MUNA: Tiny Desk Concert

Stephen Thompson, June 23, 2023 Its very cool to see that everyone who works for NPR is gay, MUNA singerguitarist Katie Gavin deadpanned by way of introduction at the bands Tiny Desk concert. For a band whose latest album is currently soundtracking its second straight Pride Month, MUNA has found a deep kinship with queer audiences a fact Gavin noted during the leadin to a country reworking of 2021s irresistible Silk Chiffon. We love being queer, and we find a lot of joy in it, she said. We think, like, if the world is gonna change in the way that it needs to, its very important for our revolution to be based on joy, and what brings us joy, and chasing after that. Silk Chiffon embodies that idea, but its also deepened by the version MUNA unveiled here: As its melody was transformed by a stringinfused arrangement, it revealed a clear undercurrent of yearning only hinted at in the original. Expanded into a septet, MUNA used the setting as an opportunity to lean into i