What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood
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What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood is the first studio album by the
Track listing
All songs written by Laura Burhenn.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "What We Gained in the Fire" | 4:48 |
2. | "Let the Record Go" | 2:22 |
3. | "Numbers Don't Lie" | 3:31 |
4. | "Give It Time" | 3:54 |
5. | "Ways of Looking" | 3:23 |
6. | "LA Rain" | 2:47 |
7. | "Wash It Out" | 2:05 |
8. | "We Made a Mountain" | 3:09 |
9. | "Right Place" | 3:36 |
10. | "Good Heart" | 3:02 |
Reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Pitchfork Media | (8/10)[6] |
PopMatters | (9/10)[1] |
Under the Radar | [7] |
On Metacritic, What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood has an average score of 77 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]
James Skinner, writing for Drowned in Sound, praised both Burhenn's vocals and Swift's production, stating that the album "revels in a soulful, brassy buzz that sounds great from the offset and even better on further listening".[2] In a positive review for Pitchfork, Matthew Perpetua favourably compares the album to Burhenn's earlier work with Georgie James, saying "Here, she emerges fully formed with a set of bold, assured songs so elegantly composed that many could pass for old standards".[6] According to Anthony Lombardi of PopMatters, "With such a crowded, convoluted number of artists arriving on the indie scene [...] it's both exciting and comforting to find a talent as raw and solitary as Laura Burhenn's", with this album being "a pure, big-hearted document of strength and spirit that's as affecting and enlivening as anything pop music's past has given us".[1]
References
- ^ a b c Anthony Lombardi (April 29, 2010). "The Mynabirds: What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood". PopMatters. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- ^ Drowned In Sound. Archivedfrom the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
- ^ a b "Reviews for What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood". Metacritic.
- ^ K. Ross Hoffman. "What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood - The Mynabirds". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2017-09-11. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
- ^ Emily Mackay (June 4, 2010). "Album review: The Mynabirds 'What We Lose In The Fire We Gain In The Flood' (Saddle Creek)". NME.
- ^ a b Matthew Perpetua. "The Mynabirds: What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
- ^ Frank Valish. "What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood". Under the Radar. Archived from the original on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2020-04-18.