Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Just Mustard - "POLLYANNA"

Photo by Kate Lawlor

The latest from Just Mustard is going to be a hard sell for some of you (in the best possible way). "POLLYANNA" starts off with one of the most intense bursts of feedback we've heard in a while, and then a jazz style drumming starts with the feedback acting almost like a siren. Then front woman Katie Ball's vocals work their way in in such a lush and dreamlike way that the beauty is sort of jarring next to the cacophony that is also going on. The Dundalk, Ireland band have created this intense mix of beauty and discordance that is going to either suck you in completely or repel you. Eventually, the two sonically different sides merge into one that resides in the middle... or maybe we just grow to accept the noise by the end.

Katie Ball says of her band's new video:

We shot the video using different CCTV and vhs cameras around our hometown Dundalk trying to have as much fun as possible, the kind of fun that makes you feel sick almost instantly which suits the themes of the song."

You can watch the video for "POLLYANNA" below. The single is out now on Partisan Records. For more on Just Mustard, check out the artist's website. Upcoming tour dates are below the video and include an appearance at the Seisiún Festival in Boston September 6 and 7.


Aug 16 - Green Man Festival - Brecon Beacons, Wales 

Aug 30 - Electric Picnic - Stradbally, Republic of Island 

Sep 6/7 - Seisiún Festival - Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Sep 9 - National Sawdust - New York, NY, USA

Sep 19 - Reeperbahn Festival Hamburg, Germany 

Sep 22 - Privatclub - Berlin, Germany 

Sep 24 - Point Empemere - Paris, France 

Sep 25 - Hoxton Hall - London, UK

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