DEVO lately stopped by NPR to play a Tiny Desk Live performance that includes lead singer Mark Mothersbaugh at his whimsical greatest whereas they ran by deep cuts. Watch a replay of the efficiency under.

In the course of the 17-minute set, Mothersbaugh cycled by a number of hats he pulled from NPR’s props closet and likewise broke out a megaphone to intensify his vocals. DEVO started with their first efficiency of “It Takes a Frightened Man” in 40 years. The observe was recorded for the little-seen 1982 Neil Younger-directed comedy Human Freeway, which additionally starred DEVO as “Nuclear Garbagepersons.”

“It Takes a Frightened Man” stays well timed greater than 4 a long time later, with lyrics like, “I don’t know what’s happening on this planet nowadays/ Looks like everyone’s simply received all the pieces rotated/ Folks don’t appear to care about their fellow People.”

The band adopted up with “Blockhead” from their 1979 album Obligation Now for the Future earlier than Mothersbaugh introduced the vitality to a different stage by pulling out a megaphone for “Praying Fingers” from their 1978 debut Q: Are We Not Males? A: We Are Devo! DEVO closed the set with “Come Again Jonee,” one other lower from their debut album.

In June, DEVO and David Byrne unearthed their collaboration “Empire” for the abortion entry and reproductive rights profit compilation Noise for Now Vol. 2. Final fall, DEVO put out a career-spanning field set titled 50 Years of De-Evolution (decide up your copy right here).

Subsequent month, DEVO will play Ohana Pageant in Dana Level, California. Get tickets right here.