Re: The Mynabirds
Posted: Sun October 06, 2013 8:24 pm
Guys, I forgot to tell you. I asked when we could expect the third album to be released and she said "next year, maybe June-ish".
Red Mosquito
Give It Time: A Thread for The Mynabirds
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Re: The Mynabirds
Posted: Sun October 06, 2013 8:27 pm
Re: The Mynabirds
Posted: Mon October 07, 2013 2:00 pm
Pete, that version of "Mightier Than the Sword" did indeed destroy me. I wonder whether it was played slightly faster because she also found it emotional to get through. The pace relaxes a little in the final section, "When you forget the words...".
Re: The Mynabirds
Posted: Mon October 07, 2013 3:27 pm
cutuphalfdead wrote:Guys, I forgot to tell you. I asked when we could expect the third album to be released and she said "next year, maybe June-ish".
Re: The Mynabirds
Posted: Mon October 07, 2013 3:32 pm
Harmless, what did you think of the three new songs?
Re: The Mynabirds
Posted: Mon October 07, 2013 3:50 pm
Yeah, they're all good songs. The melody of "Leather Boots" reminds me of an old hymn -- maybe not any in particular, but it's got that old timelessness to it. It's also very like "Fallen Doves" in places, but that's OK. "Omaha" had a lot to live up to, because of the Counting Crows song, but it's beautiful. Generally they're pretty simple, even unsurprising, but she writes lyrics well enough to pull off that simplicity. "The Hanged Man" and "Omaha" are great, and I reckon "Leather Boots" will be up there when it's arranged on the album.
Re: The Mynabirds
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 12:46 am
bump for Kevin Daviscutuphalfdead wrote:Enjoy, friends.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mqgxhz0f3v6gt ... 2-2013.zip
They're FLACs.
Laura Burhenn
Live at the Mansion at Strathmore
10-2-2013
Laura Burhenn, with a Steinway grand piano in a tiny room, big enough for maybe 75-100 people.
Recorded on my Android phone with Tape Machine -> 16 bit 44.1khz WAV -> Adobe Audition 3.0 (level correction) -> FLAC Level 8
Most between song banter is at the end of the tracks. Twice I gave them their own tracks because she talked longer.
01 - What We Gained In The Fire
02 - The Hanged Man*
03 - Leather Boots*
04 - Just For The Night
05 - Let The Record Go
06 - We Made A Mountain (First Attempt)
07 - We Made A Mountain
08 - Chelsea Hotel No. 2
09 - Generals Story
10 - Generals
11 - Cake Parage
12 - Buffalo Flower
13 - Omaha*
14 - Right Place
15 - Encore Banter
16 - Mightier Than The Sword
17 - Numbers Don't Lie
*New songs. If they were't debuted at this performance then they were debuted on September 19th in Omaha
(don't have the setlist to that show) and these were then at least the 2nd time played
Re: The Mynabirds
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 12:47 am
I really like Leather Boots. Omaha is the clear loser of the bunch (if you can call any of them losers). Omaha actually sounds A LOT like a song Bright Eyes would write.harmless wrote:Yeah, they're all good songs. The melody of "Leather Boots" reminds me of an old hymn -- maybe not any in particular, but it's got that old timelessness to it. It's also very like "Fallen Doves" in places, but that's OK. "Omaha" had a lot to live up to, because of the Counting Crows song, but it's beautiful. Generally they're pretty simple, even unsurprising, but she writes lyrics well enough to pull off that simplicity. "The Hanged Man" and "Omaha" are great, and I reckon "Leather Boots" will be up there when it's arranged on the album.
Re: The Mynabirds
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 12:48 am
Downloading now, thanks.
Re: The Mynabirds
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 12:55 am
I still need to give these guys more time, i like everything I've heard, but i think I've only listened to each album twice
Re: The Mynabirds
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 12:56 am
You're a fool, Van Nostrand.
Re: The Mynabirds
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 1:29 am
I do like it, just haven't gotten back to themcutuphalfdead wrote:You're a fool, Van Nostrand.
Re: The Mynabirds
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 1:31 am
I really like the new songs--there's a strong sense of time and place to the recording, so it's difficult to imagine them (except maybe "Leather Boots") outside of this setting, but they're all wonderful songs fit to occupy space in her catalog. I'm sure the band will come up with something great for them.
Man, "Omaha" is a stunner.
Man, "Omaha" is a stunner.
Re: The Mynabirds
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 1:48 am
Re: The Mynabirds
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 1:51 am
Also, not bad for a phone recording, huh?
Re: The Mynabirds
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 1:55 am
Not at all--that's actually kind of what I was referring to when I said there was a strong sense of time and place to the recording. It's tough to imagine a studio recording giving these songs any more presence than this. What you captured is all they need. She should "Nebraska" this shit.
Re: The Mynabirds
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 1:58 am
Man, that would be something.Kevin Davis wrote:She should "Nebraska" this shit.
Re: The Mynabirds
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 1:59 am
She could even call the album Omaha.
Re: The Mynabirds
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 3:33 pm
Guys, Laura is responding to some of my tweets.
Re: The Mynabirds
Posted: Thu October 17, 2013 8:02 pm
File this under songs I want to hear The Mynabirds cover:
A Whiter Shade Of Pale
A Whiter Shade Of Pale