The Mynabirds
After the band Georgie James split, Laura Burhenn moved to Omaha and starte… Read Full Bio ↴After the band Georgie James split, Laura Burhenn moved to Omaha and started the band The Mynabirds. The single "Numbers Don't Lie" was made available for free on their website in Jan. 2010. Full length album "What We Lose In The Fire We Gain In The Flood" was set to be released on April 27th, 2010 on Saddle Creek records.
“...songs so elegantly composed that many could pass for old standards... Burhenn is as heartbreaking and tuneful as her finest inspirations while investing her songs with a calm fatalism that sets her apart.” –Pitchfork
After touring the world as a member of the Postal Service in 2013, Laura Burhenn (The Mynabirds) took a year to get lost. She drove acros s the US twice, toured South Africa solo, made her first appearance in London (also solo), and trekked all over Europe with William Faulkner’s words ringing in her ears: “You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” Finally she found herself in Los Angeles with a suitcase of songs to fill a whole new album.
Lovers Know, The Mynabirds’ third full-length release (out August 7th on Saddle Creek), was produced by Bradley Hanan Carter (Black English ) and recorded over a yearlong period in Los Angeles, Joshua Tree, Nashville, and Auckland, New Zealand. It’s definitely new territory for Burhenn, forging into 80s, 90s and futuristic soundscapes, recalling Kate Bush, Sinead O’Connor, Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine and even 90s hip hop and R&B. The album may be loaded with a fresh palette of new sounds (swarms of synths, gauzy electric guitars, and electronic drums), but her brooding, unmistakable voice leads the way. Lyrically this is her most personal and confessional work to date, and also her most accessible.
Whereas her last album, GENERALS , watched from a wide angle to understand the world at a distance, Lovers Know pulls in close. “There’s something about wandering the world over,” Laura says, “that makes you realize how similar we all are – everyone searching for something, so often the same thing: love. It may sound trite, but it’s true. Love – or the lack of it – is the thing we all have in common. It can destroy us. It can break us open and let the light in. And it’s also the thing that can make us sing.”
Burhenn has released two previous albums as The Mynabirds on Saddle Creek, What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood (2010) and GENERALS (2012), both of which were produced by Richard Swift and met by critical acclaim. She will be touring the US and Europe with her band this Fall in support of the album release.
http://noisetrade.com/themynabirds
http://saddle-creek.com/store/artist/themynabirds/
“...songs so elegantly composed that many could pass for old standards... Burhenn is as heartbreaking and tuneful as her finest inspirations while investing her songs with a calm fatalism that sets her apart.” –Pitchfork
After touring the world as a member of the Postal Service in 2013, Laura Burhenn (The Mynabirds) took a year to get lost. She drove acros s the US twice, toured South Africa solo, made her first appearance in London (also solo), and trekked all over Europe with William Faulkner’s words ringing in her ears: “You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” Finally she found herself in Los Angeles with a suitcase of songs to fill a whole new album.
Lovers Know, The Mynabirds’ third full-length release (out August 7th on Saddle Creek), was produced by Bradley Hanan Carter (Black English ) and recorded over a yearlong period in Los Angeles, Joshua Tree, Nashville, and Auckland, New Zealand. It’s definitely new territory for Burhenn, forging into 80s, 90s and futuristic soundscapes, recalling Kate Bush, Sinead O’Connor, Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine and even 90s hip hop and R&B. The album may be loaded with a fresh palette of new sounds (swarms of synths, gauzy electric guitars, and electronic drums), but her brooding, unmistakable voice leads the way. Lyrically this is her most personal and confessional work to date, and also her most accessible.
Whereas her last album, GENERALS , watched from a wide angle to understand the world at a distance, Lovers Know pulls in close. “There’s something about wandering the world over,” Laura says, “that makes you realize how similar we all are – everyone searching for something, so often the same thing: love. It may sound trite, but it’s true. Love – or the lack of it – is the thing we all have in common. It can destroy us. It can break us open and let the light in. And it’s also the thing that can make us sing.”
Burhenn has released two previous albums as The Mynabirds on Saddle Creek, What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood (2010) and GENERALS (2012), both of which were produced by Richard Swift and met by critical acclaim. She will be touring the US and Europe with her band this Fall in support of the album release.
http://noisetrade.com/themynabirds
http://saddle-creek.com/store/artist/themynabirds/
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The Mynabirds Lyrics
Bad Moon Rising I see the bad moon rising I see trouble on the…
Body of Work Before you get out I want you to know You get…
Buffalo Flower So we go down to the red to the river Dig…
Disarm My baby does so much panicking around And lately I cannot…
Disaster Hold on hold on hold on Just a minute longer I got…
Generals I need a political job in a blue collar town So…
Give It Time Hold on- hold right there a minute. This horse could mean…
Greatest Revenge All along the avenues The soldiers make their way While lo…
Karma Debt Here we are in the orchestra A bullet in our breath We…
Let the Record Go Let the record show: you gave it all your might. And…
Mightier Than The Sword You’re not alone in anything So listen up, my love A tiny…
Numbers Don't Lie It was always what you said It would be, and…
Radiator Sister She’s a radiator sister Oh boys, I'll tell you what I…
Right Place I've got your number, You got mine. I think about you time…
The Numbers Don't Lie It was always what you said It would be, and nothing…
Wash It Out Too much common sense will leave a bad taste in…
Ways of Looking And give me all your loving, and I'll give you…
We Made a Mountain We made a mountain Out of a minute Then we let it…
What We Gained in the Fire We are ships on an ocean, passing on our way back…
Wolf Mother Don't do much these days Keep the wolves at bay Don't do…