Marking a defining moment in her rise, Nell Mescal releases her new EP The Closest We’ll Get, led by the poignant single Middle Man. Nell and her band take these new songs to arenas across the UK in support of HAIM, before stepping into the spotlight for her biggest headline tour yet this November.
Produced by Philip Weinrobe (Adrianne Lenker, Billie Marten, Cass McCombs),The Closest We’ll Get EP showcases an organic new sound developed during recording sessions out in Brooklyn, NY.
Drawing on Nell’s folk influences and Weinrobe’s unconventional production style, the EP delivers a raw, natural, and authentic body of work. Through six soul-bearing tracks, there’s dismal prospects, and levity too: the full gamut of what it feels like to fall in love with someone, experience it, and have to kid yourself that you’re fine about the crushing fallout.
“The Closest We’ll Get is a collection of songs that tell a story about two people and how their relationship is in the grey area of friends or lovers” explains Nell. “Each song is a realisation of how sitting in the in-between affected me and in turn affected the ‘friendship.’”
In 2024, Mescal released her debut EP Can I Miss It For a Minute?, carving out her spot as one of Ireland’s most frank and poignant young songwriters. In its tracks, and the slew of singles that had preceded it, she was willing to prod at her wounds—body image, growing up and bad relationships—over a thrum of rhythmic electronic-leaning pop.
Every time she thinks she’s perfected a project, Nell soon finds something else she wishes she’d done a little differently. But on The Closest We’ll Get, there’s a soundscape that makes stunning sense. It feels premature to call it a perfect form—she is just 22, after all—but the coalescence of her voice, mellifluous and interesting, and this instrumentation, ushers in a special new chapter.
Fueled by a relentless live presence and an unstoppable touring schedule to round out 2025, Nell Mescal stands on the brink of a breakout year that will define the next chapter of her rise.
OCTOBER
28 London The 02 *
30 Manchester Co-Op Live *
31 Glasgow OVO Hydro *
*- supporting HAIM
NOVEMBER
09 Glasgow Oran Mor
10 Newcastle Think Tank
11 Bristol The Fleece
13 Liverpool Liverpool Arts Club – The Loft
14 Leeds Brudenell Social Club
16 Manchester Academy 3
17 Brighton Patterns
19 London Islington Assembly Hall
20 Birmingham Mama Roux’s
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