Mallrat Drops ‘OC Soundtrack’ Banger + Announces Debut Album

Brisbane pop songstress Mallrat has announced her long-awaited debut long player today for May 13, nearly six years after releasing her first single. Entitled ‘Butterfly Blue’, Mallrat (known to her Mum as Grace Shaw) has also dropped a taste of what’s to come today, with ‘Teeth’. 

“I like to think that if Teeth was out in 2004, it would be on the OC soundtrack,” said Mallrat. “In the song I describe a big, omnipresent ‘it’. When I wrote these lyrics I was playing with the idea that we talk about sex and prayer and violence and power with very similar language. I wanted to see if I could blur all of these things into one blurry ball of energy.”

Leading out with a trio of EPs, Mallrat quickly became one of Australia’s most streamed artists, with a combined 300 million listens leading to the gathering a massive social following. Five singles from 2017-2019 all hit gold, platinum and multiplatinum status and she’s also lent her voice to collaborations with Benee, Kate Miller Heidke, Cub Sport, E^ST and Allday. With that build up, it’s no wonder the debut is so hotly anticipated. 

Always pushing the envelope, ‘Butterfly Blue’ promises a melting of rock, pop and folk including a range of samples to spice things up including chopped-up Gangsta Pat bars, a flipped recording of a children’s choir performing Lisztomania and distorted effects recorded from discarded children’s toys. 

“I’ve always valued music that is interesting, beautiful and unpretentious. Something timeless and not reactive. Butterfly Blue was made with that in mind. It’s a demonstration of not pretending to be anyone else.”

‘Butterfly Blue’ is out on May 13 through Dew Process. 

Written by The Music.com.au