The double header of Truant/Rough Sleeper was the second EP from Burial in 2012, and arrived with as little fanfare as the superb Kindred EP did early that year. Unlike that more dancefloor focused record however, this EP harks back to the producer's earlier sound. Of course, being two longform compositions clocking in at 12 and 14 minutes respectively, they're hardly conventional works; each utilises the same liberal use of spectral atmospheres, emotive vocal samples, hollow 2-step beats and nods to jungle as we've come to expect from the producer, but with complex structures that come across more like two sides of an old mixtape recorded from a pair of decrepit turntables.
The double header of Truant/Rough Sleeper was the second EP from Burial in 2012, and arrived with as little fanfare as the superb Kindred EP did early that year. Unlike that more dancefloor focused record however, this EP harks back to the producer's earlier sound. Of course, being two longform compositions clocking in at 12 and 14 minutes respectively, they're hardly conventional works; each utilises the same liberal use of spectral atmospheres, emotive vocal samples, hollow 2-step beats and nods to jungle as we've come to expect from the producer, but with complex structures that come across more like two sides of an old mixtape recorded from a pair of decrepit turntables.
Tracklisting:
A. Truant
B. Rough Sleeper
Format: 12”
Cat. #: SI-HDB-069
Label: Hyperdub
