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MUNA singer Katie Gavin has confirmed plans for a new solo album.
MUNA signed to Saddest Factory Records – the label run by Phoebe Bridgers – for their eponymous 2022 album, a release that seemed to push them to new heights. International touring followed, but it seems that singer Katie Gavin has found time to focus on creative ideas.
Out on October 25th – once more via Saddest Factory Records – ‘What A Relief’ is self-described as “Lilith Fair-core”, which in truth sounds like a pretty fantastic genre descriptor.
Discussing its creation, Katie Gavin says:
“This record spans a lot of my life – it’s about having a really deep desire for connection, but also encountering all the obstacles that stood in my way to be able to achieve that, patterns of isolation or even boredom with the real work of love. ‘What A Relief’ explores and portrays it honestly, without shame.”
Blissful new song ‘Aftertaste’ is out now, a song that may feel familiar to MUNA fans, but contains a sense of its own distinct identity. Breezy acoustic pop, the 90s-tinged production shimmers against Katie’s lovelorn vocal.
Oh, and the video features a veritable smorgasbord of life drawing poses. Really.
Katie explains…
I thought this song would be a good place to start because to me it kind of serves as a bridge, sonically and thematically, between MUNA’s world and the world we are going to with the solo record.
‘Aftertaste’ is a sweet song about carrying a torch for someone, realizing that you are going out to concerts and parties hoping to run into them there. The song is a playing out of a fantasy, really, both because it involves confessing your crush and finding out that it is reciprocated.
Naomi McPherson helped me come up with the idea for the video, in which I’m the subject of a nude drawing class, and Alexa Viscius co-directed with me and brought in an amazing team of Chicago creatives to bring it to fruition. Filming in the city I’m from felt very right for introducing this solo work. Back to my roots, if you will.
Tune in now.
Photo Credit: Alexa Viscius
