What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood

All songs written by Laura Burhenn.

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Drowned in Sound	(8/10)[2]
NME	[5]
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]