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Released | 13 February 2012 | |||
Recorded | 2011 | |||
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Length | 30:45 | |||
Label | Hyperdub | |||
Producer | Burial | |||
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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] In Japan and selected world markets, Hyperdub issued Kindred as a compilation with Burial's previous EP Street Halo on 11 February 2012. The release, Street Halo / Kindred, placed on the Ultratop 50 albums chart.
In 2013, Neill Blomkamp's film Elysium featured the song "Loner". Terrence Malick's 2015 film Knight of Cups featured the song "Ashtray Wasp".[ citation needed ]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 8.4/10 [4] |
Metacritic | 88/100 [3] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
Consequence of Sound | [6] |
Exclaim! | 9/10 [7] |
Fact | 4/5 [8] |
MSN Music (Expert Witness) | A− [9] |
Pitchfork | 8.7/10 [10] |
Resident Advisor | 4.5/5 [11] |
Rolling Stone | [12] |
Spin | 8/10 [13] |
XLR8R | 9/10 [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]
All tracks written and produced by Burial. [16]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Kindred" | 11:28 |
2. | "Loner" | 7:31 |
3. | "Ashtray Wasp" | 11:46 |
Total length: | 30:45 |
Chart (2012) | Peak position |
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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 |
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