Are you nostalgic for the eighties and especially its raw grungy and punkish music? Well, here’s some good news. Mid-eighties punk/grunge/indie group Volcano Suns, formed from the ashes of Boston’s Mission of Burma, are re-releasing their first two albums. Thanks to gool ol’ Merge Records, Bright Orange Years and All Night Lotus Party will be available on CD for the first time in January. Each album will contain bonus tracks found on their out of print 7″s. These first two releases from the second line-up featuring Jon Williams on guitar and Jeff Weigand on bass were remasterd by Bob Weston.

Both remasters are scheduled to drop January 27th, 2009.

The Bright Orange Years Tracklisting:

01 Jak
02 Descent into Hell
03 Truth Is Stranger than Fishing
04 Balancing Act
05 Promise Me
06 (I’m Gonna) Make You Mine
07 Cover
08 The Mouth that Roared
09 Cornfield
10 Animals
11 It’s Stewtime
12 Silvertone
13 Sea Cruise
14 Greasy Spine
15 Tree Stomp
16 Nature and Me
17 Old Paint
18 The Central
19 Local Wise Man
20 Testify (Live on WERS)
21 1999 (Live on WERS)

All-Night Lotus Party Tracklisting:

01 White Elephant
02 Cans
03 Room with a View
04 Blown Stack
05 Engines
06 Walk Around
07 Sounds Like Bucks
08 Four Letters
09 Dot on the Map
10 Village Idiot
11 Ride the Cog
12 Polythene Pam / Greasy Spine
13 Journey to the Center of the Mind
14 Jass Odyssey
15 Walk Around Dub
16 Sounds Like Bucks (Live on WERS)
17 Ballad of Bilbo Baggins
18 Time Off
19 Magic Sky
20 Curse of the Name
21 Junior
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