LP – Limited Edition Olive Vinyl. The debut album from MUNAs lead singer, What A Relief reveals a softer, earthier side of Gavins sound.

Katie Gavins debut What A Relief taps into the unguarded self-possession and homespun pop sensibility of singers like Alanis Morissette, Fiona Apple and Ani DiFranco, and uses their tenacity as a north star for Gavins own trek towards self-discovery. This record spans a lot of my life its about having a really deepdesire for connection, but also encountering all the obstacles that stood in my way to be able to achieve that, patterns of isolation or even boredom with the real workof love they say.

Written over the course of seven years, What A Relief comprises a set of songs that Gavin always loved but which had something in them that she and herbandmates felt didnt quite fit within the universe they were trying to cultivate with MUNA. Many of them were written on acoustic guitar, and are rooted in a style ofmusic thats very much in my blood, and natural for me, as typified by the Women & Songs CDs that Gavin loves, which compiled music by artists like Tracy Chapman, Tori Amos and Sarah McLachlan.

That openness of spirit is the overwhelming character of What A Relief, an album thats refreshing in its willingness to accept people as they come, even as itremains in dogged pursuit of a life thats kinder, wiser and more loving. Gavins explorations of desire and intimacy feel time-worn and necessary songs that might teach a generation if not how to live, exactly, then at least how to look within oneself for guidance about how to move forward.

Tracklist:

Side A
1) I Want It All
2) Aftertaste
3) The Baton
4) Casual Drug Use
5) As Good As It Gets
6) Sanitized

Side B
7) Sketches
8) Inconsolable
9) Sparrow
10) Sweet Abby Girl
11) Keep Walking
12) Today