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Generals (Mynabirds Album)
''Generals'' is the second studio album by the indie pop band The Mynabirds. It was released by Saddle Creek Records on June 5, 2012 and produced by Richard Swift. The album's title was inspired by Richard Avedon's photograph "Generals of the Daughters of the American Revolution". Track listing All songs written by Laura Burhenn, except where noted. Reception On Metacritic Metacritic is a website that review aggregator, aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted arithmetic mean, weighted average). M ..., ''Generals'' has an average score of 79 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Eric Harvey, writing for Pitchfork, praised the album as "a stylistically diverse collection of openhearted, politically engaged pop", adding that Burhenn succeeds in "translating erdeeply held political conventions into good tunes". In a similarly positive revie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mynabirds
The Mynabirds are an American indie pop band founded by singer-songwriter and pianist Laura Burhenn, who was previously one half of the Washington, D.C. indie duo Georgie James. Burhenn formed The Mynabirds in 2009, and shortly after signed to Saddle Creek Records and relocated to Omaha, Nebraska. The sound has been described by ''Pitchfork'' as "...openhearted, politically engaged, feminist pop that, miraculously, never veers into schmaltz." History Laura Burhenn Early years (1994–2008) After years of classical piano and stints singing and playing keyboards in rock bands and electronica projects in Washington, D.C., Burhenn founded her own record label, ''Laboratory Records'', and began releasing solo work. Burhenn's first solo record "Not Ashamed to Say" was released in 1999 and is a collection of thirteen songs written from 1994 to 1998. After releasing a split 7" in 2003, Burhenn released the full length "Wanderlust" in 2004. In 2005, Burhenn teamed up with John Davis, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |