culture unjammed, expectations lowering

[jauntyalan]

i finished my book, cos the last 2 chapters were a real bore, so i moved on this morning to listening to the Black Kids EP and the Burial album

Comments

[freakytigger]

The Portishead comparison was more about how Burial's got a sound and really stuck to it and the critics have responded to that. Though there's also similarities in how he uses vocals I think - that P'head one that uses Johnnie Ray ("Biscuit"?)

[jauntyalan]

fair do

[awesomewells]

I thought of Boards of Canada too. I think the difference is that Burial doesn't really do 'sinister undercurrent' anywhere near as well as BoC. Although there's not much evidence that he's trying on this album.

[byebyepride]

Surely best comparison = Spring Heel Jack - Life In the Freezer....? Will have to remind myself what that sounds like..