No, not The Ruby Suns and, no, not Joe Versus the Volcano (a 1990 film starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, and Lloyd Bridges — fucking great movie). I’m talking about Volcano Suns, a Boston group founded in 1983 by Mission of Burma’s drummer Peter Prescott. Likened to groups like Hüsker Dü (Hüsker who?), Volcano Suns released six albums from 1985-1991 with a revolving cast of musicians.

Their first two albums, The Bright Orange Years and All Night Lotus Party, were originally released on Homestead Records, but Merge Records will do the band the honor of jizzing all over the albums January 27, 2009, just how the band always imagined. This will mark the first time the albums see release on CD, and this ain’t no shitty vinyl rip using one of those shitty USB turntables either. Both discs will be remastered by Bob Weston, world-famous musician/engineer who at one point played bass for Volcano Suns.

Bonus tracks are expected, but here are the original tracklistings to get you in the mood.

The Bright Orange Years original tracklist:

1. Jak 2. Descent Into Hell 3. Truth Is Stranger Than Fishing 4. Balancing Act 5. Promise Me 6. (I’m Gonna) Make You Mine 7. Cover 8. The Mouth That Roared 9. Cornfield 10. Animals 11. It’s Stewtime 12. Silvertone

All Night Lotus Party tracklist:

1. White Elephant 2. Cans 3. Room With a View 4. Blown Stack 5. Engines 6. Walk Around 7. Sounds Like Bucks 8. Four Letters 9. Dot on the Map 10. Village Idiot 11. Ride the Cog 12. Bonus Hidden Mystery Track

I really want to watch Joe Versus the Volcano again.