Burial ‘Street Halo EP’ (Hyperdub) The shadowy, mysterious king of dubstep returns with ‘Street Halo EP,’ his first release in 4 hears. Hyperdub plays host to the 3-track serving that fans worldwide have been itching for. Ghostly ambiance, neck-hair-raising vocals, intoxicating dub rhythms and signature drum programming melts brains and take us all on a trip through the rainy streets of London. [Favorite track: ‘Street Halo’ Listen above] Ahhh - this is one of only a few albums I can remember in my lifetime that caused me to stop what I was doing completely and instantly pay the most I could for the highest-quality download the minute it was released. The infamous Burial has reappeared, and in perfect form. This is a modest re-entry into the world of commercial music releases but William Bevin (Burial) does not fail to impress and feeds the dreary-dubstep-ear-hungry as expected. I will say that although I recommend everyone take a listen to this EP, outside of the first track, ‘Street Halo,’ there’s not really anything new to hear or learn about one of the U.K. underground’s favorite electronic/dance heroes. Sounds pretty much like everything else he has done in the past. ‘Street Halo’ features some sleepy electro-esque bass that I really dug and didn’t expect supported by that signature Burial drums keeping the beat. Nonetheless, I love it. I would recommend it to anybody, young or old, cheery or plain gloomy. Have been listening to the three tracks nonstop for about an hour now. Burning a CD for the car for the long ride home (no, I do NOT have a connection for my iPod). I’ve had a lot of people ask me to describe “dubstep” to them lately seeing as how the genre has peeked out its grimey head in pop music lately. You won’t hear the likes of Burial laced into Brittney Spears tracks anytime soon, but I would recommend anyone curious about dubstep listen to this guy first, one of the originals, a perfect example of where the name came from and who helped to craft the international phenomenon that has become dubstep. Mr. Bevin, I am truly a fan.
