Listen to Taylor Swift’s “august” Muna Cover – Pitchfork

MUNA shared his cover of Taylor Swift’s “august”, one of the five tracks on his new EP Live at Electric Lady. The five-track EP also includes tracks from their self-titled album, including “Silk Chiffon”, “Anything But Me” and “Kind of Girl”, as well as “Taken” from their 2019 LP for RCA. save the world. Check it out below.

About the EP, the band said in a statement:

“The whole environment at Electric Lady Studios is so supportive and open that it often leads to making new creative choices while you’re recording. “August” took on this very breathy, quiet quality that we hadn’t anticipated, but just went for it. »

MUNA has so far shared videos for “Anything But Me” and “Silk Chiffon.” They performed “Silk Chiffon” with Phoebe Bridgers on The Late Late Show with James Corden last November.

Read Pitchfork’s “Profile” article “MUNA’s radical queer pop joy”.