[ATTENDED: April 22, 2022] Just Mustard
Just Mustard are a five piece band from Dundalk, Ireland. They make a fantastic noisy mess of shoegaze combined with a wall of noise and singer Katie’s droney but at times piercing vocals.
The blew away Underground Arts when they opened for Fontaines D.C.
They have a new album coming out soon and they played a bunch of songs from it. Lead singer Katie Ball was wearing a cheerleader-type outfit with her name in letters across he front. This was about the only whimsical thing in their entire set.
The band exuded seriousness and they were exceptional musicians. Drummer Shane Maguire played some amazing and unexpected fills and when he hit the snare hard (which wasn’t always) it cracked to attention. I was in front of guitarist David Noonan who played a lot of rhythmic sounds (not so much rhythm guitar as rhythmic sounds–his playing was very percussive.
On the other side of the stage and frustratingly hard to see was Mete Kaylon who was a wizard with feedback and feedback like sounds. He was making these sounds that i couldn’t even fathom and then when I saw what he was doing, he made it look effortless. Next to Katie was bassist Rob Clarke who held the whole thing together. He played simple (sometimes two note) melodies that were absolutely essential to the rest of the band
Their sound veered between pleasant shoegaze and aggressive dissonance. Floating above it was Katie’s voice. Sometimes it was a quiet whisper, other times a gentle croon and then she would pop into a kind of siren wail that pulled the noises together.
The crowd was totally blown away. I haven’t heard such a strong reaction for an opening band in a long time. There were calls for more (which they sadly did not provide).
SETLIST (some variant of these songs)
- Seven ϖ
- I am You ♥
- Mirrors ♥
- Frank
- Seed ♥
- Still ♥
- Curtains ϖ
- Tainted ϖ
ϖ Wednesday
♥ Heart Under
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