Another year, another friend or foe
burn their cities, scorch the earth below

Ron Liberti's art opening was kick-ass. I didn't say this before, I need to. Send the man money, get pretty prints.
In other news, we play tonight. You should come out.
And in closing what was going to be a very long blog, but due to time constraints must be concise: Mission of Burma's OnOffOn has already lodged itself firmly in my best albums of 2004. I've pretty much listened to it and nothing else for three or four days now. Funny thing, I read a review that commented on how the band isn't very strong, lyrically, so I began paying a lot more attention to the words. Usually something that I feel is lacking either on the music end or the words end gets played a couple times, but doesn't become something that I prefer to listen to. Guided By Voices is a good example, or even Sebadoh for that matter. I loved them, but they seemed to hit this wall where things don't quite mesh. I have Earthquake Glue and The Sebadoh, and while there are things on there I kind of like, overall they just don't do it for me, haven't listened to either in quite some time. Mission of Burma defy this. Something Morrissey once said about (I think) "Hand in Glove," the first Smiths single, was that it was released quickly because the song had a sense of urgency about it, and that's exactly what OnOffOn has. One of the best songs on the album wangs me out in its last 10 seconds, but it doesn't matter, the entire album has so much energy to it that it just keeps going. Like when I got to see Prince, these guys just sound so excited to be playing that they're putting everything they've got into it. And dammit, it's really good.
So, I suggest buying it.
posted by beta at 5/10/2004 04:04:00 PM