Mission of Burma will play Great Scott on January 20, in what will be the band's most intimate hometown performance since their first-ever reunion gig (which was itself a secret warmup gig for their official reunion shows a few nights later) at the now-defunct 608 in Somerville, six years ago to the month.

We gather the gig is a benefit in some fashion for Myanmar (the country formerly known as Burma), and we'll add details when our Googling produces something reliable.

Magnetic Fields
February 14-15, 2008
Somerville Theatre
Tickets available via presale here

It's the kind of show that makes you wish you weren't in love. Because listening to songs like "The Cactus Where Your Heart Used To Be" just aren't the same if you can't actively chug the black, bitter incense that follows Stephin Merritt around like an ever-present cloud of clove-cigarette smoke.