Twilight Muse - 'Collabs: Live at Garcia’s at The Cap'

Some bands flirt with spontaneity. Twilight Muse live in it.

With their new live album Collabs: Live at Garcia’s at The Cap, the genre-hopping collective throw open the doors to the unexpected, capturing a vibrant collection of performances that feel less like scheduled sets and more like musical séances; where legends drop in, grooves catch fire, and every note feels like it’s chasing something just out of reach.

Recorded at the ever-revered Garcia’s at The Capitol Theatre, the album isn’t just a document of Twilight Muse’s evolution, it’s a statement of identity. You can hear the group leaning into their adventurous core, testing boundaries, and reimagining what their songs can become when shared with the right creative forces.

Lead single “Living for the City” is a barn-burning, no-brakes reinvention of Stevie Wonder’s classic. Robert Randolph’s pedal steel dances with the wild urgency of G. Love’s harmonica, twisting and turning around Meg Pollaro and Andrew Shapiro’s commanding vocal interplay. It’s funky, furious, and impossibly alive.

Meanwhile their latest offering “The Mayor” plays like a flag planted in new sonic territory. With legendary bassist George Porter Jr. laying down grooves that practically ooze soul, the song slinks with a kind of swagger that wasn’t as present on the band’s debut LP, A Moment Out of Time. It marks a shift toward the rhythm section with a greater emphasis on movement, grit, and shared momentum.

But what’s most compelling here isn’t just the star power of the guests (though that’s no small thing). It’s the chemistry. Every track feels like a deep inhale before a musical freefall. The textures are rich but never crowded. From lush vocal layers to psychedelic organ swells to sharp funk rhythms, the arrangements make space for everyone to shine. Nothing feels forced. Every improvisation sounds like it was meant to happen.

Twilight Muse have always had a foot in multiple worlds. Their songs shimmer with alt-rock edge, sway with soul, and stretch out into cosmic territory when given the room. But here, on Collabs, they’ve finally found their live heartbeat—a place where structure meets surrender and the music breathes with collective intention.

If A Moment Out of Time was the band’s studio self-portrait, then Collabs is the mural; messy, bold, communal, and splashed with color from all directions. And as the crowd noise bleeds into the closing notes, you don’t just hear a band, you hear a movement taking root.

Get ready to move with them.