Kindred (EP)

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]

Kindred
EP by
Burial
Released13 February 2012 (2012-02-13)
Recorded2011
Genre
Length30:45
LabelHyperdub
ProducerBurial
Burial chronology
Street Halo
(2011)		 Kindred
(2012)		 Truant / Rough Sleeper
(2012)

In 2013, Neil Blomkamp's film Elysium featured the song "Loner". Terrence Malick's 2015 film Knight of Cups featured the song "Ashtray Wasp".

Critical reception
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

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
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
  1. Bass, George (20 February 2012). "Ep Review: Burial – Kindred". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  2. "Burial's Kindred gets vinyl release date". Fact. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  3. "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. Christgau, Robert (17 July 2012). "Burial/Saint Etienne". MSN Music. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  10. 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.CS1 maint: others (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.
  20. "Burial – Chart History: Dance/Electronic Singles Sales". Billboard. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
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