Kindred (EP)

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Kindred
Kindred cover.jpg
EP by
Burial
Released13 February 2012 (2012-02-13)
Recorded2011
Genre
Length30:45
Label Hyperdub
Producer Burial
Burial chronology
Street Halo / Kindred
(2012)		Kindred
(2012)		 Truant / Rough Sleeper
(2012)

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.

Contents

In 2013, Neill 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]
Metacritic 88/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [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 Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [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]

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

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