Unsound - Mission of Burma
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  • Summary: The fifth album for the Boston rock band is its first on the Fire Records label.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 27
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  1. The Quietus
    Jul 24, 2012
    90
    Mission Of Burma are excellent, their new album is equally excellent, and an easy contender for best rock album of the year.
  2. Blurt Magazine
    Jul 17, 2012
    80
    Everything is pushed harder, faster and into more extreme corners on Unsound, and, remarkably, the band seems to get tighter and more impactful as things become more difficult.
  3. Mojo
    Jul 19, 2012
    80
    MOB sound as electrifying, as curious and as awake as they ever have. [Aug 2012, p.96]
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  4. Q Magazine
    Aug 1, 2012
    60
    The neurotic twists and nuances that made 1982's Vs so electrifying are still apparent... further confirmation that Mission of Burma have no intention of either burning out or fading away. [Aug 2012, p.104]
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  1. transfixed
    10
    Another great MOB album, ho-hum. I get a certain type of aural pleasure from listening to a new MOB album that I don't get from any of my other albums. They have really perfected post-punk, but at the same time have created this unique sound that nobody could ever copy. What other band has three band members consisting of a drummer, bassist, and guitarist that trades off lead singing duties from song to song with each member owning a unique, perfect voice for the genre? None, in my estimation. Oh yeah, they also together create wonderful vocal harmonies. And the instruments? Do you like idiosyncratic drumming, angular guitar riffs, strange tape manipulations, an overall sonic attack that creates a highly original noise, yet oddly catchy tunes? This is rock music that creates brain cells. I do like this album more than their last also-great album The Sound, The Speed, The Light but not quite as much as Vs., OnOffOn, or The Obliterati. The biggest gripe I have over this one is that it clocks in at only 35 minutes. 2-3 more songs probably would have made this one just as good as their best ones.… Expand
  2. pkindieboy
    9
    I love these guys; they seeming incapable of making a bad record. This one is more varied sonically, yet still sounds 100% MOB. I especially like 'Dust Devil' and 'Second Television', but the whole album is engaging and high energy. It's different enough that you can't say you've heard it before; yeah you need it.… Expand

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