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Few electronic artists from the last decade have been pigeonholed like William Bevan. Since the London producer behind gained widespread attention with 2007's epochal second album, listeners and critics alike have spoken of 'the Burial sound'—pitched-down vocal samples, rustling noise, blocky garage rhythms in perpetual decay—as if it were straight gospel. This is partially Bevan's fault: four years passed before any new solo material saw release, which allowed plenty of time for Untrue's singular aura to seep into the collective consciousness.
As imitators and have lined up to pay respect, the phrase 'sounds like Burial' escaped the connotation of wishful thinking and started sounding almost like, well, an insult.Insulting because, as this decade so far has proven, one person who doesn't sound like Burial anymore is Burial himself. 2011's EP, which followed a 12' collaboration with, offered a few engaging structural tweaks to Untrue's formula, but it was the collab EP with that followed later in the year, 'Four Walls' b/w 'Paradise Circus', that hinted Bevan was ready to explore truly new territory. Essentially a pair of Burial edits of songs from Massive Attack's 2010 LP, each cut pushed past the 11-minute mark and embraced a proggy, amorphous structure that was worlds away from the contained environments of previous Burial releases.
Veteran deathcore outfit After the Burial are preparing the arrival of their fifth studio collection, titled Dig Deep. The record is expected Feb. 19 on Sumerian with pre-orders beginning on Jan. Highlighting nine tracks, the collection will develop the band’s always advancing sound, with the single “Lost in the Static” serving as a sterling pointer of what’s to come.