Just Janie is entering a new era with her debut album Mythology of the Girls. A reaction to nostalgia through a modern lens, the album pays homage to the folk scene of the late sixties and early seventies and deconstructs the rose-tinted perspective for the era where women faced a myriad of societal limitations.

“The album formed around my curiosity for women’s stories, often shadowed by men’s. voices and perspectives lost in time. These women’s stories are portrayed alongside personal anecdotes from my experiences as a young woman, an artist, a farmer’s daughter, a musician, a mental health worker, within Aotearoa,” said Janie.

Nestled in the Waitaki Valley, the album was recorded in the transformed 1927 Woolshed at Sublime Studios. Using vintage recording processes, Just Janie and her band tracked the album via an analogue pathway to tape. An ambitious and increasingly rare approach allowing them to sonically replicate an era inspiring the music.
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released May 8, 2026

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Recorded at Sublime Studios

Songwriting and Vocals: Janie Shaw
Additional Songwriting: Tim Shaw
Additional vocals: Tim Shaw, Finley Passmore
Guitar: Janie Shaw, Tim Shaw
Harmonica: Matthew Campbell and Tim Shaw
Bass: Connor Jaine
Drums: Finley Passmore

Produced by Connor Jaine, Janie Shaw and Tim Shaw
Sound Engineering: Tom Havard
Tape Operation: Sam Charlesworth
Mixed by Connor Jaine
Mastered by Josh Llewellyn at Downbeat Mastering