Review: Burial - Untrue

Untrue is comprised of myriad familiar musical elements that I've never heard combined in this particular formula before. In many ways, Burial follows a somewhat traditional house music song structure, with heavy beats, psychedelic bass lines, silky/soulful vocal accompaniments, and even uses a lot of sinewy synth sounds – however - Burial manages to incorporate all of these elements without sounding like house music, which is a good thing. Some of the aforementioned elements are reminiscent of the Streets (Archangel), Faithless (Ghost Hardware) and even Radiohead (Etched Headplate and almost the whole album in a way). In a way, Undead’s amorphously textural soundscapes remind me of Fennesz, but where Fennesz calls it good, Burial adds an entire albums more of music. Undead really works is in its ability to create rich, memorable songs without having any distinguishable melody. Instead, the depth defining contrast between the percussive patterns of the clonky snare sound and the chunky lows is the real feature of the album.

Burial on Emusic