Indie Shore: The Mynabirds - Body of Work

Oldscholled hipster. Laura Burhenn

The Mynabirds return with Body of Work, a new track from their eagerly awaited upcoming album GENERALS, out June 5th on Saddle Creek, With syncopated beats layered on top of Laura Burhenn's gospel inspired tone. Burhenn explains that the track represents our ability to constantly remodel our lives into anything we want, regardless of what the past holds; “we are living things, bodies of work to edit". Somebody said a dancer?.

GENERALS is both a protest record and concept album. It's fueled by a full decade of Burhenn's political frustration and aimed at finding a revolutionary yet pacifist way in a world where, these days, it seems warring comes quick. Musically you can hear echoes of early PJ Harvey, politically-charged Nina Simone and Low-era David Bowie. It gets down and hip hop dirty, flirts with African melodies and rhythms, goes four-on-the-floor for all out dance jams and has plenty of percussion. Burhenn even plays drums herself on a couple of songs. She sings the voice of frustration, then moves beyond that.

"I needed it to be transformative – of both the individual and the body politic. It's as much a meditation on Walt Whitman's hope for America as Gandhi's directive to 'be the change you want to see in the world.'" [Laura Burhenn] 

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