Meg Myers: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

March 6, 2019, Robin Hilton Meg Myers put out one of 2018 s most intense and cathartic albums. Take Me to the Disco raged and threw sonic punches at anyone who d ever attempted to use or abuse her, from former record executives to past lovers. Dressed in a sparkling blue leotard, Myers recreates that fire and ferocity behind the Tiny Desk, replacing her album s roaring electric guitars and electronics with a pulsing string quartet, piano and brushed drums. But the most intense part of the performance is Myers herself. The distant, piercing looks she gives during the set s opening cut, Jealous Sea, are unforgettable and unforgiving as she sings about a rat s nest of feelings anger, fear, jealousy, desire over an ex. Everything s right, everything s wrong, When you call my name, she sings while halfhugging herself. And I don t think I can stop the jealousy, When it comes, it comes like waves and I can t My