A pollyanna is defined as an excessively cheerful or optimistic person. For it to be the title and inspiration of the opening track and lead single from Just Mustard’s third album, WE WERE JUST HERE, signals a Damascene moment for the Dundalk five-piece. Across their first two albums – 2018’s Wednesday and Partisan Records debut Heart Under from 2022 – the Irish band had become masters at creating haunting noise rock, Katie Ball’s bewitching vocals swirling amongst the sounds like smoke.
