★★★★★
The best decision Laura Burhenn ever made, career-wise, was ditching her lackluster former band-- Georgie James--to pursue her own vision. Under the Mynabirds moniker, she released What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood in 2010. That album embraced the best aspects of mid-'60s pop soul, but incorporated enough modern conceits to elevate the album above pastiche and 1960s worship: a Dusty in Memphis for the new millennium...
- www.prefixmag.com
2012-06-07
★★★★★
Is it bad to fall in love with your subject? What about critical detachment, objectivity and all that? Regardless, Laura Burhenn slays any journalistic ethos. The multi-instrumentalist behind The Mynabirds--all emerald eyes, sonorous voice and staggering earnestness--is enough to make you melt--which is perhaps why, on her second solo album, she goes at length to make you freeze...
- www.pastemagazine.com
2012-06-07
★★★★★
What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood, the debut album by The Mynabirds (the project of Laura Burhenn after the breakup of her band Georgie James), was a wonderful song cycle of soulful Motown-esque pop R&B. On songs such as "Numbers Don't Lie" and "What We Gained in the Fire," Burhenn belted out irresistible melodies backed by a crack band of retro-sounding musicians. GENERALS, however, is, for the most part, nothing like What We Lose in the Fire...
- www.undertheradarmag.com
2012-06-04
★★★★★
If you like the big sound of 1960s/'70s singer-songwriters Carole King and Laura Nyro with the vocals of a Cat Power or Fiona Apple, then you will definitely like the retro-rock 'n' soul stylings of The Mynabirds' What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood.Laura Burhenn of the Washington DC duo Georgie James went out to Oregon after the demise of that earlier band...
- www.ink19.com
2010-10-25
★★★★★
The Mynabirds is the nom de plume appended to, for most intents and purposes, the freshly varnished creative outlet of Laura Burhenn, a courageous, multi-talented singer/songwriter currently residing in Portland, Oregon...
- www.popmatters.com
2010-08-24
★★★★★
There's been a bit of a retro vibe in the air recently, with acts like Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings and She & Him unselfconsciously evoking bygone eras and turning in the best records of their careers in the process. It is now the turn of The Mynabirds, where Laura Burhenn (ex of Washington DC duo Georgie James) comes over all soulful Sixties chanteuse, the results constituting a rich and focused debut album...
- drownedinsound.com
2010-06-11
★★★★★
When Laura Burhenn sang with D.C. effort Georgie James, the soulful singer could not keep up with the pop rock pace of her musical partner, Q and Not U's John Davis. But now that she has fled the city for the hills of Oregon, her voice has finally found its place. Throughout her new band, the Mynabirds', soul-country debut, her voice tends to hover above simple, mid-tempo numbers, though the best moments highlight its new-found nuances...
- www.pastemagazine.com
2010-05-15
★★★★★
When Washington, DC duo Georgie James called it quits in 2008, Laura Burhenn wasted no time in moving on and moving forward. The Mynabirds, named after Neil Young and Rick James' early Motown band, benefits greatly from her alluring songwriting and singular vocals...
- www.undertheradarmag.com
2010-05-06
★★★★★
Saddle Creek is still most well-known for spawning Bright Eyes and Cursive, two of the premier acts in the teenage drama canon, though the label also released the best Rilo Kiley effort (The Execution of All Things) and played a central role in the development of M. Ward's career. Without its central players, the label's been sorely in need of an exciting new direction of late: Conor Oberst left to record for Merge under his given name, Rilo Kiley went major label immediately following their...
- www.lostatsea.net
2013-04-01
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