The Mynabirds
It's Okay To Go Back if You Keep Moving Forward
It's Okay To Go Back if You Keep Moving Forward
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Exclusive vinyl pre-order from Undertow.
The Mynabirds Announce New Album It's Okay To Go Back If You Keep Moving Forward out November 7 on Our Secret Handshake.
New single "Ramona, Patron Saint Of Silence" out now. Instant download with every vinyl pre-order.
Full album download available on the release date, November 7, 2025.
SONGS
1. Different This Time
2. Velveteen
3. Ramona, Patron Saint Of Silence
4. Drinking Song
5. Good Medicine
6. Buffalo Flower
7. Disarm
8. Cocoon
9. Hanged Man
10. LA Rain
VINYL DETAILS
+ Vinyl pressed at GZ
+ High Quality Audiophile Black Vinyl
Speaking about the single, Burhenn says:
“After the release of my last record in 2017, my voice fell silent. I buried myself in production work, helping other artists make music videos and films. I didn't even want to touch the piano. I privately worried I'd sung every song I had in me, and publicly joked that I’d retired from singing altogether. But after losing my best friend, my dog, and my grandmother in quick succession in the middle of the pandemic, something cracked open. Sitting in an Appalachian hot spring after a grueling shoot, I finally stopped moving for the first time in years — and in that stillness, I saw how much pain I'd been avoiding, and heard the faintest whisper of my own voice calling me back
“‘Ramona’ was born from that moment — a song to a fictional Patron Saint of Silence, thanking her for keeping me and my voice alive. It’s about how silence can protect you temporarily, comfort you, and ultimately teach you that your voice is your greatest strength. In a time when so many are forced into silence by trauma, oppression, or survival, the song imagines a future where voices rise together in a collective choir, burning down broken systems and refusing to let those in power destroy us. For me, it’s a reminder that music isn’t something I make to sell — it’s medicine. And I still need it to survive.”
The new record features three original songs alongside stripped-back acoustic versions of seven Mynabirds favorites. Recorded at 64 Sound and produced by Rilo Kiley’s Pierre de Reeder, Burhenn tracked grand piano and vocals live in the room, joined by musicians playing without overdubs, autotune, or digital instrumentation.
“I felt like I went through a complete ego death with this record — going back to how I first learned to write songs: just me and the piano, late at night, using music as therapy,” Burhenn says. “The record is imperfect, raw, and deeply human, made in a fast-paced, hi-tech time. I joked about calling it AI Could Never.”
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