burial - kindred

Off the three, “Kindred“ (12-minute symphony No. 1) will be the most recognizable to Burial die-hards, featuring that same clanking metal-on-metal garage skip-and-swing. But this time something just feels heavier, harder, more devastating. Burial's been credited since the beginning as a prophet tying together UK genres old and new, but there's never been a better argument than “Kindred“, which hints at the agility of jungle with the lead-footed heft of dubstep as seen through elliptical garage beats. They t