Kindred (EP)

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Kindred
EP by
Burial
Released13 February 2012 (2012-02-13)
Recorded2011
Genre
Length30:45
LabelHyperdub
ProducerBurial
Burial chronology
Street Halo / Kindred
(2012) 		Kindred
(2012) 		Truant / Rough Sleeper
(2012)

Kindred is the fifth extended play by British electronic music producer Burial. It was first released on 13 February 2012 digitally by Hyperdub,[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 Japan and selected world markets, Hyperdub issued Kindred as a compilation with Burial's previous EP Street Halo on 11 February 2012. The release, Street Halo / Kindred, placed on the Ultratop 50 albums chart.

In 2013, Neill Blomkamp's film Elysium featured the song "Loner". Terrence Malick's 2015 film Knight of Cups featured the song "Ashtray Wasp".[citation needed]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?8.4/10[4]
Metacritic88/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Consequence of Sound[6]
Exclaim!9/10[7]
Fact4/5[8]
MSN Music (Expert Witness)A−[9]
Pitchfork8.7/10[10]
Resident Advisor4.5/5[11]
Rolling Stone[12]
Spin8/10[13]
XLR8R9/10[14]

Kindred received widespread critical acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 from music critics, based on 17 critics, the album received a score of 88 out of 100, which indicates "universal acclaim".[3] Andrew Ryce of 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."[10] NME's Ben Hewitt 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."[15] Reviewing the CD reissue compiling the EP with 2011's Street Halo, Robert Christgau wrote that Kindred's title track "takes seven seconds to achieve liminal audibility before slowly building into a peppier elegy than anything [Burial]'s previously dared", while "Ashtray Wasp" develops from a "distressed house anthem" into "something more lyrical. Thoughtful, even."[9]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks written and produced by Burial.[16]

No.TitleLength
1."Kindred"11:28
2."Loner"7:31
3."Ashtray Wasp"11:46
Total length:30:45

Charts[edit]

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17]
Street Halo / Kindred 		186
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[18]
Street Halo / Kindred 		185
US Hot Singles Sales (Billboard)[19] 2
US Dance/Electronic Singles Sales (Billboard)[20] 1

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bass, George (20 February 2012). "Ep Review: Burial – Kindred". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Burial's Kindred gets vinyl release date". Fact. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Reviews for Kindred [EP] by Burial". Metacritic. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Kindred by Burial reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  5. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Kindred – Burial". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  6. ^ Choudhery, Möhammad (23 February 2012). "Album Review: Burial – Kindred". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  7. ^ Pollard, Vincent (28 February 2012). "Burial: Kindred". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  8. ^ Finlayson, Angus (15 February 2012). "Burial: Kindred". Fact. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  9. ^ a b Christgau, Robert (17 July 2012). "Burial/Saint Etienne". MSN Music. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  10. ^ a b Ryce, Andrew (15 February 2012). "Burial: Kindred". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  11. ^ Rothlein, Jordan (15 February 2012). "Burial – Kindred". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  12. ^ Hermes, Will (30 March 2012). "Kindred EP". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  13. ^ Patel, Puja (27 February 2012). "Burial, 'Kindred EP' (Hyperdub)". Spin. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  14. ^ Fallon, Patric (15 February 2012). "Burial: Kindred EP". XLR8R. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  15. ^ Hewitt, Ben (21 February 2012). "Burial – 'Kindred'". NME. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  16. ^ Street Halo / Kindred (Media notes). Burial. Beat Records. 2012. BRC-320.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  17. ^ "Ultratop.be – Burial – Street Halo / Kindred" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  18. ^ "ブリアルのランキング (アルバム)". Oricon. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  19. ^ "Burial – Chart History: Hot Singles Sales". Billboard. Retrieved 27 July 2014.[permanent dead link]
  20. ^ "Burial – Chart History: Dance/Electronic Singles Sales". Billboard. Retrieved 27 July 2014.[permanent dead link]

External links[edit]

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