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Jul 24, 2012Mission Of Burma are excellent, their new album is equally excellent, and an easy contender for best rock album of the year.
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Jul 9, 2012Mission of Burma follow no rules other than following their collective vision wherever it leads, and their musical wanderlust has resulted in one of the most exciting and eye-opening albums they've made to date.
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Jul 6, 2012[Unsound] is as rough, ragged and wracked as they've ever been, the likes of 'Dust Devil' and '7's' pushing needles thoroughly into the red.
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Jul 3, 2012Mission of Burma continues to make some truly glorious noise on Unsound.
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MojoJul 19, 2012MOB sound as electrifying, as curious and as awake as they ever have. [Aug 2012, p.96]
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Jul 17, 2012Everything 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.
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Jul 12, 2012Shellac's Bob Weston throws disorientating tape-loop curveballs throughout, further disturbing Burma's thrilling clatter, which shames bands half their age.
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Jul 11, 2012For all of their individual, conflicting quirks, Miller et al. operate like some strange musical beast, spitting out hooks and devouring them with brute force.
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Jul 11, 2012Mission of Burma continue to create inspired, groove-laden post-rock that threatens to overshadow the acts they've influenced at every turn.
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Jul 9, 2012It's one of the best rock albums of the year and shows there's no age limit on kicking up dust and splitting ear drums.
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Jul 9, 2012The band's latest album, Unsound, demonstrates an awareness of this dichotomy, presenting 11 tracks focused on devil-may-care exploration by a band as cohesive and musically established as any act working today.
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Jul 6, 2012This exuberant fifth album again shows they're still a force to be reckoned with, while stretching their tuneful, time-signature-shifting style ever further.
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UncutJul 3, 2012Unsound is a corker, sounding fresh and full of great hooks and ideas. [Aug 2012, p.77]
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Jul 3, 2012Unsound is a smile-inducing slab of post-punk awesome.
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Jul 11, 2012There's not a weak second to be found.
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Jul 9, 2012With Unsound, Conley, Miller and Prescott have now made four good to great albums since returning from a two-decade hiatus.
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Aug 10, 2012Despite its democratic structure, Unsound suffers from a curious sequencing problem, or what we around here like to call Channel Orange-itis--but few bands of their vintage continue to write songs this prolifically or professionally.
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Jul 26, 2012Unsound booms with veteran heat and chops, folding in weird trumpet parts, weirder harmonies, tumbling drums and smart punk riffs, praising hi-fi and dissing tiny sounds.
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The WireJul 24, 2012It's hardly an essential record; more a reminder of past possibilities, really, than something that points toward the future. [Jul 2012, p.60]
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Jul 13, 2012While acting more like a well-constructed argument than a manifesto, Unsound shows that you can still fight into the later years.
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Jul 12, 2012The brash, lo-fi production on Unsound is still classic Burma; sounds collide and overrun each other in a manner that feels as carefully-crafted as it does slipshod.
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Jul 12, 2012Unsound is, in many ways, their best work since Vs.
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Jul 5, 2012Mission of Burma have successfully walked that fine line between being consistent and running out of ideas.
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Jul 10, 2012Unsound continues that cranky streak with little variation, but where the previous comeback albums have roared, Unsound feels dull, uneven, and a little bored.
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Q MagazineAug 1, 2012The 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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Jul 12, 2012Unsound is simply the sound of a band retreading what it did 30 years ago, even if they put conscious effort into making a few distinct changes to how their sound was delivered.
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Alternative PressJul 3, 2012Unsound falters on ragged tune such as "Sectionals In Mourning" and "Semi-Pseudo-Sort-Of-Plan;" these songs feel far too much like half-finished rehearsal takes that could use some tightening. [Aug 2012, p.92]
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