It doesn't bang, but it doesn't crawl either. Listen to Sam Sparro's voice at the very end of the song. It's pretty ridiculous how tuneful and pleasant it is. It doesn't have that metallic AutoTune tonality of so many other singers' recordings. This shit is bathed in electronic tones, but every tone is beautifully smooth and mellow. It's like velvet robes on bare ass cheeks. Smooth.
The Burial album is a little different, albeit also smooth. It's the most unabashedly emotional music I've heard in a while, but it works. It works because there is no ego attached to it. Burial is completely anonymous for fear of his or her music becoming corrupt. That may seem like a lofty and perhaps pretentious thing to say, but it's true. If no one knows who you are, there is no pressure. Burial is a myth. A story someone made up. That is why it sounds so sincere. The ghostly vocal samples pleading for things lost and loved, undecipherable dialog, beats that start, crackle like sparks only to die down and look around. If you cannot understand a vocal sample, it could be anything, including something personal. Warning: this is not party music. It will totally kill your party, but it's absolutely gorgeous.
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ah yes. we have Untrue in the lwstore, so has been on my radar. our music managers love it.
That is a really good song. It took forever to finally load on my computer but it was worth the wait.
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