Irish band Just Mustard have announced their third album, WE WERE JUST HERE, which will be out October 24 via Partisan Records. It was produced by guitarist David Noonan and the band, with mixing handled by David Wrench (Frank Ocean, FKA twigs).
“The vocal structure was the most important thing,” Noonan says of the approach to this album which they say is more melodic than previous records. “With choruses bursting with melody and brightness, [Katie] Ball’s vocals rise higher in the mix throughout the album. Her lyrics can be ingested as a conflicted and toxic grasp at positivity, or a cathartic breakthrough into bliss.”
WE WERE JUST HERE includes recent since “POLYANNA” and they’ve now shared the title track. Katie Ball says, “I was trying to write more optimistically, and feeling like a fraud sometimes. I was trying to put myself in places of physical joy to try and get that euphoric feeling.” It’s got Just Mustard’s signature blend of shoegaze and electronics but there’s just a little sunshine here too. You can watch the video below.
Just Mustard will be in the US in September, playing Boston’s Seisiún Festival and then Brooklyn’s National Sawdust on September 9. All dates are below.
WE WERE JUST HERE
1. POLLYANNA
2. ENDLESS DEATH
3. SILVER
4. DREAMER
5. WE WERE JUST HERE
6. SOMEWHERE
7. DANDELION
8. THAT I MIGHT NOT SEE
9. THE STEPS
10. OUT OF HEAVEN
Just Mustard – 2025 Tour Dates
Sat. Aug. 16 – Brecon Beacons, UK @ Green Man Festival
Sat. Aug. 30 – Stradbally, IE @ Electric Picnic
Sat. Sept. 6 – Sun. Sept. 7 – Boston, MA @ Seisiún Festival
Tue. Sept. 9 – Brooklyn, NY @ National Sawdust
Fri. Sept. 19 – Hamburg, DE @ Reeperbahn Festival
Mon. Sept. 22 – Berlin, DE @ Privatclub
Wed. Sept. 24 – Paris, FR @ Point Empemere
Thu. Sept. 25 – London, UK @ Hoxton Hall – SOLD OUT
Fri. May 1 – Dublin, IE @ 3Olympia Theatre