YMMV / Burial

• Anvilicious: The Rival Dealer EP's optimistic themes are about as subtle as a two-by-four to the head, but dammit, it works. It's a great message and it's presented beautifully.
• Even Better Sequel: Untrue received even more praise than the already highly-praised self-titled album to the point that it's commonly regarded as one of the greatest dubstep/electronic albums of all time.
• Heartwarming Moments:
  • The entire Rival Dealer EP.
  • The inside of the CD of his self-titled album contains a note that merely says "Thank you".
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Before his unmasking, he was rumored to be, among other British celebrities, Richard D. James or (jokingly) J. K. Rowling. Later it was found out that they both had pseudonyms of their own as The Tuss and Robert Galbraith, respectively.
• Hype Backlash: Pretty inevitable, considering his popularity in a genre that's largely underground. Seems to have faded as of late.
• Memetic Mutation: One of his selfies◊ has made the rounds, even inspiring the short "Burialing" trend of fans posting similarly stoic selfies, usually alongside the caption "Hi this is [name]", a snowclone of "Hi this is Will".
• Sweet Dreams Fuel: Essentially all of his ambient interludes, such as "UK", "Forgive", "Night Bus", "Dog Shelter", and "In McDonalds".
• Tear Jerker: A lot. "NYC," "Raver," "Ashtray Wasp," and "Gutted" are just a few examples.
  • Untrue gets referred to a lot as being 'ghostly,' but "In McDonalds" takes the label as literally as possible- at the very end, there's a snippet of Aaliyah's voice, used to haunting effect.
  • "Truant." "I fell in love with you..."
  • "Stolen Dog" is absolutely chilling, yet those vocals samples seem oddly calm.
  • "Forgive" is as much this as it is Nightmare Fuel, especially as the track becomes more consumed in what sounds like a thunderstorm.
• Vindicated by History: It's pretty weird to think that he used to be incredibly divisive.

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