Before you listen to MUNA’s brilliantly crafted pop-banger ‘Crying On The Bathroom Floor’, first go and re-familiarise yourself with a heartbreak classic: Robyn’s ‘Dancing On My Own’. Why? Because in spirit and sound, the two songs are one-in-the-same.
Much like Robyn, MUNA have a track-record for embracing anguish and heartbreak with euphoric 80s synth-pop. The band’s preceding single ‘I Know A Place’ was an affirmation of this, turning political distress into a hopeful, electro-pop smash.
While ‘Crying On The Bathroom Floor’ is an altogether darker affair than its predecessor, it’s no less hopeful. Lead vocalist and lyricist Katie Gavin laments in her sirenic tones about a love that’s equal parts destructive and addictive, drawing parallels with traumatic bonding and drug addiction. But, as Gavin is catapulted out of the darkness and into a shimmering, catharsis-drenched chorus, MUNA prove there’s no struggle they can’t get through with their floor-filling anthems.
