Stream: The Mynabirds, ‘Semantics’

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In April, the Mynabirds previewed some new songs at the Echo, stoking anticipation for their first album since 2012. Today, singer-keyboardist Laura Burhenn and gang unveiled the recording of one of them, “Semantics,” of which she says: “Does it matter what we call things, what we call ‘Us’? And yeah, it does. It can change everything.” The single doesn’t quite sound like anything from the Mynabirds’ first two albums, except for Burhenn’s voice, pliable, assured and resonant. The song is from the new release “Lovers Know,” due Aug. 7 from Saddle Creek. Coming off a gig as a touring member of the re-formed Postal Service, Burhenn recorded the album in far-flung locales such as Los Angeles, Joshua Tree, Nashville and Auckland, New Zealand, and it’s produced by L.A.-based Kiwi Bradley Hanan Carter (of Black English, fka NO.)

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Photo by Bliss Braoudakis