspiring at the time), but it just feels artless and hamfisted to me :/

honestly might lower this
t/t is a stomper but hiders and come down to us give me less and less on each relisten
by far the weakest two non-ambient songs on the tunes comp

I don’t like any of the EPs as much as either of the albums, but he definitely lost the plot for me here

Album Rating: 3.7

woah going through these EP/singles has been a journey

Album Rating: 3.7

Come Down to Us is definitely cheesy but the Lana Wachowski sample < 3

rival dealer goes so fuckin hard

shame about the other tracks

It’ll click sometime, promise buddy

Album Rating: 4.5

man that rival dealer outro, too legendary

Album Rating: 3.5

Miss when Burial would casually drop incredible material at the end of the year