High in Church

Instead of a standard hour of microphone pacing, Trevor Moore stages a full-scale musical production. Backed by a live band, backup dancers, and digital shorts, the former Whitest Kids U’ Know frontman treats the stage like a variety show for the deeply cynical. The upbeat compositions serve as a delivery mechanism for bleak premises. He sings a sardonic country tune about same-sex marriage, advocates for class warfare in “Time for Guillotines,” and performs “Kitty History,” a catchy pop song that morphs from an alternate universe of felines into a fast-paced recap of the Bush family and the JFK assassination.

Filmed at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City, the hour premiered on Comedy Central in 2015 alongside an audio album of the same name. The set cemented Moore’s trajectory as a solo musical comic willing to throw serious production value behind highly specific concepts. The show ultimately peaks with the title track, a methodical story about the exact moment a handful of mushrooms decides to kick in during a Sunday mass.