Video: Mission Of Burma - Dust Devil

What makes Unsound particularly, urm, unsound is that you can actually hear flashes of the influences of bands that were influenced by Mission of Burma, which creates a rather weird reverse osmosis effect. "Forget what you know" goes the solitary lyrical line of "Opener", which is cheekily the 11th and final song on the fifth and latest Mission of Burma studio album, Unsound -- which so happens to be the fourth album the group has released since reforming 10 years ago. Clearly, the band definitely wants listeners and fans to take that lyric to heart. The Boston-based [...]

The reformation of the grandaddy of the American Underground, Mission of Burma, has been something for the ages. To sum up their newest record, I have only two words; Rock Lives. Fire Records, 2012 8.4 / 10.0 Over the last decade or so, a lot of work [...]

With Unsound , Mission of Burma has thrown down the most bracing blast of unresolved angst I’ve heard from any group of post-punk geezers this year. Umm... correction: The most bracing blast of unresolved angst I’ve heard from anyone this year. Sure, the demon-summoning Racebannon is, in its more metallic manner, pretty much neck ‘n’ neck. But Racebannon’s Six Sik Sisters came out last year. And it’s not exactly punk. With this fourth post-reunion outburst (since 2004), Mission of Burma shows no sign of being ready to shake hands [...]

Sometimes pop and rock songs are at their best when the grooves are especially spiral-like or boa-constricted, when melodic ecstasy and sonic claustrophobia combine to create something amazing. This w