Michelle Zauner and her full touring ensemble returned to the KEXP studios to deliver a hauntingly beautiful live session featuring material from her 2025 masterpiece, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women). Recorded in July and released this fall, the performance captures the band’s shift from the bright, brassy hues of Jubilee into a moodier, guitar-driven territory inspired by gothic literature and 17th-century Dutch art. The four-song set highlights the “fierce shuffle” of “Mega Circuit” and the ethereal poeticism of “Honey Water,” alongside “My Baby (Got Nothing At All),” a stand-alone anthem written for the Celine Song film The Materialists. Accompanied by sweeping violin from Lauren Elizabeth Baba and soulful saxophone by Adam Schatz, Zauner continues to solidify her reputation as one of indie music’s most intentional and compelling storytellers.