Sleater Kinney: Tiny Desk ( Home) Concert

The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music s Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It s the same spirit strippeddown sets, an intimate setting just a different space. Jacob Ganz, July 1, 2021 You don t have to wait long for a signature SleaterKinney moment in the band s Tiny Desk (home) concert. Over the first half of the title track to Path of Wellness, Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein sing of human frailty and selfimprovement, vibrating with low notes of disgust. Then Brownstein shoots Tucker a knowing smile as they sing, You could never love me enough, and the pair, who have been making music together for nearly 30 years, start to unwind things: Brownstein hisses I am on a path of wellness through gritted teeth before ripping into a fournote riff that feels like it s pulling your guts out; Tucker sets her voice at maybe 75 percent howl capacity to sing I feel like I m unknown and Brownstein sti