Rival Dealer - EPBurial · 2014

rollingstone

7.0

“Nobody makes electronic music swoon like Burial, who mixes sorrow and bliss in a subtle club sound that is both banging and bittersweet. The UK producer's legacy runs deep, lending emotional heft to a dubstep style others have made bombastic over time, and none of his more faithful followers manage to strike the same balance. Rival Dealer, Burial's fourth EP since his 2007 album Untrue, expands hi”

fantano

5.0

“It's hard to believe the three tracks on this Rival Dealer EP are actually Burial tracks, because they bring the UK-based producer's sound in a such a different direction.”

toomuchtimeonhands

9.6

“Rival dealer is a stunningly different EP that shatters Burial's signature shadowy aesthetic with brilliant contrasts, retaining vinyl crackle and distant vocal samples while introducing an unexpectedly warm, euphoric, and cinematic palette. I genuinely don't have a favourite track from this record because they all are so different in their own unique ways and I think that's what makes this record so special. It sort of goes against the grain of traditional music tropes in a really majestic way that still manages to keep to Burial's incredible style.”