on the rain-slick precipice of darkness

As you may have heard, last night's Radiohead concert was a near complete washout. Were it not for an utterly fantastic performance from Thom and Co. (no surprises), it would quite possibly rank up there with one of the most intensely awful experiences of my life. Fitting then that the pre-show soundtrack seemed to have been culled entirely from British dubstep DJ Burial's second album, Untrue, one of the best releases from last year - Thom Yorke's a huge and very vocal fan - a fantastically dark, nearly hopeless collection of tracks that can't help recall the most miserable, most bleak of rainy days, which, trust me, was incredibly relevant considering the oppressive downpour that failed to slacken throughout the entire evening. And in honor of the fact that said horrible weather has continued apace into this afternoon, my second favorite track off the album, as I feel I may have overplayed the sublime "Archangel" :-(


Burial, "Near Dark"