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Boston's Mission of Burma stopped by the 400 Bar in Minneapolis last night, September 27, as part of their North American tour.
For a 21+ show on a Thursday, I was pleasantly surprised to see so many people making out to the show. I talked to a fan in the audience and he had this to say regarding the 400 Bar shows, "It's either surprisingly empty or unexpectedly full!" Thankfully, it was the latter last night.
So, here's the thing about Mission of Burma that you should know: they are loud. I don't think I'll offend anyone, but these guys are old, but they're still playing this powerpunk/post-punk and dancing on stage as if they were in their twenties! That's amazing.
The other thing you should know is that everyone in the band does lead vocals. Yes, that means the drummer Peter Prescott gets to sing on a few songs.
If you look at the setlist, it looks like they played a ton of songs, but since their songs are mostly under two minutes, it went by pretty quickly.
Majority of their set were from their last album, Unsound (including "Dust Devil", "What They Tell Me", "This Is Hi-Fi", "7's", and "Sectionals in Mourning"), but obviously they had a lot of songs to go off of, considering that the band's been around since 1979.
Mission of Burma is wrapping up their tour, stopping at High Noon Saloon in Madison, Wisconsin, today (09/28), and their final stop will be at Lincoln Hall in Chicago, Illinois, on Saturday (09/29).
For a 21+ show on a Thursday, I was pleasantly surprised to see so many people making out to the show. I talked to a fan in the audience and he had this to say regarding the 400 Bar shows, "It's either surprisingly empty or unexpectedly full!" Thankfully, it was the latter last night.
So, here's the thing about Mission of Burma that you should know: they are loud. I don't think I'll offend anyone, but these guys are old, but they're still playing this powerpunk/post-punk and dancing on stage as if they were in their twenties! That's amazing.
The other thing you should know is that everyone in the band does lead vocals. Yes, that means the drummer Peter Prescott gets to sing on a few songs.
If you look at the setlist, it looks like they played a ton of songs, but since their songs are mostly under two minutes, it went by pretty quickly.
Majority of their set were from their last album, Unsound (including "Dust Devil", "What They Tell Me", "This Is Hi-Fi", "7's", and "Sectionals in Mourning"), but obviously they had a lot of songs to go off of, considering that the band's been around since 1979.
Mission of Burma is wrapping up their tour, stopping at High Noon Saloon in Madison, Wisconsin, today (09/28), and their final stop will be at Lincoln Hall in Chicago, Illinois, on Saturday (09/29).
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Mission of Burma at 400 Bar, Minneapolis (09/27/12) |
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