The Mynabirds, w/ Bad Bad Hats at 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis (18 September 2015)

Most of their set included songs from their 2012 EP, including the title track and set closer “Towards the Sun” (which they also closed at the July Talk show earlier in June), but the band also played a couple of new (unrecorded) tracks like “Broken Wing”.

There was a strong turnout and buzz for local favorites Bad Bad Hats, who recently appeared on Stereogum and local station The Current. We caught the band in 2014 and noted that the band had a hit with “Super America” (based on the loud cheers and clapping for this song). At Friday’s show, singer/songwriter Kerry Alexander introduced it by saying that in their vast travel with Mynabirds, that they’ve seen plenty of gas stations (she mentioned Kum & Go, Sinclair/Green Dinosaur… but no 7/11 or Circle K!), but their favorite has always been “Super America”.

Alexander summed it by saying how grateful they’ve been touring with Mynabirds and how much they are learning from this experience.

As for The Mynabirds, we saw them three times in 2012 (7th Street (22 Mar 2012), 7th Street (12 Jun 2012), and Turf Club (01 Nov 2012)) when they were doing heavy promotion for their Generals album. That was possibly a record for a non-local band. Anyway, at every one of those shows, singer Laura Burhenn wore a sort of fox hat… which I’m semi-glad to see that it’s gone for 2015. Bonus: enjoy the Mynabirds vuart.

Of course, with the new record Lovers Know, The Mynabirds were more than happy to preview plenty of songs from the new album, including a block early in the set: “Velveteen”, “Believer”, “Semantics”.

Burhenn told us that she moved to Los Angeles, but all her music was released by Omaha-based Saddle Creek Records (the label is famously known for Connor Oberst). She dedicated her new song “Omaha” (saving it for the encore) for the label and its love.

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