Release date: 25-02-2006 (originally released in 1981)

2006 us 2-Lp Vinyl edition, pressing on HQ-180 Gram vinyl,-Mission of Burma's 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. "Sonic Youth sound like their cover band in comparison. Seale & Stickered.

Tracks:
01. 2wice      
02. Spider's Web      
03. Donna Sumeria      
04. Let Yourself Go      
05. 1001 Pleasant Dreams      
06. Good, Not Great      
07. 13      
08. Man In Decline      
09. Careening With Conviction      
10. Birthday      
11. The Mute Speaks Out      
12. Is This Where?      
13. Period      
14. Nancy Reagan's Head  

Mission of Burma have been recording for almost 25 years now, so why should we still give a damn? Well with the music press going batty for this post-reunion effort there must be something in it right? And it's not just because the music is about kicking Bush out of office and looking forward to a better America, right? Well the lyrical content is less than important when the music kicks this kind of ass; Mission of Burma are here to show the kids how indie can actually rock - they can really do it right. Slashy guitars, thoughtful songwriting, abrasive lyrics but all restrained within a poppish, catchy structure - I'm struggling to understand just how they manage it with so little. With the sort of punk attitude the scene is missing right now, 2006 is the year for Mission of Burma, and we're ready for them - politics have never sounded sexier...