THE OBLITERATI - MISSION OF BURMA
Mission of Burma is highly regarded as one of the most influential groups of the post-punk era based on its caustic live shows, a pair of EPs and one full-length album in the early ’80s. After a long hiatus, the trio reunited a couple of years ago, and apparently life is good in Burma because the new decade has now brought two new albums. In music, as in life, things go in cycles, and the melodic yet dissonant sea of guitar attack Burma brings to the table sounds arguably more relevant today than it did 20 years ago. The band slips into a delirious, chaotic bit of round-singing on “Careening With Conviction,” spins a mesmerizing melody on the instrumental “The Mute Speaks Out” and simply pounds out the punk rock on “Donna Sumeria.” What a crazy career!.–Billboard
