Just Mustard - Heart Under - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Just Mustard - InchWE WERE JUST HEREInch. Just Mustard are a 5-piece band from Dundalk, Ireland. Their third studio album is an exploration of reconnection and the pursuit of happiness; through escapism, induced euphoria and love. Musically both violent and ecstatic, the lyrics find characters committed to happiness over everything - including happiness itself. While their second record, Heart Under, found the band suffocating and underwater, this album finds them soaring and discovering the intense rush of emotion again.

Vinyl LP pressing. Songs with captivating depth, impressive vocals in floating harmony, coming of age in reverb. So Soon, formed by multi-instrumentalists, songwriters and producers David Stöbener and Marco Braun, create music that develops tremendous size and strength despite an impressionistic approach to sound design and storytelling. Indie pop and folk merge with electronica and post-rock to create a moving entity - both on the recordings and in electrifying concerts with the full band. In addition to their own headline shows. So Soon's debut album will be released in 2024, accompanied by an extensive tour. So Soon have not only been friends since their youth, they have also been making music together for years and have invested in their art. You can hear that in their compositions and production multi-layered songwriting, precise vocals, impressive sound and tremendous playing quality combine to create a magical whole. The people involved in the production also play their part and make Whether You Like It Or Not a pleasure to listen to. The album was mixed by Barny Barnicott, one of the UK's leading mixers and producers, who has worked with artists from Kasabian to Sam Fender. In Barny's diverse catalog, the Arctic Monkeys' debut album and InchConfessionsInch by The Temper Trap are just selected highlights. The mastering was done by Matt Colton, who has already refined releases by Muse, James Blake, Thom Yorke, Aphex Twin and Depeche Mode. The focus track InchCan Nobody FeelInch describes a feeling that we all know well The feeling of not doing enough. Fast life, rising complexity, the challenges you have to face, the unknown future in a world out of order. The feeling of not being enough is a constant companion.

Limited translucent blue colored vinyl LP pressing. 2022 . 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 the five friends from Dundalk, Ireland make is strikingly untraditional. Though to look at them, it appears that the band are a five-piece with uniform make-up of a vocalist, two guitarists, a bassist and a drummer, not a single one of them utilizes their instrument in a confined or regular fashion. Guitarists David Noonan and Mete Kalyoncuoglu make their six-strings shriek and wail, the sounds produced sounding like everything from whirring machinery to horror movie monsters. Behind them, drummer Shane Maguire uses the rim of his drums almost as much as the skins, providing a clattering, metallic backbeat. Most of the melodies on offer poke through from Rob Clarke's inventive, nodding bass lines. Then there's Katie on vocals; she's the transfixing focal point of the band. Across it's 10 tracks, the album presents a coherent style and ethos ' those scything guitars, Katie's magical vocals ' but still incorporates a wide and untethered vision. There are brooding, atmospheric rock songs and others that apply a lighter, dreamier touch, all tied together with impeccable instrumentation and a united vision. 'Heart Under' serves as the next stage of this development, with every instrument brilliantly pushed to it's limit and every boundary of the band stretched.