Due to popular demand, the two person review is gonna become a semi regular event - the people have spoken! Guest reviewer this week is good friend Ethan E. from Oregon)*rating* 7.6*amount of hipster genre namedropping in this review* 9.1ST: Alright, this week we've got Untrue, by Burial - the enigmatic London MC making waves with his homespun dubstep masterpieces.EE: Ooh yeah, i've heard of this guy...I heard no one's ever seen his face. Like the music producer gets a knock on the door and when he goes to open it, no one's there! But then when he turns around, there's the newest Burial cd sitting on the floor next to a single rose...ST: ... or an origami cathedral, that when opened, shows but a single word: "Sandra". "That's the only woman I've ever loved," the producer thinks. "How could he know?"EE: He goes to the open window and shakes his fist "One day Burial! Your secrets will be mine! I swear it!"ST: Heh...so anyway. How much do you want to bet that the average American doesn't even know dubstep exists as a genre?EE: Not many. They're probably confusing it for triphop, grimesauce, or bassline-house. pfff...Plebeians.ST: Plebians indeed. And did you just say "grimesauce"?EE: It's gotta be a real genre, right?ST: If emo-core is, then why not.EE: But seriously, people know about trip-hop. It's the theme music for House!ST: Heh... Teardrop is like the dub version of "Saber Dance" - you hear that thing everywhere.EE: Speaking of which, what is it with triphoppers giving themselves band names that sound so kick-ass? Massive Attack... Burial... Thievery Corporation... for such mellow tunes, you wonder if they're like compensating or something. ST: I've noticed the same thing. You half expect some guy dressed like a vampire barking lyrics about grave-robbing...instead you get your head dipped in a sensory deprivation chamber with someone opening the hatch ever few minutes and dropping in another sound.EE: I'll admit it, I have a hard time getting into trip-hop...or what is this...dubstep?ST: Technically, I think it's called two-step. EE: Right. There's never been another form a music better for taking a nap to. Not that it's boring, it's just so mellow and soothing. This one is a little more peppy, but still... you have to work at listening to this thing. Maybe that's a good thing.ST: I close my eyes while listening and imagine that this album is exactly what the world sounds like to a newborn in the womb.EE: You mean a fetus in the womb.ST: Yeah, but that sounds creepy.EE: I can see that. The vocals are sort of muffled and distorted... wait, there's the Kanye helium voice, there's vocoder Cher... oop, back to muffled. ST: Trip Hop fans are gonna kill me but the best way to describe this type of music to those who have never heard it....imagine Enya making club music. There done, perfect description.EE: Amen. But you like this album, right?ST: I actually do. I find myself drawn to trip hop, but like you say, it can get a little sleepy...which can be from the repetition more than the actual sound even. But burial isn't being repetitious here so much as he is following a theme. That theme is...well...the enigmatic. You nailed the sound of the vocals...but the FEEL is more than just the sound...the feel here is mysterious. The vocals ooze around you, almost like he's telling you a secret.EE: One thing I dig on this album is the crisp beats...each treble ping is a different sound. A bullet casing here, the crackle of radio static there, coins in a change machine. ST: This is one of those albums you need to listen to on the best sound equipment you have. There's layer upon layer of sound all building up into this whole. Every time I listen I catch something different.... I can hear the rain, I can hear a jet landing....but it feels like a natural part of each song, not just a gimmick. EE: Even though it sometimes reminds me of that song, "Leggy Blonde" from flight of the conchords. The one with the tape and the scissors and the typewriter....ST: One way to think of this record is the inverse of those car-sound-system demo cds you get. You know, they're called like Bass-Gasm or something.EE: Ooh yeah...I have one called Kick Bass. I don't think the guy who made it realizes you pronounce it "base". ST: Like I was saying, this is the inverse of that...it's meant to be played at full treble. The crystal clinking, the buzzing crackle of electricity. Almost like it's meant to test the tweeters in your sound system. I happen to find that quite interesting. So, Ethan... let's wrap this up. Final thoughts?EE: I appreciate what Burial is doing here... anything that can push a respective genre farther, musically, without selling out its sound...I can respect that even if it's like Nyquil to me.ST: And if you are a Trip Hop (sorry, Two-Step) fan, like I am, please find this record and give a spin. It's not so much an evolution of the genre as it is a Maestro milking it for all it's worth. Even if you're not a fan... this wouldn't be a bad place to check out what the fuss is about.