The first new recordings in 22 years from avant-rock titans Mission of Burma. A work of staggering complexity, brimming with all the raw power of their '80s releases, while revealing tones, textures, and lyrical themes unimaginable the first time around. One of the most forward-thinking American bands, Burma have been covered by REM, Moby, Blur, and others, and helped shape the sounds of hardcore, indie rock, and emo. They're part of the Velvet Underground, MC5, Television, and Joy Division pantheon. "ONoff   [ read more ]

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Their third full-length studio album proper might be the most aggressive, raw, and challenging in the band's storied career. It's as relentless and engulfing an album as Vs. some 24 years ago. Black humor, topical humor, general dense agro with hooks split into the sound like kindling. This is the next uneasy listening album of the year.

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Mission of Burma's fourth album is a departure from the pinned-needles roar of 2006's The Obliterati. Far more spacious and dynamic, it blasts off with the anthemic, catch "1,2,3, Partyy!", a classic Burma rocker on a level with "This Is Not a Photography" or "Certain Fate." Other tracks, such as "Feed," "Forget Yourself," and "Slow Faucet," are slow, hypnotic builders. "Good Cheer" is a burst of almost uncontainable joy that literally explodes from the speakers. Of course, all the Burma t   [ read more ]

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The second and final studio album, released in 1982 just months before the band broke up, at the pinnacle of their songwriting and performing skills. Unavailable on CD for three years and out of print on vinyl since the 1980s. Bonus DVD contains the entire afternoon set from the final show in Boston in 1983. Fully re-mastered from the original tapes. 32-page booklet contains ephemera, photos, and interviews.

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Out of print on CD for three years and unavailable on vinyl since the 80s, this debut record is back with remarkable extras, including two unreleased studio tracks, a DVD of concert footage at The Space and The Underground in Boston in 1979 and 1980, and a 32-page booklet with interviews and ephemera.

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Originally released only on cassette in 1985 and then reissued on CD in 1993, Peking Spring is an odds-and-sods collection of previously unreleased material from all of Mission of Burma's 1979-1982 career. The ten tracks are in non-chronological order, but the heart of the disc is six 1982 recordings intended for what was going to be Burma's third album. (The group split before the album could be completed, due to guitarist Roger Miller's tinnitus.) These are largely unadorned recordings -- tape ma   [ read more ]

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Now re-released on CD, it's a wonderful sample of the power of Mission of Burma live. An assaultive "Peking Spring" and great covers of the Stooges' "1970" and Pere Ubu's "Heart of Darkness" make this essential listening.

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This UK single includes "Dirt" featured on their 2004 avant-rock album, "ONoffON." Also includes a cover of the Dils' "Class War" and a dub version of "Wounded World."

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The posthumous album, originally released in 1984, has never been available on CD until now. The vinyl has been unavailable since the 1980s. Re-mastered and restored to its correct sequence with three bonus tracks. 32-page booklet contains ephemera, photos, and interviews. "Combining rock 'n' roll's traditional fetish for pure, unmediated feeling, with a more modern sort of artistic calculation, Burma's music could evoke everything from the Beatles' ecstatic run of Hamburg rock clubs in the ea   [ read more ]

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How many bands with so little previous material been so influential? I know, 10 bands come to mind, but did Moby cover one of their songs? (That's When I Reach for My Revolver) That's right, it's time to listen to the original once again. This material was recorded between 1981 and 1985. Don't you think it's about time to expand your Mission of Burma catalogue. TRACKLIST 1 Academy Fight Song 2 That's When I Reach For My Revolver 3 Fame And Fortune 4 This Is Not   [ read more ]

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One of the reasons Mission of Burma's small recorded oeuvre is so impressive is because it's so consistent -- they released two singles, a six-cut EP, and a 12-song album in a four-year recording career, and there's not a song among them that isn't worth hearing. One of the band's secrets was a matter of strict quality control, and if you need any proof, just give a spin to Forget, a 12-song collection of demos and outtakes recorded between 1979 and 1982. While this disc isn't bad by any stretch of th   [ read more ]

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In a decade that's been filled with alternative rock warhorses staging increasingly unlikely reunions (ranging from the Stooges to the Pixies), one can reasonably argue that no band has had a more satisfying second act than Mission of Burma. They were a group with almost peerless credibility and a catalog destined to stand the test of time when they broke up in 1983, and since returning to duty in 2002, in many respects they've become an even better band, playing consistently strong and blisteringl   [ read more ]

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