Untrue - Burial > Reviews

Advantages: Bass, dread and fear
Disadvantages: None

...else but in London, 2007. Untrue is a dark record, a refraction of night time, a hazy, hypnotic mosaic of voices, beats, sub-bass and clouds of radio static. It's Iain Sinclair or Peter Ackroyd's psycho geography of London's hidden corners ripped from the page and made flesh. The sound of a ghostly city floating, the past remixed and remodelled into the near future. The songs unfurl like a blissfully slow comedown, those hours spent waiting for ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent mixing, sampling, lyrics and blend of an album
Disadvantages: The argument of "What is Dubstep and is this it?"

Untrue is the second album by dubstep producer, Burial. But, first let's get an idea of the genre, dubstep, which, since 2006, seems to be slowly rising in popularity but still leaves most people (including myself) completely confused as to what it is. Basically, dubstep is a genre, which has its influence from the London's garage scene in early 2000 and also a drum and bass feel towards it. But, if you're still confused, then Untrue is a good ... Read review

Advantages: Original, Compelling, Hypnotizing
Disadvantages: None

The most exciting album for a long, long time... In many ways this album is difficult to describe, the sound is unparalled and unmatched. Undoubtedly this is the best description of what it is like to live a British urban life, without Dylan Mills' lyrics(Boy In The Corner). The album follows a pattern of 2 step rhythms with broken samples over the top, seemingly underwhelming. However this album epitomises Britain's broken communites, the ... Read review