Fresh from the release of her keenly anticipated new single ‘Low Blows’ comes the announcement of the release of Meg Mac’s debut album of the same name on July 14, along with key tour dates for Melbourne and Sydney.
‘Low Blows’ the album is a powerful set of dynamic, deep soul, exhortations that have an all-enveloping atmosphere and presence, distinctly and uniquely MEG MAC. It was recorded at the Niles City Sound Studio in Fort Worth, Texas with additional production at Electric Lady in New York where the album was also mixed.
Meg wanted to keep the recording focus simple with an emphasis on capturing a live great vocal performance, driven by a dynamic rhythm section and punctuated by her piano.
“I played a lot of piano on the album – Austin Jenkins, Josh Block, Robert Ellis and Sarab Singh added guitars, keys and bass and drums. Overall I wanted it to really feel like I was just singing in the room to you. So a lot of the vocal performances are live and unedited, it is hard to leave mistakes on a record but I think it was important to do that”.
Meg moved to Electric Lady in Greenwich Village NYC to finish the record, where John O’Mahony did some additional production and mixed the record.
Meg says “I had obviously heard a lot of stories about Electric Lady, so much has happened in that place and so much great music has been made there. One of the songs on the album is just me playing piano and singing and we recorded it downstairs in the big studio. It has these amazing murals of aliens and space, I just look at these painting while singing – I was by myself in the room ready to sing – John tells me the story of the ghost that lives there so I sang the whole song a little bit spooked!” (Shiny Bright).
Two additional songs were recorded with members of Australian band The Panics with drummer Myles Wootton producing. “When I got home from America, I had one more song I wanted to put on the album and I had this whole new idea for a song I’d previously recorded in the Fort Worth. The very last thing I did on the album was the vocal on ‘Brooklyn Apartment’ in Myles’ bedroom in Fitzroy.
Meg Mac will commence a US tour early in June, playing New York’s iconic Bowery Ballroom before heading to markets like Chicago and San Francisco, with an appearance at Firefly Festival and winding up in LA. She then heads home to Australia to play one-off shows in Melbourne and Sydney.
MEG MAC TOUR DATES
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Tickets on sale 9:00am Fri April 28 – SEE HERE
Friday September 8th
Friday September 22nd
‘Low Blows’ album available on CD, Digital, streaming and vinyl.
Pre-order ‘Low Blows’ album HERE
Exclusive vinyl at JB Hi-Fi.
Exclusive merchandise bundles available at MEG MAC STORE.
Fans who pre-order ‘Low Blows’ via iTunes, the Meg Mac store and JB Hi-Fi will have access to three bonus acoustic tracks, ‘Every Lie’, ‘Never Be and ‘Saint Philomene’.
