Untrue - your thoughts
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 1:02 pm
Seems everyone's been pretty tight-lipped about this one, but for those of us that have been lucky enough to hear it, why don't we open up a bit and talk about it? And trust me, the rest of you don't have so long to wait.
After my first playthrough, the thing that comes to mind is that this is a much more subtle album than the first. Those driving, pounding, crisp Burial beats from the first album on still here - but they're also under a new layer of sound that was only touched upon originally. I don't mean the crackle, the samples that we're already familiar with... there's this new floating layer of sound at the top of it all, mostly coming from the vocal samples, which are stretched out sometimes into lovely nothingness. A layer of warmth, maybe, is the best way to put it.
This is Burial's most experimental, most expansive, and most daring work to date. He's drawing from a wider pallet of sounds, he's messing with arrangements, and most obviously he's working with vocals. Is he successful? I'd wager, for the most part, yes. He's pulled it off pretty well, but the album still has that rough edge like the debut. Which, to me, is a big part of the charm.
Big tracks to me - Near Dark (such an infectious vocal), Etched Headplate (my favorite vocal tweaking), Untrue (perhaps Burial's most experimental track as far as song structure goes), Raver (what a closer!).
Ghost Hardware is already a classic. The "filler" tracks (although maybe it's an injustice to call them that) are all great sounding... Endorphin is lovely and haunting. Other tracks are solid but not grabbing me at the moment.
Strangely enough, despite all the hype, Archangel just doesn't do it for me..
This album is going to get played many, many times. It's a lot to digest. But at the same time, it's a simple album full of emotion... What an experience to listen to it.
Sorry for such a rambling post, but I'm pretty excited as you can tell. So - your thoughts please. This is an awesome time to be a music fan and part of this community.
After my first playthrough, the thing that comes to mind is that this is a much more subtle album than the first. Those driving, pounding, crisp Burial beats from the first album on still here - but they're also under a new layer of sound that was only touched upon originally. I don't mean the crackle, the samples that we're already familiar with... there's this new floating layer of sound at the top of it all, mostly coming from the vocal samples, which are stretched out sometimes into lovely nothingness. A layer of warmth, maybe, is the best way to put it.
This is Burial's most experimental, most expansive, and most daring work to date. He's drawing from a wider pallet of sounds, he's messing with arrangements, and most obviously he's working with vocals. Is he successful? I'd wager, for the most part, yes. He's pulled it off pretty well, but the album still has that rough edge like the debut. Which, to me, is a big part of the charm.
Big tracks to me - Near Dark (such an infectious vocal), Etched Headplate (my favorite vocal tweaking), Untrue (perhaps Burial's most experimental track as far as song structure goes), Raver (what a closer!).
Ghost Hardware is already a classic. The "filler" tracks (although maybe it's an injustice to call them that) are all great sounding... Endorphin is lovely and haunting. Other tracks are solid but not grabbing me at the moment.
Strangely enough, despite all the hype, Archangel just doesn't do it for me..
This album is going to get played many, many times. It's a lot to digest. But at the same time, it's a simple album full of emotion... What an experience to listen to it.
Sorry for such a rambling post, but I'm pretty excited as you can tell. So - your thoughts please. This is an awesome time to be a music fan and part of this community.
