The band’s second album, now available in a deluxe edition!
“Heart Under,” Just Mustard’s second album, asks you to forget what you
know. At every turn, this remarkable record reconfigures and stretches
the ideas and ambition of a rock band, and turns a year of lockdown and
personal struggles into a breathtaking artistic statement. The music
made by the five friends from Dundalk, Ireland, is strikingly untraditional.
Although looking at them, the band appears to be a five-piece with a
uniform lineup of a singer, two guitarists, a bassist and a drummer, not
one of them uses their instrument in a confined or regular way.
Guitarists David Noonan and Mete Kalyoncuoglu make their six-strings howl
and whine, the sounds produced resembling everything from whirring
machinery to horror film monsters. Behind them, drummer Shane Maguire uses
the rim of his drums almost as much as the skins, providing a metallic,
crashing background beat. Most of the melodies on offer escape from
Rob Clarke’s inventive, head-nodding basslines. And then there’s Katie
on vocals; she’s the focal point of the band. Across its 10 tracks, the
album presents a consistent style and philosophy — those searing guitars,
Katie’s magical voice — yet always incorporates a broad and boundless
vision.
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