Casually Here’s 8 Tracks For The Night Bus

The last track on his 2006 album Body Riddle which I discovered after completely falling for his recent self titled album. This is perfect fuck everything and watch the world burn whilst falling in love to infinity music.

I can’t think of a better video and song working so well in synergy. The visual/narrative perfectly fit the beautiful/sad/loneliness of the song. There’s so much patience and space in the track and sort of poignantly contained tension. Not the happiest bus ride, but a beautiful one.

Burial mentioned he was listening to this when the 7/7 bombings happened in London in one of his few interviews. First hearing it in that context really captures something of travelling alone in London – sort of sad but uplifting in the faceless city.

This is one for rolling top front of the bus. His descending almost atonal cadence is amazing. I’ve listened to this over and over.

For any journey, day or night. Or doing your tax return. Or a puzzle.

‘Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes’ really clicked for me a few months back retracing a route home on bike looking down at the floor at night with a tourch trying to find a £20 note that had fallen out of my pocket on the way back from a yoga session. I realised it was a fairly futile task but feeling very relaxed figured worth a shot. It’s amazing how many bits of paper/receipts on the ground there are that suddenly look a bit purple. The album catches the claustrophobia of modern city living with the undertones of anxieties that go with it but if I had to choose one Thom Yorke I’d still chose The Eraser. The chorus is beautiful and when it finally takes off at the end in the most low key way with no standard heralds of massiveness. Just fucking massiveness.

The Piano Drop A slightly anxious journey but a beautiful one. Go for the whole album.

This is made for headphones on the way back from a night out. Nocturnal and hopeful.