Accomplished: The Best Of Mission Of Burma

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:55:03
Mission Of Burma: Roger Miller (vocals, guitar, trumpet, piano, percussion); Clint Conley (guitar, bass, percussion, background vocals); Peter Prescott (drums, percussion, background vocals); Martin Swope (percussion, loops). Recorded between 1981 & 1985. Includes liner notes by Crawling Smash. Taking its cue from late-1970s British art-punks like Wire and Gang of Four, Boston's Mission of Burma developed a unique, angular sound that was at once pre-eminent in and definitive of the burgeoning US post-punk scene. For a band whose initial studio recordings consisted only of one full album and one EP, they were enormously influential, so this compilation comes off like the Dead Sea Scrolls of American indie rock, nearly every song foreshadowing a group that would appear years later. Things kick off with the band's signature song, "That's When I Reach for My Revolver," which combines tension and discord with moodiness and melancholy (and was covered over 15 years later by Moby). That combination of friction and lyricism proves key as A GUN TO THE HEAD hits the high points of Burma's studio output and live recordings, painting a picture of a band too fractious and mercurial to stay together for long, but too powerful to be forgotten.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)