October’s Record of the Month is We Were Just Here, the anthemic and panoramic new LP from Dundalk five-piece Just Mustard.
Without obviously making a wholesale shift in sonics, the band’s third album was inspired by club spaces and the immediacy that they bring, leaning towards a different type of euphoria. Self-produced by the band, they brought in the inimitable services of David Wrench (FKA Twigs, Frank Ocean, Caribou) to the mixing desk, expanding their palette while keeping things strange, textured, and uniquely their own.
“I wrote the lyrics for this song by imagining myself on a dance floor. We wanted to write more songs that suited places like that. I suppose I would describe it as an existential love song but you can hear it and feel it any way you like.”
- Katie Ball
As we said, this is no huge departure and the core Just Mustard elements remain. Katie Ball’s echoing vocals will still haunt you long after the album has come to an end. The jagged guitars create dense walls of sound, with wailing and industrial noises, but the mood is more of a shimmer than a fog. Whereas the catharsis was darker and more brooding on their earlier albums, We Were Just Here has a communal sense of release.
Dark and mysterious, dreamy and ethereal, it’s a hugely impressive progression and an album rich in ecstatic immediacy.
Available in three, six or twelve month configurations, you can join the Drift Record of the Month Club and start adding to your amazing collection. Each month you will receive one new album on either vinyl or CD, based on your subscription type. The first delivery (whether CD or LP) will also include a complimentary Drift Pin.
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Recent 'Record of the Month' albums at Drift have included; Cate Le Bon, Water From Your Eyes, Folk Bitch Trio, Durand Jones & The Indications, Stereolab, Walt McClements, Los Pirañas, Darkside, Delivery. White Denim, Kim Deal, W. H. Lung, Kit Sebastian, The Big Club, Orquesta Akokán, O., Mdou Moctar, Gustaf, Adrianne Lenker, William Doyle, Bill Ryder-Jones, Harp, Hotline TNT, Black Pumas, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Georgia, Cory Hanson, Overmono, North Americans, H. Hawkline, Yo La Tengo, The Murder Capital, Goat Girl, Black Country, New Road, Jane Weaver, Dry Cleaning, Squid, White Flowers, Stephen Fretwell, Chubby and the Gang, Low, BADBADNOTGOOD, Damon Albarn, Geese, Silverbacks, Cate Le Bon, Huerco S., Daniel Rossen, Kevin Morby, Vintage Crop, Viagra Boys, The Lounge Society, Jockstrap, Trevor Beales, Aoife Nessa Frances and Sarathy Korwar.