MegMac

MegMac
EP by Meg Mac
Released 12 September 2014 (2014-09-12)
Recorded 2013-14
Genre
Label littleBIGMAN/Inertia, 300 Entertainment
Meg Mac chronology
MegMac
(2014)		 Low Blows
(2017)Low Blows2017

MegMac (also stylised as "MEGMAC") is the self-titled debut extended play (EP) by Australian indie pop artist Meg Mac. It was released on 12 September 2014. The EP contains four original songs and a cover of Bill Withers' “Grandma's Hands”.

The EP was nominated for Best Female Artist [1] at the ARIA Music Awards of 2015 but lost to Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett.

Background

“Music is definitely a way for me to get things out, otherwise, they sit in my head and stay there. Once these issues become songs, they are just songs for me to sing, it’s like they’re just songs, and they’re not real anymore. How I feel at the end is different than how I felt at the beginning. I don’t ever rush. It has to be real and come to me naturally because, at the end of the day, I can’t get on stage and sing something if I don’t believe in it.” [2]

Meg Mac on the MegMac EP

Interest for Meg Mac commenced in 2013 following the release of her debut single “Known Better”, which was played on Triple J. The second single called “Every Lie” was released on 13 November 2013[3] The song saw her win the Triple J Unearthed spot at Falls Festival in Lorne, as well as being named a 2014 Next Crop artist. The third single “Roll Up Your Sleeves” was released in July 2014 [4] is a letter from Meg Mac to Meg Mac, and a literal reminder that everything really is going to be alright. The song gave Mac her first ARIA charting single, peaking at 80 in August 2015 [5] The MegMac EP was announced in August 2014. [6]

Much of the record comprises hooks and riffs she wrote as a teenager or while studying music at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Perth. [7]

Reception

Johnny Nail from Rolling Stone Australia described the EP as ‘a combination of Americana blues and dramatic pop’ adding “she's clearly comfortable in her own communication; a definition that instantly makes her music vastly more engaging that the re-traced templates of over-exaggerated extravagance, twee delicacy and anthemic breakdowns pursued by her adversaries.” [8]

Track listing

  1. Roll Up Your Sleeves - (3:05)
  2. Turning - (3:42)
  3. Grandma's Hands - (4:03)
  4. Every Lie - (3:13)
  5. Known Better - (3:06)

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label Catalogue
Australia[9] [10] 12 September 2014 Digital download, Compact Disc littleBIGMANrecords / Inertia BIG22
United States of America[11] 7 April 2015 Digital download, Compact Disc 300 Entertainment

References

  1. ↑ ARIA Music Awards for Meg Mac:
    • Search Results 'Meg Mac': "Search Results for 'Meg Mac'". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 15 December 2015.
    • 2015 nominations: Baroni, Nastassia (7 October 2015). "Courtney Barnett, Hermitude, Tame Impala Lead 2015 ARIA Award Nominations". musicfeeds.com.au. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
    • 2015 winners: "And the ARIA Awards Goes to..." Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 27 November 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  2. ↑ McInerney, Megan. "Meg Mac Bio". www.megmac.com.au. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Every Lie (single) by Meg Mac". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Roll Up Your Sleeves (single) by Meg Mag". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  5. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (15 August 2015). "ARIA Singles: Delta Goodrem 'Wings' Tops Australian Chart". Noise11. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "MEGMAC EP". JBHiFi.com.au. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Meg Mac: on her new album and the power of song". Michael Koziol. www.smh.com.au. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "Track by Track: Meg Mac 'MEGMAC' EP". Johnny Nail. rollingstoneaus.com. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "MegMac EP". iTunes Store Australia. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  10. ↑ "MEGMAC EP". JBHiFi.com.au. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  11. ↑ "Lyor Cohen Signs Meg Mac For New Label". Noise11.com.au. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
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