Very few songs stun me the first time through. Catching on a hook is one thing, but being truly affected by new sounds - that is something altogether different. An understated backbeat and soft, weeping strings form the spine of the affecting "Archangel", and set a darkly ethereal stage upon which shifted, pitch-corrected vocals plead for forgiveness (though I cannot claim to understand the lyrics). The warm faux-vinyl fuzz, brooding reverb and echoes create a space so far removed from my world that I cannot help but join Burial in his beautifully moody existence.Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Burial: "Archangel"
Very few songs stun me the first time through. Catching on a hook is one thing, but being truly affected by new sounds - that is something altogether different. An understated backbeat and soft, weeping strings form the spine of the affecting "Archangel", and set a darkly ethereal stage upon which shifted, pitch-corrected vocals plead for forgiveness (though I cannot claim to understand the lyrics). The warm faux-vinyl fuzz, brooding reverb and echoes create a space so far removed from my world that I cannot help but join Burial in his beautifully moody existence.
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Finally discovered Burial the other day... I'm with you, man. Wow.
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