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On the heels of their excellent latest LP, LA indie-pop trio MUNA (Katie Gavin, Josette Maskin and Naomi McPherson) call into the LSQ podcast from the road, to talk about their individual experiences falling in love with music as kids, how they came together to form MUNA, and how their approach has evolved over the years. The original ethos remains: \\u201cWe decided to make music that made us feel good, for sure, but that also had an audience in mind, and that could be useful to an audience,\\u201d Katie says.  Adds Josette: \\u201cSongs that can be used to dance to or that can be used as a mantra to say to yourself when you\\u2019re at a really low place. When we say we had an audience in mind, people who need to hear those things are the audience we\\u2019ve always had in mind, and that\\u2019s always been a guiding force. MUNA has become for the people, and I think that\\u2019s why we\\u2019ve been able to do this for so long.\\u201d 

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After releasing a single I loved earlier this year called \\u201cBlocked,\\u201d the Womack Sisters (BG, Zeimani and Kucha) shared their debut EP, Legacy, in early September. When I caught up with them this summer, they had just pushed back the release a bit, so they could add their cover of \\u201cA Change Is Gonna Come,\\u201d the song made famous by their legendary grandfather, Sam Cooke. We chatted about what it was like growing up on the road with their parents, Womack & Womack, and how they went from roadies to back-up singers to forming their own group. They plan to release a debut LP next year.