Somewhere along the lines of their history, MUNA started calling themselves “the best band in the world.” Not the best synthpop band, or the past queer band, but the best, period. It’s a tall order for three people who make excellent pop music, a genre that, for most people, doesn’t hold a lot of weight or seriousness. But MUNA makes pop music, and even though they’ve done it for almost a decade now, it was surprising to hear the synths and pulsing beat that kicks off Dancing On The Wall, the title track for their ecstatic, buoyant fourth album, as if they’d grow up and get real. But of course MUNA would still make pop music. What else would they do?
Atop one of their stickiest melodies, MUNA-Katie Gavin, Naomi McPherson…

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