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Photo – Casey Garnsey

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Praise for MALLRAT

“Butterfly Blue, establishes her as an artist with ambitions bigger than the bedroom-pop genre that once defined her” Pitchfork

“Mallrat proves she hasn’t just metamorphosised on her debut – she breathes fire” NME

“Butterfly Blue is arguably the sound of an artist reaching her current peak, with forewarning that there’s plenty more highlights set to come” Rolling Stone

“Mallrat allows Grace Shaw to be a new kind of pop star: one who gives but does not need to constantly take” Sydney Morning Herald

“Poised on the precipice of world domination” The Guardian

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In the wake of her new single ‘Pavement’, Mallrat today announces a string of Australian tour dates this April in support of her new album, Light hit my face like a straight right out Feb 14 via Dew Process / Universal. Tickets are on sale this Friday 24 Jan from 9AM AEDT.  BUY TICKETS HERE + PRE-ORDER LP HERE.

The prized performer’s live show will take to Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on April 3, Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on April 4 and Melbourne’s The Forum on April 5. Mallrat and her band will deliver a show of all new music from her upcoming record, including triple j favourites ‘Hocus Pocus‘ and ‘Ray of Light‘,the moving ‘Horses‘ together with her latest single ‘Pavement’ and more from the album. Alongside support acts daine, Denim and Prophecy Girl.

Light hit my face like a straight right explores the intangible and mysterious allure of human connection, held together by curious investigations. In Mallrat’s vision of the world, light is more than photons and electromagnetic radiation hitting the eye — it’s a moment of divine intervention. “I love the idea you can let your fate be decided by rays of light,” she shares. A bold step into the art of world-building, Mallrat breaks new artistic ground with her intuitive songwriting and clever, studied production. Light hit my face like a straight right balances the picturesque with the acerbic in both narrative and sound, presenting an all new cohesive statement for a creative at the top of her game.

Mallrat’s new album Light hit my face like a straight right, arrives born from a world of magical realism in Australian suburbia. With an ounce of influence from her time growing up in Brisbane, Grace Shaw consistently seeks out (real or imaginary) magic in the otherwise ugly and everyday, as a means to understand the people and world around her. Twelve songs bound with expressive breaks, heartfelt moments, and dance floor ready beats, the record’s sum isn’t abstract or tied to didactic stories, but instead, presented as its own inherent being – the music Mallrat loves making most captures a feeling or time that words alone don’t do justice.

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LIGHT HIT MY FACE
LIKE A STRAIGHT RIGHT
Album Tour

Thu 3 Apr – Enmore Theatre – Eora / Sydney
Fri 4 Apr – Fortitude Music Hall – Meanjin / Brisbane
Sat 5 Apr – The Forum – Naarm / Melbourne

Tickets on sale from Fri 24 Jan 9am AEDT

Available for purchase via lilmallrat.com

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‘Pavement’ is out now, buy/stream it here

MALLRAT
Light hit my face like a straight right LP
Out 14 Feb 2025
PRE-SAVE/PRE-ORDER HERE

LP TRACKLIST

My Darling, My Angel
Pavement
Something for Somebody
Virtue
Defibrillator
The Light Streams In And Hits My Face
Hocus Pocus
Hideaway
Love Songs-Heart Strings
Ray of Light
The Worst Thing I Would Ever Do
Horses

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Photo – Sammy-Jo Lang-Waite

About MALLRAT

Mallrat has been breaking barriers since her influential debut in 2016 – accumulating over half a billion career streams in her discography and ARIA Platinum status. The project of Grace Shaw has shared stages with Maggie Rogers, Post Malone, King Princess, Conan Gray; collaborated with Azealia Banks, The Chainsmokers, BENEE, Blu DeTiger, Cub Sport; a late night TV debut on The Late Late Show with James Corden; headline world tours amongst globally recognised festivals Reading and Leeds, Austin City Limits, Laneway, Splendour In The Grass, Listen Out and boasts multiple triple j Hottest 100 entries from 2017 – 2020. The adored songwriter and producer, Mallrat has catapulted across the globe with critical acclaim from NPR, Stereogum, NME, NYLON, PAPER Magazine, The New York Times, Billboard, Noisey and more further affirming Mallrat as a beacon primed for the world stage.

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AMNPLIFY – DB