Achingly beautiful melodies rise from metallic, bass driven beats like a burst of sunlight through a grimy subway window. A true modern classic for the post-rave generation.
With songs as anthemic as ‘Archangel’ and ’Etched Headplate’, this album has become a landmark for the relatively new Dubstep genre. ‘Untrue’ has the deep sub bass and edgy beats typical for Dubstep, which is arguably the creative successor to the Drum and Bass scene of the mid 1990s. But with its use of heavily treated vocals and cut up melodies, ‘Untrue’ goes far beyond any genre.
Burial alters the sound of vocals halfway through lines. The result is slightly unsettling, yet oddly beautiful. Strings are Burial’s other main source of melody. Sweeping string patterns are cut into odd shards and re-assembled like in a caleidoscope.
Burial lives and creates his music in Croydon, deep in the urban wastelands of South London. Even at his most mellow, Burial’s tracks are 100% urban: The click click rhythm of wheels on train tracks, the metallic echo of a closing door.
‘Untrue’ is a chilled out yet totally unpredictable trip through an urban dreamscape. If you liked Massive Attack back in the days, you have to try this album.
The word about Burial is spreading outside the Dubstep scene. Radiohead’s Thom Yorke recently asked Burial to remix a track from Yorke’s solo album ‘Eraser’. Burial gave ‘And It Rained All Night’ a total makeover, leaving only Yorke’s vocals intact. The dark and melancholic remix with its relentless ‘click clack’ rhythm would fit in well on ‘Untrue’.
Listen to ‘Untrue’ and download the album from iTunes.
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