Street Halo
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| EP by Burial | ||||
| Released | 28 March 2011 | |||
| Genre | Downtempo, Dubstep, 2-step garage | |||
| Length | 20:43 | |||
| Label | Hyperdub | |||
| Producer | Burial | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 85/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Pitchfork | 8.0/10 |
| PopMatters | 8/10 |
| Resident Advisor | 4/5 |
| Sputnikmusic | 3.5/5 |
Street Halo is the fourth extended play by British electronic music producer Burial. Released on 28 March 2011 through Hyperdub, the EP marked Burial's first solo release since his second studio album Untrue (2007). Street Halo was announced by Hyperdub less than week prior to its official release date.
The release was met with positive reviews from music critics, who praised the new direction in Burial's sampling and overall sound explored in the EP, whilst retaining the general feel of his previous releases. Hyperdub later re-issued Street Halo and Burial's follow-up EP Kindred as a single compilation on 9 April 2012 in Japan and select worldwide markets. The re-release, Street Halo / Kindred, managed to place on the Flanders Ultratop 50 albums chart.
Musically, Street Halo retains major elements of Burial's established trademark sound, including the use of R&B vocal samples layered over synths and skipping drum beats.
On 23 March 2011, Hyperdub announced that Street Halo, Burial's first release of new solo material since his second studio album Untrue (2007), would be released on 28 March. With Street Halo, Hyperdub adopted a similar release strategy to that of Burial's previous single "Ego" / "Mirror", a collaboration between musicians Thom Yorke and Four Tet which had been issued with only a week's advance notice and quickly sold out. To build up anticipation for the release of Street Halo, Hyperdub label owner and electronic musician Kode9 appeared as a guest on Benji B's BBC Radio 1 programme on 24 March, where he discussed the label and previewed tracks from the EP.
Hyperdub released Street Halo in digital download and 12-inch vinyl formats on 28 March. The label also made the EP available for purchase through their website in MP3 and WAV file formats. The following year, Hyperdub announced that Street Halo and the Burial EP Kindred would be released as a single CD on 9 April 2012 in Japan, with copies also being made available in select European and North American retailers. In the Belgian region of Flanders, Street Halo / Kindred peaked at number 186 on the Ultratop 50 albums chart for the week ending 9 June 2012.
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