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The Mynabirds
12+ albums
indie popindiefemale vocalistssinger-songwriteramerican
about
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
