The Consonant C

After the breakup of Mission of Burma in 1983, Clint Conley had for the most part retired from music; outside of producing Yo La Tengo's debut album, practically nothing musical was heard from him as he devoted himself to his new career as a producer for a local Boston television station. In 2001, however, Conley and his old Burma bandmates begin kicking around the idea of playing a few reunion shows and at the same time, Conley began writing new songs with longtime friend Holly Anderson contributing to the lyrics. As his backlog of new songs grew, Conley decided to form a ban...