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    How queer indie-pop trio Muna made the most of a second chance

    LOS ANGELES — Ask any music or fashion aficionado: Between low-rise jeans, thundering nu-metal bass lines and the renaissance of Britney Spears, Y2K nostalgia is taking off. Yet not all Y2K throwbacks need reviving, say the members of Los Angeles indie-pop trio Muna. Between the ubiquity of rape jokes in popular movies and TV, not to mention the unceremonious outings of then-closeted ...
    by Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times Jul 26, 2022 4 minutes
    Naomi McPherson, Katie Gavin and Josette Maskin of Muna perform at the Outloud Raising Voices Music Festival at WeHo Pride on June 5, 2022, in West Hollywood, California.

    LOS ANGELES — Ask any music or fashion aficionado: Between low-rise jeans, thundering nu-metal bass lines and the renaissance of Britney Spears, Y2K nostalgia is taking off.

    Yet not all Y2K throwbacks need reviving, say the members of Los Angeles indie-pop trio Muna. Between the ubiquity of rape jokes in popular movies and TV, not to mention the unceremonious outings of then-closeted celebrities like Lindsay Lohan and Lance Bass of N Sync, "we were being sold back this [harmful] idea of ourselves," says Katie Gavin, 29, lead vocalist of Muna.

    Released on June 24 on indie-rock star Phoebe Bridgers' record label, Saddest Factory, the band's self-titled third album is an exquisite act of musical justice for those who suffered the

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