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Kindred
Kindred
EP by Burial
Released	13 February 2012
Recorded	2011
Genre	future garage; dubstep; 2-step garage;
Length	30:45
Label	Hyperdub
Producer	Burial
Burial chronology

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]}

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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]

Track listing

All tracks written and produced by Burial.^[16]

No.	Title	Length
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

References

^ Bass, George (20 February 2012). "Ep Review: Burial – Kindred". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
^ "Burial's Kindred gets vinyl release date". Fact. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Reviews for Kindred [EP] by Burial". Metacritic. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
^ "Kindred by Burial reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
^ Kellman, Andy. "Kindred – Burial". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
^ Choudhery, Möhammad (23 February 2012). "Album Review: Burial – Kindred". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
^ Pollard, Vincent (28 February 2012). "Burial: Kindred". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
^ Finlayson, Angus (15 February 2012). "Burial: Kindred". Fact. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b Christgau, Robert (17 July 2012). "Burial/Saint Etienne". MSN Music. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b Ryce, Andrew (15 February 2012). "Burial: Kindred". Pitchfork. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
^ Rothlein, Jordan (15 February 2012). "Burial – Kindred". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
^ Hermes, Will (30 March 2012). "Kindred EP". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
^ Patel, Puja (27 February 2012). "Burial, 'Kindred EP' (Hyperdub)". Spin. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
^ Fallon, Patric (15 February 2012). "Burial: Kindred EP". XLR8R. Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
^ Hewitt, Ben (21 February 2012). "Burial – 'Kindred'". NME. Archived from the original on 27 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
^ Street Halo / Kindred (Media notes). Burial. Beat Records. 2012. BRC-320.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Ultratop.be – Burial – Street Halo / Kindred" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
^ "ブリアルのランキング (アルバム)". Oricon. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
^ "Burial – Chart History: Hot Singles Sales". Billboard. Retrieved 27 July 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Burial – Chart History: Dance/Electronic Singles Sales". Billboard. Retrieved 27 July 2014.^{[permanent dead link‍]}