Mission Of Burma
Academy Fight Song

THE REVIEW

Yes, those of "That's When I Reach For My Revolver", covered by Moby during his noise/electro period.

1980, not yesterday. When a generation was embodied in a song. Mission Of Burma, a group from Boston, would go on to prominence with "VS", one of those albums that gained value over time, just like "Spiderland" and "Umber".

They do not vainly attempt to imitate the Fall, but they don't sound like copies of the Talking Heads either. It is that typical marriage of classic punk and proto-noise. "VS" represents the archetype of their sound. A word that spreads into a thousand minds of the period, but that only a few geniuses and cunning foxes will know how to materialize.

"Academy Fight Song" is the anthem with which they unlock their underground. They begin to make themselves known and the name spreads more and more. The stylistic features already smell of history.

The bass is the fundamental element, as per the rules of the Eighties. The way of singing so disruptive, spontaneous, and without frills is the factor that stands out the most. The song gets in your head immediately.

Damn, how easy it seems to play, when you listen to this stuff here. You pick up the guitar, but either a faded plagiarism comes out or they give you inspiration for a gem for your home (at least for now).