Indie rock outfit The Mynabirds – the project spearheaded by Laura Burhenn – is back with their first new album since 2017. It’s Okay To Go Back If You Keep Moving Forward is out November 7 on Burhenn's own Our Secret Handshake imprint.

You can listen to lead single "Ramona, Patron Saint of Silence" below:

Burhenn has spent several years now creating her production company (also called Our Secret Handshake), producing music videos, commercials, and concert films for various artists, including Hayley Williams, Animal Collective, and more.

Of this new era, Burhenn says:

"After the release of my last record in 2017 [Be Here Now], 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.”

Burhenn says that the new single was "born from this moment," saying "a song to a fictional Patron Saint of Silence, thanking her for keeping me and my voice alive."

The new LP features three new original songs, and seven stripped back versions of past Mynabirds tracks. In the spirit of this, Burhenn says:

"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. The record is imperfect, raw, and deeply human, made in a fast-paced, hi-tech time. I joked about calling it AI Could Never.”

The album was recorded at California's 64 Sound studio, and produced by Rilo Kiley's Pierre de Reeder. Notably, it will not be available on Spotify upon its release (though will be on all other streaming services).

It’s Okay To Go Back If You Keep Moving Forward is out November 7. Preorder here. Full tracklist:

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