Live Recap: MUNA with Nova Twins at Salt Shed
This past Tuesday night, fans gathered to catch a sold out show from MUNA, with support from Nova Twins at the Salt Shed.
I entered the shed very familiar with MUNA, having been a (number one) fan for years now, but I went into the Nova Twins’ set completely cold. It didn’t take long at all for the duo of Amy Love and Georgia South to warm me up and win me over—it was somewhere between their wildly energetic entrance to the stage, their encouragement of the audience to declare “I’m a boss bitch!” (as they sing in the chorus of their song “Cleopatra”) and Love’s request for the crowd to “open up the twerk pit” (rather than mosh pit) that I decided Nova Twins is one of my new favorites. The cheers from the audience and the smiles I saw on everyone’s faces confirmed I was not alone in my newfound admiration for the duo. Their 40-minute set contained plenty of songs from their 2022 album entitled Supernova and was chock-full of ear-splitting guitar riffs and booming bass lines.
With the crowd primed and ready now, MUNA took the stage right around 9PM. As the band launched into their hit “What I Want,” vocalist Katie Gavin abruptly stopped the song only about 30 seconds in, to call out that someone in the audience appeared to need medical assistance. Once the fallen fan received help, Gavin and her bandmates Josette Maskin and Naomi McPherson, decided to leave the stage, restarting the set completely from the top so that everyone got to experience their full introduction. The sold out crowd remained rowdy throughout the show, but thanks to an overwhelming sense of camaraderie and a reminder from Gavin to look out for each other, the show carried on with only good vibes and no more incidents.
Following a whirlwind of bangers like “Number One Fan” and “Stayaway,” MUNA mellowed out the tempo slightly for songs like “Loose Garment” and “Winterbreak,” the latter of which Gavin picked up an acoustic guitar to add some richness to the arrangement. For the majority of the show, Gavin sang and danced freely across the stage, only staying stationary for the few songs she played acoustic guitar on. The energy remained high throughout the show, though, with plenty of banter and movement from Maskin and McPherson as well. Things got even rowdier during MUNA’s performance of “Anything But Me” when the band threw out horse figurines for the crowd to toss around.
In the blink of an eye it seemed, the show began to wind down and MUNA left the stage to immediate requests for an encore. The trio kept the magic going with their song “I Know a Place,” in which Gavin sings about a place where you can go, let down your walls and truly be yourself— AKA, every MUNA concert ever. For one last hoorah of the night, Nova Twins graced the stage again to join in on singing “Silk Chiffon.”
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, MUNA fans are some of the most accepting and joyous people you’ll ever meet, so if you get the chance to attend one of their shows, don’t miss out on the wonderful experience.
If you missed the show, check out the full gallery below, and see where you can catch the tour next here.
