“Back from the dead / Fucked up your head.” Words couldn’t be any more truer than they are when they come crashing through the energy pulse that is “Dreamfear”, the A-side from Burial’s new 12″ single and first release since leaving his longtime label hub of Hyperdub for XL Recordings. William Bevan’s reintroduction to his singular-yet-shapeshifting form of enigmatic electronica at this exact moment in his creative arch compliments some intentionality behind that, as the listen exits the desolate, ambient post-snowstorm soundscapes of his more recent releases and throttles back into hard and fast dance experimentation where he anoints himself the “the lord of ecstasy.” That goes uncontested when taking in the eight minutes of pure, fantastical sensory fuckery in hype breakbeats and voices from the otherworld. Each of its detours lead to a next level of high that is equally exhilarating as it is terrifying.

Burial’s “Dreamfear” b/w “Boy Send From Above” 12″ single will be released February 9th on XL Recordings.