Just Mustard
Heart Under


4.0
excellent

Review

by A.R.O. STAFF
October 23rd, 2022 | 31 replies


Release Date: 2022 | Tracklist

Review Summary: face your demons while you vibe

Anxiety has been doing wonderfully these days. Taking full advantage of today’s circumstances, it seems as if anxiety’s got its shadowed hands wrapped around the minds of anyone even slightly at risk of social anguish or overthinking.

Just Mustard’s music takes place in these backrooms of the mind. Snarling guitars echo over clockwork beats that seem to be counting down an unseen doomsday clock. That’s not to imply that this Irish quintet excels solely in unease—Katie Ball’s vocals flirt with sublimity as often as they do horror; likewise, the claustrophobic backdrop occasionally tears away to reveal lush keys or brooding strings for widescreen moments of catharsis.

In this, Heart Under offers a happy medium between (insert poser-noise band here) and something more mentally perilous such as The Body, offering a haunted dreamscape to face your demons while you vibe. If you prefer your dread mixed with the occasional burst of bombast and bliss, please search no further and enjoy your stay in Just Mustard’s little hell.



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neekafat
Staff Reviewer
October 23rd 2022


26187 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

how my god how much shorter can these get

ArsMoriendi
October 23rd 2022


41045 Comments


45-minute album and you have this little to say about it?

And you didn't even use proper grammar for the review summary

This is the kind of review only a contrib could get away with geez

mrdogthrow
October 23rd 2022


2116 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

loving this album

neekafat
Staff Reviewer
October 23rd 2022


26187 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

ok ars lol

neekafat
Staff Reviewer
October 23rd 2022


26187 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

"This is the kind of review only a contrib could get away with geez"

bro this came out like 5 months ago, not like I'm fishing for a feature. it was either this or nothing, feel free to report it to sowing or something idk

Minortimbo12
October 23rd 2022


1594 Comments


why cant i pos this

neekafat
Staff Reviewer
October 23rd 2022


26187 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

i appreciate the thought timbo < 3

Koris
Staff Reviewer
October 23rd 2022


21166 Comments


idk Ars, I got a good impression of what the album's like, even in the short amount of text:

-uneasy
-anxious
-cathartic
-lush keys
-haunting
-bombastic, but also dread-filled

Sometimes you can say a lot with just a few small paras (something my verbose ass could still learn from)

Jasdevi087
October 23rd 2022


8131 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

good hits on the cd

Koris
Staff Reviewer
October 23rd 2022


21166 Comments


To add to the review Johnny linked, I'd also like to mention Verdant's review of Watering a Flower. Easily one of the best succinct reviews I've read: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/74413/Haruomi-Hosono-Watering-a-Flower/

theBoneyKing
October 24th 2022


24432 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I think we often forget that (especially pre-Internet) most professional reviews were quick 1-2 paragraph deals rather than the more in-depth analyses we’re used to around these parts. Nicely done, neek.

Koris
Staff Reviewer
October 24th 2022


21166 Comments


Very true. Just look at Robert Christgau's old reviews, lol

Koris
Staff Reviewer
October 24th 2022


21166 Comments


Well, I didn't say I like his work, necessarily. Just using him as an example

theBoneyKing
October 24th 2022


24432 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

Say what you will about Xgau but I’ve found some great stuff through him.

But yeah, him, Scaruffi, most Rolling Stone reviews, all tend to be quick and dirty except for major features.

Yep321
October 24th 2022


332 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Love this reminds me of Cranes

Rawmeeth38
October 24th 2022


2688 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Everyone enjoys quick and dirty from time to time

neekafat
Staff Reviewer
October 24th 2022


26187 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Thanks everyone ((:

@Boney that's true about older reviews! My original draft of this was a bit longer but lately I've been experimenting with condensing my writing more and more, tho I might've gone a lil overboard here!!

neekafat
Staff Reviewer
October 24th 2022


26187 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

no thank u !

Rawmeeth38
October 24th 2022


2688 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I’m surprised this didn’t have a review

neekafat
Staff Reviewer
October 24th 2022


26187 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

i was as well



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