“It’s totally cool to see that everybody who works for NPR is homosexual,” MUNA singer-guitarist Katie Gavin deadpanned by means of introduction on the band’s Tiny Desk live performance. For a band whose newest album is at present soundtracking its second straight Delight Month, MUNA has discovered a deep kinship with queer audiences — a truth Gavin famous throughout the lead-in to a rustic transforming of 2021’s irresistible “Silk Chiffon.”

“We love being queer, and we discover a whole lot of pleasure in it,” she stated. “We predict, like, if the world is gonna change in the best way that it must, it is crucial for our revolution to be based mostly on pleasure, and what brings us pleasure, and chasing after that.”

“Silk Chiffon” embodies that concept, but it surely’s additionally deepened by the model MUNA unveiled right here: As its melody was reworked by a string-infused association, it revealed a transparent undercurrent of craving solely hinted at within the unique.

Expanded right into a septet, MUNA used the setting as a chance to lean into its moodier aspect. “Free Garment” positioned Naomi McPherson on the piano as Gavin utilized delicate results to her personal plaintive voice. And “Stayaway,” a spotlight from 2019’s Saves The World, positioned such a requirement on the three voices at MUNA’s core — Gavin, McPherson and Josette Maskin — that they virtually exploded with aid when it was over.

MUNA’s look occurred to coincide with a loosening of pandemic restrictions on the Tiny Desk — most notably the laborious cap on the variety of viewers members who may attend. It was laborious to overlook the sense of liberation, and the surge of vitality, within the sheer measurement of the gang.

SET LIST

• “Free Garment”
• “Stayaway”
• “Silk Chiffon”

MUSICIANS

• Katie Gavin: vocals, mandolin
• Josette Maskin: guitar, vocals
• Naomi McPherson: guitar, piano, synth, vocals
• Geo Botelho: bass
• Sarab Singh: drums, percussion
• Tia Allen: viola, violin
• Susan D. Mandel: cello

TINY DESK TEAM

• Producer: Bob Boilen
• Director: Kara Body
• Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin
• Collection Producer: Bobby Carter
• Editor: Joshua Bryant
• Videographers: Kara Body, Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Sofia Seidel
• Audio Assistant: Kwesi Lee
• Manufacturing Assistant: Ashley Pointer
• Photographer: Michael Zamora
• Tiny Desk Workforce: Suraya Mohamed, Hazel Cills
• VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
• Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann