What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood
SONGS 01. What We Gained in the Fire02. Let the Record Go03. Numbers Don't Lie04. Give It Time05. Ways of Looking06. LA Rain07. Wash It Out08. We Made a Mountain09. Right Place10. Good Heart VINYL DETAILS + 12" Black Vinyl+ Vinyl pressed at RTI+ Includes download card Following the demise of Georgie James, Laura Burhenn (half of the former DC duo) gathered her favorite books, records, and people around her and wrote what would become the first album from her new band. Recorded in the rugged hills of Oregon in the summer of 2009 with singer-songwriter/producer Richard Swift at the helm, What We Lose In The Fire We Gain In The Flood tells the story of loss and recovery, the music nodding to gospel and garage, the lyrics following a Zen trajectory. “I wanted to make a record that felt like Neil Young doing Motown,” Laura says, “something simple and strong, old and new at once.” The discovery of the near mythical 60’s R&B group, The Mynah Birds, featuring none other than Neil Young (an