Nell Mescal Releases EP ‘The Closest We’ll Get’ – OUT NOW
Releases EP
The Closest We’ll Get
And Announces UK Arena Dates Supporting HAIM
Ahead of November Headline Tour
Watch The Video For ‘Middle Man’ | Stream the EP Here
Photo Credit: Tia Johnson
Nell’s Headline Tour Kicks Off In November | Tickets On Sale Now
‘Candid and tender indie folk that tugs at the heartstrings’
NME
“Nell Mescal is on the brink of something huge.”
Vogue
‘Nell Mescal is dishing out pinch-me moments and indie-pop triumphs at an unstoppable pace’
Dork Magazine
‘Gorgeous stuff from a promising new star’
i-D
Marking a defining moment in her rise, Nell Mescal releases her new EP The Closest We’ll Get today, led by the poignant single Middle Man. Beginning tonight, 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.
Now, “I feel like I finally found my footing,” she says. 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.
With praise from the likes of i-D, The New York Times, Vogue, NME, Radio 1 and a nomination at the Rolling Stone UK Awards, Nell has become one of the most talked-about new artists of the past two years, making waves with every release.
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.
LIVE DATES
OCTOBER
24 Nottingham Motorpoint Arena *
25 Cardiff Utilita Arena *
26 Brighton Brighton Centre *
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
DECEMBER
01 Dublin Button Factory
02 Belfast Limelight 2
04 Cork Cyprus Avenue
NELL MESCAL
‘The Closest We’ll Get’ EP
Out Now
Via Atlantic Records
