The British artist has also announced that Chemz will be released in a similar double fashion with another single called Dolphinz. The double tracks will be released together in physical form April 2nd, 2021. Burial has spent most of his time this year collaboration with other artists, most recently with Four Tet, but shortly before that he had worked with Charles Webster and Ingrid Chavez on the new track The Spell, for which he is credited for mixing.

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Due to safety concerns surrounding the global health crisis, Covid-19, Burial has been unable to perform or plan concerts and shows for his compilation release. It is unknown whether these two tracks will be included with an album or with upcoming gigs. Right now, Burial only has one show scheduled in the UK in 2021, playing the Doomsday Festival in Brighton on June 12th.

Yesterday, Burial released a video on Youtube for the single Chemz, this is not a lyric video or a music video, it appears it is just another platform to stream the track. The track is in a club-banger style with a fast beat, instrumentation and a repetitive chorus. Chemz is a far cry from the recently released softer tracks His Rope or Her Revolution. Considering Burial’s tendency to mirror double tracks off one another it is likely that Dolphinz will also be a dance mix.

Burial’s new track Chemz is available now. The coming EP, which will feature the single Dolphinz will be released April 2nd, 2021 to all streaming platforms and to physical release. The latest collaboration with Thom Yorke and Four Tet is officially available for streaming everywhere now and pre-ordering tickets for Burials upcoming festival concert are available now.

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‘How Was Your Day? – one hour @zanelowe @applemusic

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How Was Your Day? is a stripped-back track, typical of Beabadoobee, who is known for her lo-fi bedroom sound. The only instrumentation present is the jangly acoustic guitar which accompanies the singer’s soothing vocals. Beabadoobee said that the song is about ‘all the relationships [she] neglected when [she] was away from home…’.

The song’s words: ‘we haven’t talked in a while// forgotten how you used to smile… and I miss getting angry at you’, poignantly embody this idea. Beabadoobee says she wanted to emphasise the rawness of the lyrics by using simple recording methods and including all ‘the little mistakes and vocal wobbles‘.

The music video, which also came out today, is equally lo-fi in production methods; adding to the overall intimacy of the project. In it, Beabadoobee is joined by her friends and boyfriend. We see naively shot scenes of them messing around in the rehearsal room or holding hands on the grass. The clips have been made to look aged with a retro affect, matching the sentimental tone of the song.

Beabadoobee explains that she ‘wanted the music video to feel nostalgic to [her], to include all the people [she] cared about.’This DIY element has always been present in her music. In 2017, she wrote and recorded Coffee in her bedroom. When she uploaded it to Youtube, she was never expecting the response it received.

After Coffee, which went viral almost overnight, Beabadoobee released an equally mellow cover of The Moon Song. Once she signed to the record label Dirty Hit, home to Wolf Alice and the 1975, she got to work on her first EP Lice (again a simple and stripped back collection of heart-felt songs). Angry Song, on this EP, was a short song and catchy song about teenage angst.

It was this track that hinted at the edgier side of Beabadoobee that would come out over the next couple of years. 2019’s She Plays Bass saw her switch in the acoustic guitar for electric, and had a faced paced drum section too. 2020’s Care felt a bit like early Christina Aguilera – with a strong percussive element and girl power lyrics. Her new track is a return to her more mellow stuff, so it will be interesting to see what Beabadoobee’s upcoming album will sound like as a whole.