Lovers Know

PACKAGING NOTES: Vinyl pressed at GZ Colored 2xLP pressed on opaque blue vinyl w/ D-side etching. Limited edition of 300. Includes download card. Standard 2xLP pressed on black vinyl w/ D-side etching. Includes download card. 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 across 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. Whereas previous album GENERALS, watched from a wide angle to understand the world at a distance, Lovers Know pulls in close. “There’s something about wandering the world over,” Laura says, “that makes you realize how similar we all are – everyone searching for something, so often the same thing: love. It may sound trite, but it’s true. Love – or the lack of it – is the thing we all have in common. It can destroy us. It can break us open and let the light in. And it’s also the thing that can make us sing.” Lovers Know, 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 be loaded with a fresh palette of new sounds (swarms of synths, gauzy electric guitars, and electronic drums), but her brooding, unmistakable voice leads the way. Lyrically this is her most personal and confessional work to date, and also her most accessible. Release Date: July 31st, 2015 TRACK LIST 01. All My Heart 02. Believer 03. Semantics 04. Say Something 05. Orion 06. Velveteen 07. Shake Your Head Yes 08. Wildfire 09. Omaha 10. One Foot 11. Hanged Man 12. Last Time