Kindred (EP)
| Kindred | ||||
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| EP by Burial | ||||
| Released | 13 February 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
| Genre | Dubstep, 2-step garage | |||
| Length | 30:45 | |||
| Label | Hyperdub | |||
| Producer | Burial | |||
| Burial chronology | ||||
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Kindred is the fifth extended play by British electronic music producer Burial. It was digitally released on 13 February 2012,[1] with a vinyl release following on 12 March 2012.[2] The EP was met with praise, with Metacritic assigning an averaged score of 88 out of 100 based on 17 reviews from mainstream critics.[3]
In 2013, Neil Blomkamp's film Elysium featured the song "Loner". Terrence Malick's 2015 film Knight of Cups featured the song "Ashtray Wasp".
Critical reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 88/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Consequence of Sound | B[5] |
| Drowned in Sound | 9/10[1] |
| Exclaim! | 9/10[6] |
| Pitchfork Media | 8.7/10[7] |
| Resident Advisor | 4.5/5[8] |
| Rolling Stone |  [9] |
| Spin | 8/10[10] |
| Sputnikmusic | 4.5/5[11] |
| XLR8R | 9/10[12] |
Kindred received overwhelmingly positive acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic (a review aggregator site which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 from music critics), based on 17 critics, the album has received a score of 88/100, which indicates "universal acclaim".[3] Pitchfork noted that Kindred "pretty much breaks every Burial precedent there is", calling it "a convenient slap in the face, a wake up call. Never before has his music possessed this much majesty, this much command, this much power: The pathos here has moved from sympathetic to completely domineering." NME wrote that "all the highfaluting talk is justified: the EP’s title track is a 12-minute depth-charge that crackles and fizzes dangerously, imbued with the same knife-edge tension you feel when trekking across London at night."[13]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Kindred" | 11:28 |
| 2. | "Loner" | 7:31 |
| 3. | "Ashtray Wasp" | 11:46 |
Total length: |
30:45 | |
References
- 1 2 Bass, George (20 February 2012). "Ep Review: Burial – Kindred". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ↑ "Burial's Kindred gets vinyl release date". Fact. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- 1 2 3 "Reviews for Kindred [EP] by Burial". Metacritic. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ↑ Kellman, Andy. "Kindred – Burial". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ↑ Young, Alex (23 February 2012). "Burial – Kindred". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ↑ Pollard, Vincent (28 February 2012). "Burial: Kindred". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ↑ Ryce, Andrew (15 February 2012). "Burial: Kindred". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ↑ Rothlein, Jordan (15 February 2012). "Burial – Kindred". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ↑ Hermes, Will (30 March 2012). "Kindred EP". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ↑ Patel, Puja (27 February 2012). "Burial, 'Kindred EP' (Hyperdub)". Spin. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ↑ Deviant (13 February 2012). "Review: Burial – Kindred". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ↑ Fallon, Patrick (15 February 2012). "Burial: Kindred EP". XLR8R. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ↑ "Burial - 'Kindred - NME". NME. Retrieved 2016-11-26.