Album Rating: 4.5

Both tracks remind me of the self-titled album more than anything. Long yes, but more immediate beat-making

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Niceee I love his self titled, so hard waiting for my vinyl to hear this, doesn't even ship till the 17th...

Album Rating: 5.0

Just listen to it you fuck

Album Rating: 4.5

I'm waiting for the vinyl as well, but I'll be fucked if I'm not downloading ahead of time

Album Rating: 5.0

getting the vinyl for xmas.



im gonna download the mp3s from iTunes when it comes out.

Album Rating: 4.5

"you have to upload it to the forums. the profile page and forums/comments sections have separate

pictures"



So easily sorted. Cheers

Album Rating: 4.5

Hyperdub is charging more for buying the new one as an EP in digital format than just buying both

tracks lol.

Album Rating: 4.5

Also yeah in regards to what Dev said, I would say maybe Kindred is to Untrue as Truant/Rough Sleeper is to Burial - or maybe somewhere in the middle of his 2 full-lengths, but the new EP still benefits so much from Burial's expanded sound, and god damn it fucking kills. Whenever he releases something new I wonder if it's gonna be able to live up to his standards, and every time I'm floored by what he does.



But yeah there are a few moments on here that are straight out of Burial, specifically around the 10 min mark of truant, there's a lot of "Wounder" going on.

Album Rating: 4.5

Parts of me are almost just really unimpressed with 'Truant', maybe because I'm so used to approaching his music from an almost strictly thematic point of view, and (while that's still present), the track is more just almost strictly beat-sculpting. The stop-start nature, the tumbling percussion. It's like he's playing with building blocks, but he keeps knocking it down and starting again, never quite crafting what he's obviously hearing in his head



'Rough Sleeper' is the business though, like insta song of the year, god-tier stuff

Album Rating: 4.5

No, cracked a woody instead

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah Rough Sleeper is absolutely unreal - in competition for his best work, and that's definitely closer to his latest material. IDK though I think Truant fucking rules, and is almost just as good, but definitely in a different way. I guess maybe I just think the "beat-sculpting" aspect of it hits almost as hard as Rough Sleeper's almost overwhelming emotional vibe.



It's hard to really break down what I think is great about it because it's a big track, but the way it starts out with that slow-paced rhythm and it all sort of builds into his classic sampled vocals, to that unbelievable bassline and melody... maybe the fact that it brings back (at least in a more overtly familiar way) some of his previous techniques makes me love it in a bit of a nostalgic way. I mean I love his new style and Kindred is obviously a 5 for me, but something about having those vocal samples all over Truant is just nice to hear, and I don't think it sacrifices anything really.



I guess I would say, I don't think he knocks down his ideas - I think he's just using a lot of different ones (all great) with abrupt transitions. I actually was thinking as I listened to it that it would totally work as multiple tracks, he's literally just stopping at some points and then moving onto something entirely different. He kind of did it with Kindred (Ashtray Wasp especially) but it all sort of fit together better and most of it was the same, whereas Truant could probably be split up into at least 3 pretty distinct sections that work on their own. I don't really think of it as a flaw in the overall sounds though, because I do still think it's obviously intended to be one track, even if it's less clear.



And I think the two tracks work great together, like they show off 2 sides of him well.

Album Rating: 4.5

I agree with all of those, except for me it doesn't really feel like a "big" track to me, like it seems to hold a lot less emotional weight to it than what he's usually (in my eyes at least) capable of. I'm not knocking it because of that though, because I don't know what his intentions were with the piece and whether or not he's failed at reaching a kind of climactic core with the piece - because it's still moody and mournful and contains all the usual stuff we expect from him. It's just far more beat driven, more mechanically driven than his usual attempts at idk, digitizing humanity

Album Rating: 4.0

Listening to it for the first time, liking what I hear so far. Truant has a very laidback, subtle groove I very much enjoy. Its clickity-clackity nature is pretty cool as well.

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah it definitely does hold less emotional weight. But I think it works because of the beat/bass weight. And I also like having truant before rough sleeper, I actually think I like that layout a bit more than Kindred's though I'll have to see how I feel after more listens.

Album Rating: 4.5

"Its clickity-clackity nature is pretty cool as well."



Yeah it's the distinct Burial style. At least distinct from what I've heard in Dubstep so far. Only

just now getting into this genre and accepting it's not all merely commercial rubbish designed for

hammered 15 year old gatecrashers

Album Rating: 4.5

I could maybe see doing that for truant (though I never would personally) but I don't really think Rough Sleeper would carry the same weight if split into parts.

Album Rating: 4.5

This definitely has harsher transitions than any of his previous long stuff. I think it's pretty jarring on both tracks, but I think that rough sleeper works so well as a whole even if it can be split up. I still think Truant is more fractured, but I think it's kind of cool that the tracks have obvious different pieces but they all work together to build a picture. Like if I were to break truant into pieces, the first part and second part are totally different, but the third part returns a bit to the first part. It isn't totally obvious at first with that second part splitting them up, but I definitely do think parts 1 and 3 belong on the same track, which is why I think that even though the tracks COULD be separated, having them together works better still.

Album Rating: 4.5

On this they're merged together into one big mess; and I have to disagree, I believe Rough Sleeper suffers from this even more than Truant, mainly because the long track in the middle doesn't fit very well between the two other tracks.

Album Rating: 4.5

Both tracks remind me of the self-titled album more than anything. Long yes, but more

immediate beat-making

Also yeah in regards to what Dev said, I would say maybe Kindred is to Untrue as Truant/Rough

Sleeper is to Burial

Parts of me are almost just really unimpressed with 'Truant', maybe because I'm so used to

approaching his music from an almost strictly thematic point of view, and (while that's still

present), the track is more just almost strictly beat-sculpting. The stop-start nature, the tumbling

percussion. It's like he's playing with building blocks, but he keeps knocking it down and starting

again, never quite crafting what he's obviously hearing in his head



'Rough Sleeper' is the business though, like insta song of the year, god-tier stuff

I guess I would say, I don't think he knocks down his ideas - I think he's just using a lot

of different ones (all great) with abrupt transitions. I actually was thinking as I listened to it

that it would totally work as multiple tracks, he's literally just stopping at some points and then

moving onto something entirely different. He kind of did it with Kindred (Ashtray Wasp especially)

but it all sort of fit together better and most of it was the same, whereas Truant could probably be

split up into at least 3 pretty distinct sections that work on their own.

Album Rating: 4.5

to be honest the new ep has just made me realise how incredible this one is and how perfectly balanced and cohesive it is despite all the cut ups and things going on.



might have to 5