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Photo – Young Ha Kim

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Praise for LIGHT, DARK, LIGHT AGAIN

#6 ARIA debut
Australian Music Prize shortlist nominee
APRA Song of the Year nominee (‘Letting Go’)
J Awards Australian Album of the Year nominee
Glastonbury Festival Song of the Year (‘Letting Go’)
triple j Feature Album

“Light, Dark, Light Again is a record of this moment, capturing something true about the time we live in and the way in which so many of us exist… an invitation to slow down, to listen, to observe, to accept, to exist among the madness of it all.” – Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, The Guardian

“An album that feels like an exhale after a few years of holding your breath” – Courtney Fry, Double J Best Albums of 2023 – #9

“an emotive, soothing record for these chaotic times” – Abby Seaman, Sydney Morning Herald

“wild, luscious… where her debut documented a certain early-twenties messiness, Light, Dark, Light Again is a triumphant emergence from the wreckage” – Lisa-Marie Ferla, UNCUT

“you can practically feel McMahon ascending.” – David James Young, The Big Issue

“expansive and cinematic: harmonies ricochet atop thundering drums, guitars build into walls of sound, and Angie’s voice stretches powerfully outwards.” – Jules LeFevre, Sydney Morning Herald / The Age

“Like the late, great Sinead O’Connor, Angie McMahon’s voice is all that’s needed to create a mood… These are brutally honest songs about self-doubt, striving to stay positive and trying to find what works” – Jeff Jenkins, STACK

“Light, Dark, Light Again is something special… an album of growth, confidence and acceptance. It will go down as one for the ages.” – Dylan Marshall, The AU Review

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Following an acclaimed set at Glastonbury Festival as part of her first of two UK / Europe headline tours this year, Naarm/Melbourne-based singer and musician ANGIE MCMAHON (she/her) today releases the new single + video ‘Just Like North’ – an ode to embracing hurt and uncertainty as a part of life, and trusting the purpose it serves – stream/watch HERE.

‘Just Like North’ echoes the sentiment of cycles that appear across Light, Dark, Light Again, and rightfully so – Angie McMahon wrote ‘Just Like North’ at the same time as the album, and recorded it with Brad Cook in Durham, NC where the bulk of the record was laid down. Angie McMahon first performed ‘Just Like North’ on her Making It Through tour across so-called-Australia, which sold out 12 of 14 shows including three Forum Theatres and two Sydney Opera Houses. She shares, “Just Like North is one of my favourites from the writing period of Light, Dark, Light Again, and it was recorded in Durham, NC with a bunch of the other songs on the record. In the end it didn’t fit into the sequencing, and I always wanted to put it out somehow. It was written in a School of Song session led by Courtney Marie Andrews, who prompted us to respond in some way to a beautiful poem called ‘You Can’t Have It All’  by Barbara Ras. This one was also mixed by Alex O’Gorman. We’ve been playing it on tour lately because it holds the album theme of trusting in the course of failure and rebirth.”

Released last October to widespread critical acclaim, Light, Dark, Light Again is an album about going to the darkest places inside yourself, facing your fears, and learning they can serve as a portal to something bigger and brighter. Angie McMahon comes undone then heals slowly and strangely across the record – after feeling like her life had been falling apart, she turned to nature, to murmurations of birds, the swaying of trees, movements in the sea. The quiet but transformative revelations she had about life in this time were poured into the 13 songs on the album on which she examines her relationship with self, and the journey to becoming okay with whoever she is, and whatever the future holds. The quiet poetry of McMahon’s lyrics will serve as a buoy to anyone facing their own fear, empowering and encouraging them to go forward.

Angie McMahon first entered the cultural consciousness with her breakthrough 2017 indie-rock classic ‘Slow Mover’ and in 2019 released her debut album Salt, a record that would go on to cement her as a globally recognised artist. Bringing a deeply emotive approach to her music with ethereal notes in the vein of Angel Olsen and Florence and the Machine, and an explosive live show reminiscent of Big Thief and The War on Drugs, Angie McMahon has become renowned for her truthful storytelling that speaks to the unpolished and messy experiences of life.

Angie McMahon plays Fuji Rock Festival in Japan this weekend, returns to the United States for a second time this year in August with support from Mimi Gilbert, before heading back to the UK/EU this August and September for full band headline shows with support from Naarm/Melbourne’s Hannah McKittrick – full dates below.

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TOUR DATES

26-28 Jul – Fuji Rock Festival – Nigita, JP
Sat 10 Aug – Edmonton Folk Festival – Treaty Six Territory/Alberta, CA
Tue 13 Aug – Lincoln Hall – Homelands of the Council of the Three Fires: Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi Nations/Chicago, IL
Wed 14 Aug – El Club – Waawiyaatanong/Detroit, MI 
Thu 15 Aug – The Axis Club – Tkaronto/Toronto, CA 
Sat 17 Aug – Grog Shop – Ohi:yó/Cleveland, OH
Sun 18 Aug – Thunderbird Café & Music Hall – Jaödeogë/Pittsburgh, PA
Mon 19 Aug – A&R Music Bar – Ohi:yó/Columbus, OH
Wed 21 Aug – Hi-Fi – Homelands of the Miami, Potawatomi, Piankeshaw, Wea, Kickapoo and Shawnee Peoples/ Indianapolis, IN 
Thu 22 Aug – The Basement East – Tanasi/Nashville, TN
Sat 24 Aug – Terminal West – Homelands of the Muscogee Creek and Cherokee Peoples/Atlanta, GA
Tue 27 Aug – Òran Mór – Glasgow, UK – SOLD OUT
Wed 28 Aug – Academy – Manchester, UK – SOLD OUT
Thu 29 Aug – Earth – London, UK 
Sat 31 Aug – Mojo – Hamburg, DE 
Sun 1 Sep – Golden Leaves Festival – Darmstadt, DE 
Mon 2 Sep – Gloria Theatre – Köln, DE 
1-3 Nov – The Long Sunset Festival – Wangerriburra Country/Canungra, Qld

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Angie McMahon – ‘Just Like North’
out today (AWAL) | Stream/watch

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angiemcmahon.com

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AMNPLIFY – DB