Mission: Control!

by Burning Airlines

Mission: Control! cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 February 1999
  • Label: DeSoto
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 42:50
  • Community rating: 3.62/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Formed by former Jawbox members J. Robbins and Bill Barbot following that band's dissolution, Burning Airlines confidently debuted with 'Mission: Control!'. The songwriting expertly pairs angular, aggressive guitar work and odd time signatures with tightly wound and highly melodic indie rock hooks.

Genres

Descriptors: political, melodic, punchy, progressive, Riff-Driven, dissonant, dynamic, technical, distorted

Tracklist

  1. Carnival (2:29)
  2. Wheaton Calling (3:11)
  3. Pacific 231 (3:20)
  4. Scissoring (2:31)
  5. The Escape Engine (2:54)
  6. (my pornograph) (1:12)
  7. Meccano (2:50)
  8. 3 Sisters (5:47)
  9. Flood of Foreign Capital (3:43)
  10. Crowned (2:43)
  11. Sweet Deals on Surgery (2:38)
  12. I Sold Myself In (9:25)

Credits

  • Bill Barbot - bass guitar, voice, keyboards, guitar, percussion
  • Peter Moffett - drums [drum kit], voice, percussion, guitar
  • Kim Coletta - other [logistics]
  • Geoff Turner - arranged by [digitally assembled with]

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