Heart Under
by Just Mustard
  • Record Label: Partisan
  • Release Date: May 27, 2022
Metascore
89

Universal acclaim - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
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  1. The Telegraph (UK)
    May 27, 2022
    100
    Just Mustard have said they wanted their second album, Heart Under, to make the listener feel like they are driving through a tunnel with the windows down. And on this noisy, wonderfully chaotic record, the band seems to have nailed it. ... The inventive beats make you want to dance.
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    May 25, 2022
    100
    A truly unique gem. ... The band have said they want ‘Heart Under’ to feel like the experience of driving through a tunnel with the windows down. Through deliciously inventive musicianship they’ve created something even more thrilling.
  3. The Line of Best Fit
    Jun 30, 2022
    90
    It's easy to get sucked into darkness and despair, Heart Under proves that so, but thankfully, Ball's voice oversees that listeners only merely toe into these bottomless, murky waters.
  5. DIY Magazine
    May 25, 2022
    90
    Swampy and tumultuous like a month’s worth of rain, the Dundalk five-piece have spared no expense in creating immersive, cavernous spaces of shoegazing, post-punk splendour.
  6. Paste Magazine
    May 25, 2022
    85
    Heart Under is simultaneously ghostly and glorious, a wretched yet emancipatory tornado of distorted dissonance that places the band among the vanguard of the British Isles’ ever-crowded post-punk scene.
  7. Beats Per Minute
    May 31, 2022
    80
    The wicked atmosphere that they’ve crafted across Heart Under is worthy of celebration alone.
  8. Under The Radar
    May 27, 2022
    80
    One of Just Mustard’s strengths is that no single strength attempts to outshine the others. David Noonan’s and Mete Kalyoncuoglu’s guitars don’t shred or solo, they swarm and swirl. Robert Hodgers Clarke’s undertowing bass lines rattle the foundations that Shane Maguire’s insistent drumming create.
  9. The Independent (UK)
    May 26, 2022
    80
    Heart Under thrums with menace, a glint of teeth always on display yet never fully bared. Heart Under is an album rooted in anticipation: Just Mustard know it’s the glimmer of danger that’s most enthralling of all.
  10. The Skinny
    May 25, 2022
    80
    Heart Under is an ear-piercing piece of intuitively crafted work.
  11. Clash Music
    May 25, 2022
    80
    A striking, fantastically original work, this is an album that taps into animalistic emotion.
  12. Pitchfork
    Jun 7, 2022
    77
    Rather than holding up a torch, Heart Under adjusts your eyes to the pitch black.

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#8 Best Album of 2022
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#93 Most Discussed Album of 2022

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User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 28 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 28
  3. Negative: 2 out of 28
  1. otto1494
    May 29, 2022
    9
    Sounds like Portishead, My Bloody Valentine and PJ Harvey, tense and sonically interesting.
  2. FuntimeBen
    May 28, 2022
    10
    Got some heavy PJ Harvey vibes, a dash of Julee Cruise, mixed with the sonic vibe of Blonde Readhead. Dark and brooding. Reminds me of theGot some heavy PJ Harvey vibes, a dash of Julee Cruise, mixed with the sonic vibe of Blonde Readhead. Dark and brooding. Reminds me of the music I listened to when I was in my Goth phase in high school. However, unlike that music, I am down for more listens.… Full Review »
  3. AncientAmber
    Jun 3, 2022
    8
    It is great in all the ways other reviews say. For me, the uniformity of the style, especially the vocals, begin to drag by the end of theIt is great in all the ways other reviews say. For me, the uniformity of the style, especially the vocals, begin to drag by the end of the tracklist. For others, this cohesion will be a plus if the style is more your thing.

    I probably won't listen to this regularly, but I recommend everyone gives it a listen because it succeeds at what it's going for.    … Full Review »
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