Signals, Calls and Marches, Mission of Burma, 1981, :33
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆Minimalist post-punk. Reminds me of the Wipers. It has the social dissatisfaction and the intensity of punk, but with a stripped-down, clean, wiry sound. Still in your face, but it hits your mind and not your hips. Musically talented and raw, these guys are Fugazi's less political, more artistic forefathers; would Fugazi end a song with a thousand chants of "dada" as Mission does on "Max Ernst?" I say thee nay. A strong four stars. Favorite tracks: "Outlaw," "That's When I Reach For My Revolver," "Academy Fight Song," "This Is Not a Photograph."
