Burial - Untrue

First issued in November 2007, Untrue still sounds like the lonely heart of London after midnight. Burial folds clipped 2-step drums, crackling surface noise and time-stretched R&B ghosts into rain-streaked nocturnes that feel both intimate and cinematic. Sixteen years on, the Hyperdub 20th-anniversary clear-vinyl pressing lets the sub-bass and hiss breathe anew, revealing fresh detail in the melancholy swing of “Archangel”, the bruised optimism of “Shell of Light”, and the bittersweet farewell of “Raver”. It remains a landmark in UK electronic music: a record that made darkness sound tender and turned hushed bedroom production into widescreen emotional drama.