Arriving somewhat out of the blue, and under a shroud of mystery (the vinyl has an all black case and contains no liner notes or any information other than the artists names and the names of the two tracks, Wolf Cub and Moth) which should be expected as Burial is in the picture, Burial and Four Tet's 12" was always going to be something else.
Initially people were unsure as to exactly how the split was made - were both tracks collaborative, did each only make one, or was one worked on together and the other worked on separately? The last could have been a good guess, with Wolf Cub containing signatures from both artists, though not in an entirely cohesive manner (not, in anyway, implying that it is bad), while Moth sounds like what could have resulted with both artists sitting in the studio together. Kieran Hebden later confirmed that both tracks were, in fact, created collaboratively.
But all that really matters is the music. And it is phenomenal. If you are a fan of either artist (or both), or just a fan of alternative electronic music in general, this is one of the must hear releases of 2009.
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