Antidawn
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EP by
Burial
Released6 January 2022
Genre
Length43:30
LabelHyperdub
Burial chronology
Chemz / Dolphinz
(2021)		 Antidawn
(2022)		 Streetlands
(2022)

Antidawn is an EP by British electronic musician Burial, released 6 January 2022 via Hyperdub.[1]

Composition

Antidawn is a collection of beatless ambient music, cementing the direction that Burial had taken since his late 2010s work,[2] and was his most ambient work yet.[3] The tracks have unconventional structures and focus on distorted vocal samples and crackles, combining into a "loose, amorphous soundscape".[4] Tom Kingsley of Clash Music wrote that Burial's only previous track "that comes close" to Antidawn was the 2021 B-side "Dolphinz".[4] Resident Advisor reviewer Emeka Okonkwo described it as a release of "spectral, wintery ambient sound-collages" and compared it to previous Burial tracks "Rival Dealer" and "Beachfires".[3] For Loud and Quiet critic Luke Cartledge, the EP is a "familiar blend of rainy, minor-key textures and forlorn-sounding field recordings".[5] "New Love" is the only track to contain percussive elements, although they are vague and distant.[4]

Kingsley compared the music to the KLF's Chill Out (1990) due to their use of collage "as a way to convey a sense of movement, not only through space ("all the way down the East Coast") but through time" and for their use of musique concrète, "piecing together functional, everyday sounds – the strike of a lighter, coughs and muffled voices, metallic clangs – to create something totally otherworldly."[4]

Reception

Antidawn ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.9/10[6]
Metacritic81/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Beats Per Minute90%[8]
Clash9/10[9]
Crack8/10[10]
Loud and Quiet8/10[5]
NME[1]
Pitchfork7.3/10[11]
PopMatters8/10[12]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Antidawn received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 81 out of 100 from 7 critic scores.[7]

Year-end lists

Antidawn year-end lists
Publication # Ref.
Gorilla vs. Bear 14 [13]
PopMatters 64 [14]
Slant Magazine 32 [15]

Track listing

All tracks are written by W. Bevan

Antidawn track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Strange Neighbourhood"11:04
2."Antidawn"8:43
3."Shadow Paradise"10:20
4."New Love"7:13
5."Upstairs Flat"6:07
Total length:43:30

References

  1. 1 2 Jolley, Ben (6 January 2022). "Burial - Antidawn EP review: enigma returns with videogame-style ambient immersion". NME. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 Simpson, Paul. "Antidawn - Burial". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 Okonkwo, Emeka (13 January 2022). "Burial - Antidawn". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Kingsley, Tom (6 January 2022). "Burial – Antidawn". Clash Music. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  5. 1 2 Cartledge, Luke (6 January 2022). "Burial - Antidawn - Album Review". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Antidawn EP by Burial reviews". AnyDecentMusic. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Antidawn [EP] by Burial Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  8. ↑ Wohlmacher, John (7 January 2022). "Album Review: Burial - Antidawn EP". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  9. ↑ Kingsley, Tom (6 January 2022). "Burial - Antidawn". Clash. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  10. ↑ Kent-Smith, Jasmine (10 February 2022). "Burial: Antidawn". Crack. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  11. ↑ Sherburne, Philip (11 January 2022). "Burial: Antidawn Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  12. ↑ Soulsby, Nick (8 February 2022). "Burial Has Carved Out an Inimitable New Space With Antidawn". PopMatters. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  13. ↑ Cantalini, Chris (1 December 2022). "Gorilla vs. Bear's Albums of 2022". Gorilla vs. Bear. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  14. ↑ Britt, Thomas (6 December 2022). "The 80 Best Albums of 2022". PopMatters. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  15. ↑ Erickson, Steve (7 December 2022). "The 50 Best Albums of 2022". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
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