these songs are fine but nothing really stands out beyond her voice which is kinda odd for this sort of thing, like the way she says "loudspeakuhhhh" makes for a pretty strange hook. the harmonizer? on the all the vocals in winterbreak feels odd too
― ufo, Friday, 3 February 2017 10:37 (seven years ago) link
I have a heard time taking this band seriously because "muna" is the most common Finnish slang word for cock.
― Tuomas, Friday, 3 February 2017 13:27 (seven years ago) link
This is pretty much my favorite new band. "I Know a Place" was my favorite song of 2016, and it's torturing me that I have to be in meetings and haven't been able to listen to the whole album yet.
― glenn mcdonald, Friday, 3 February 2017 16:22 (seven years ago) link
Add "I Know A Place" to the hypothetical mausoleum of unimpeachable tears-at-the-disco classics
― monotony, Monday, 6 February 2017 05:10 (seven years ago) link
they borrow melodies from a few ILM love-or-hate-thems as well - the chorus in "Loudspeaker" bears similarities to the 1975's "Heart Out", and there's a vague resemblance also between "Crying On The Bathroom Floor"'s verses and Robyn's "None Of Dem"
― monotony, Monday, 6 February 2017 05:13 (seven years ago) link
but mostly i'm surprised that this thread isn't 1000 posts long given its documented obsessions w/ HAIM and Shura etc
― monotony, Monday, 6 February 2017 05:14 (seven years ago) link
hope this doesn't harsh anyone's mellow, but the choruses of "i know a place" and matchbox twenty's "if you're gone" are eerily similar
― joshywinty (josh), Monday, 6 February 2017 06:11 (seven years ago) link
Songs are very nice, but the singer's enunciation is strange.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 6 February 2017 23:04 (seven years ago) link
These other songs are just meh, but I really love "I Know A Place" and how it weirdly reminds me of Madonna's "Vogue". Obvious echo: "I know a place where you can get away, they call it dancefloor", plus the first few verses might as well be "look around, everywhere you turn is heartache".
― Roz, Wednesday, 8 February 2017 14:31 (seven years ago) link
Love this album. Even grown to love the weird enunciation after almost turning off after the first "surproysed" on the first spin through
― ewar woowar (or something), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 23:31 (seven years ago) link
I’m pretty sure this band is bad but I love them
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 24 November 2017 09:10 (six years ago) link
Love this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqf-U_fibV0
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 07:47 (four years ago) link
obsessed with the breathlessness of the middle eight of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdCSmdJYKGY
― monotony, Friday, 16 August 2019 06:10 (four years ago) link
This is so good.
― glenn mcdonald, Thursday, 22 August 2019 23:22 (four years ago) link
New album out June 24. First single is fantastic (and maybe a little HAIM-y?).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olo9MCKosAI
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 16 March 2022 16:45 (two years ago) link
The advance tracks are promising an amazing album, but until then, here's their Britney cover from this new gay romcom:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLUnDLEZMBg
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Thursday, 9 June 2022 19:51 (one year ago) link
Just learned about this group from a YouTube bass cover. All I know so far is this song, One That Got Away, but it fucking rules.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-auMY71v5cs
― peace, man, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 02:10 (seven months ago) link
^^^ this is several months old, btw, but I hadn't seen anyone else talking about it on ilx
― peace, man, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 02:11 (seven months ago) link
This band's name looks like it could stand for Municipal Urban Navigation Authority. Aw man, my Corolla's in the shop so I'll have to catch a MUNA bus to the show tonight.
― peace, man, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 02:53 (seven months ago) link
Saw them supporting Boygenius in the summer and they were fucking great. Need to check out some of their records.
― Slays two. Found gassed. Thinks of cat. (Chinaski), Wednesday, 13 September 2023 09:39 (seven months ago) link
^ Just found this track on the 2023 track nominations list - it’s great!
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 11 January 2024 10:33 (three months ago) link
For those just getting into Muna, this is my favorite track on their last album. riyl stadium-ready country pop anthems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDOiWGAaT8E
― Indexed, Thursday, 11 January 2024 16:00 (three months ago) link
I enjoy their podcast, Gayotic. It's not exclusively about gaiety. It's just like, here's your weekly fun hang with Muna.
― peace, man, Thursday, 11 January 2024 16:19 (three months ago) link