For Naomi McPherson, Muna's guitarist and producer, it was a "song for kids to have their first gay kiss to. Silk Chiffon," MUNA's instant-classic cult smash, featuring the band's new label head Phoebe Bridgers, hit the grey skies of the pandemic's year-and-a-half mark like a double rainbow. Like many indie minded artists, the idea of physical media isn’t something millennials embrace unless there’s an eco friendly version of their product that’s released during a limited time at the first start of the release. It’s here that Katie Gavin, Naomi McPherson and Josette Maskin have enabled themselves to soar, breaking free from the shackles of failed relationships. It’s no longer about the pain and suffering others have inflicted, but about overcoming the negativity within.

They began making music together in college, at USC, and released an early hit in the 2017 single "I Know a Place," a pent-up invocation of LGBTQ sanctuary and transcendence. The trio sit atop a rising spring of pure self-acceptance; powerful yet vulnerable and immeasurably relatable.But sometimes, for Muna, after nearly a decade of friendship and a long stretch of pandemic-induced self-reckoning, the most radical note possible is that of bliss. Here, more than ever, Muna musters their unique powers to break through the existential muck and transport you, suddenly, into a room where everything is possible — a place where the disco ball’s never stopped throwing sparkles on the walls, where you can sweat and cry and lie down on the floor and make out with whoever, where vulnerability in the presence of those who love you can make you feel momentarily bulletproof, and self- consciousness only sharpens the swell of joy. Every record is shipped in original factory-applied shrink wrap and has never been touched by human hands. Lead single and unabashed dancefloor banger ‘Number One Fan’ itself is a reaction to their post-tour comedown, stepping from universal adoration to isolation and finding a way to celebrate the self.

Saves the World was therapy on a record, and I was starting to see changes in my life, more moments of joy. That people are going to feel a kind of catharsis, even if it's a catharsis that I might never have known myself, because I'm f***ed up.McPherson added, "I hope this album helps people connect to each other the way that we, in Muna, have learned to connect to each other. Having switched camps from a major label to Phoebe Bridgers' Saddest Factory and with a new self-titled LP in tow, MUNA are releasing their most confident outpouring to date.