Moving Targets - Brave Noise & Burning in Water (1986-88, Taang!)

Minneapolis had Husker Du, Chicago gave rise to Naked Raygun, and Boston, MA spawned the Moving Targets. This now scarce CD collects all the tracks from their first two records, 1986's Burning In Water, and Brave Noise from 1988. While on these albums the Targets didn't quite pack the anthematic moxie of Naked Raygun or the tuneful acumen of the Twin Cities "Fab-3," they were off to a nonetheless superb start.

Head-honcho Ken Chambers did some moonlighting during the late '80s in another bruising Beantown punk troupe, Bullet Lavolta, but managed to eke out a couple more Targets albums, including their high watermark, Fall in 1991, and the nearly as solid Take This Ride two years later, which would wind up being the final word on the band, save for some reunion gigs. All of the Moving Targets albums were minted on Taang! Records, still in operation, and from what it appears, Fall and Take This Ride are still available. Vinyl rips of these albums have popped up on other blogs, but I thought I would do them greater justice by sharing my flawless CD version, which I think might even include a couple bonus cuts.

Ken Chambers has several solo releases under his belt and continues to tour. Original bassist Pat Leonard died in 2008. 
 

Brave Noise

01. Falling

02. Brave Noise

03. Nothing Changes

04. Things Are Going By

05. Carcrash

06. Separate Hearts

07. Instrumental # 3

08. In the Way

09. 2500 Club

10. Into the Forest

11. June 7th

12. Through the Door

13. Lights 
 

Burning in Water

14. The Other Side

15. Faith

16. Let Me Know Why

17. Shape of Somethings

18. Less Than Gravity

19. Almost Certain/Drone

20. Urban Dub

21. Always Calling

22. Underground

23. MTV

24. Funtime

25. Coming Home

26. This World

27. Squares and Circles 
 

Update: Now available for download from Emusic, Amazon and iTunes