Burial - Untrue - 2007

I asked my friends for their favorite albums and Bennett dropped this one.

My resident audio expert, Bennett is all about the sound engineering and technicalities. If I ever wanted to make an album, I’d ask him to produce it. That being said, I should have known he’d recommend something fully out of my wheelhouse. Regardless, I still enjoyed listening to this.

I knew he’d drop something good, but had no idea what to expect.

I’m out of my lane listening to this one, but still found myself picking up some really interesting electronic sounds.

Near Dark had this interesting snare drum looped with a mouse click type and coin dropping. I think its super interesting how people layer these sounds to make music like this. It’s the type of underground trance music you’d hear at a secret warehouse party in Berlin or Brooklyn … or Shoreditch lol.

Overall, I was into the luminous and muffled sound that coated each song. I pictured a cold evening, rain on the ground, black combat boots and a man with a vendetta.

I hate to say it, but the first few songs really sounded the same to me, I found myself checking if I’d hit the repeat button a few times. I think that really tells me what kind of things I hear in music - the lyrics, the story, the emotion.

I want to lay vocals on top of some of these songs.

I didn’t look into Burial before I started listening to the album so when I finally did read up, it all made sense. The cities he is most listened to in are London (he’s a Brit), Berlin, LA, Sydney & Brooklyn (in that order).

Pretty cool shit. Not my go-to music, but if I ever decide to trip I’d put this on for sure.

Adding this bit after I posted for the first time… But I’ve kept the album on while writing and just had this thought. I really like how it reminds me of the Disclosure album that I love so much, but with a darker edge to it. Like it sounds really refined and clean, but there’s this sound of grit that comes through.