Mission of Burma
Noah’s Barks relating to music group Mission of Burma.
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Mission of Burma – “Forget” (1987)
Forget is a collection of pre-Vs. Mission of Burma demos. Raw and unrefined, yet appropriately so, making further evident Mission of Burma’s roots in punk, specifically of the hardcore variety. The average song tempo here is much faster than most anything on Vs. (think “How I Escaped My Certain Fate”), and vocals adopt the common hardcore… (read more)
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Mission of Burma – “Mission of Burma” (1988)
As a compilation, I can’t leverage much of a complaint about this self-titled release. Here we get Vs. and Signals, Calls, and Marches, Mission of Burma‘s two best releases on one CD alongside other rarities. The one odd flaw with this is that the B-side of Academy Fight Song, “Max Ernst,” is inexplicably absent. All the more annoying… (read more)
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Mission of Burma – “Vs.” (1982)
Is there another post-punk band that shreds as viciously as Mission of Burma? Vs. is from 1982, and I’m picking up strains of post-hardcore. Nobody could keep up with these guys. If Mission of Burma teamed their relentless attack up with Killing Joke‘s inner evil and hopeless nihilism they could destroy the entire world. Vs. is… (read more)