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- Summary: The fourth full-length studio release from Los Angeles indie pop trio MUNA was self-produced.
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- Record Label: Saddest Factory
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Mixed: 3 out of 10
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May 15, 2026It’s MUNA’s most cohesive, streamlined release yet, filled with hard-charging keyboard stabs, percolating beats and the head rush atmosphere of a night when you lose all track of time (and also your wallet). It feels like a readymade playlist of nothing but choice moments.
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May 11, 2026The Los Angeles natives are more cautious in their ecstasy, in equal parts as celebratory, uplifting and outright horny as they are aware and angry, yet as affirmed on the brilliantly rousing ‘So What’, there’s more than enough love to go around.
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May 12, 2026So What is a delightful addition to the 'I’m doing great, actually' canon, where barely concealed heartbreak begs to be felt under swaggering lyrics and Big Stick is a snarling powerhouse.
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May 8, 2026While ‘Dancing On The Wall’ does tread newer ground lyrically on songs like ‘Big Stick’, and at times dabbles with heavier, rock-influenced sounds, it also doesn’t divert too far away from the hyper-saturated synthpop sound the band have nailed since day one. And in MUNA’s world, precise, irresistible consistency can be just as compelling as constant reinvention.
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May 8, 2026Dancing on the Wall also finds Muna making music with a slightly harder, darker edge. .... This provides Dancing on the Wall with a relative tonal cohesiveness that has the paradoxical effect of making the project feel at once more complete than Muna’s prior efforts yet also less surprising, infectious, and perennial.
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May 29, 2026While the group are not strangers to sociopolitical subject matter, Dancing on the Wall is their most overtly so yet.
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May 8, 2026Here [On "So What"], at last, is the cathartic release that was missing from “It Gets So Hot.” But these fleeting flashes of pop euphoria ultimately can’t overcome Dancing On The Wall’s tendency to double down on the band’s formula.