Meg Myers

Myers in 2014

Myers released her début Daughter in the Choir EP in March 2012. Prior to release of the EP, she released the single "Monster", which was her first success, thanks to its music video, which was directed by A.P. Fisher and produced by Filippo Nesci, as noted by LA Weekly.[2] Her follow-up single, "Tennessee", caught the attention of British radio DJ Mary Anne Hobbs, who named it her "Game Changer" track of the week. In August 2012, Myers completed a month-long residency at Bootleg Bar in Los Angeles and began to generate interest from record labels.

In April 2013, Myers released her first single via Atlantic Records, "Heart Heart Head". The music video premièred on Jay Z's Life + Times.[4] In September 2013, Myers opened for The Pixies at three shows in both Los Angeles, CA and Brooklyn, NY and released a new single "Desire", which premiered on Stereogum.[5] Myers kicked off 2014 with the release of the "Desire" music video, premiering it on Vice’s Noisey blog.[6] Both "Desire" and "Heart Heart Head" were featured on her second EP, Make a Shadow, which was released on February 7, 2014 and also features "The Morning After", which premièred via SPIN.[7] Myers supported the release of her new EP with a show at LA’s Bootleg Bar.

Following the release of Make a Shadow, Myers began to draw attention at alternative radio, first by Kansas City’s KRBZ – 96.5 The Buzz, a station known for breaking acts early on, such as the English indie outfit alt-J. "Desire" became one of the top ten most Shazam'd tracks in the Kansas City metropolitan area.[8] The song was the fourth-most-played (38 times) on KRBZ Kansas City in the week ending June 15, according to Nielsen BDS.[8] It went on to peak at number 17 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart.[9] Myers performed at the station’s annual Afentra’s Prom in April, and she joined the New Zealand pop duo Broods on select dates of their Spring North American tour, which included stops in Los Angeles, Chicago, Brooklyn, Washington DC, and Boston. Myers also jumped on the summer festival circuit, having performed at the Governors Ball Music Festival, Bunbury Music Festival, Buzz Beach Ball, and Lollapalooza. The New York Times commented on Myers’s Governors Ball performance noting "...early arrivals heard Meg Myers hurling imprecations at the destructive power of love and desire: With seething hard-rock riffs like early P.J. Harvey, and a voice that built from laments to screams, she was cathartic even under noonday sunshine." On February 26, 2015, Myers released on her Instagram a 10-second snippet of her new single "Sorry". A full version was released March 3 on Myers's YouTube channel. A music video for "Sorry" was released on April 7. Myers embarked on her first headlining tour in May 2015.

On July 23, 2015, Myers released a new single entitled "Lemon Eyes". That same day her album was made available for pre-order on iTunes.

On September 15, 2015, Myers released the studio version of her new single "Motel". Three days later, she released her debut album, Sorry, which debuted at number 79 on the Billboard 200.

Myers performing at the Observatory, Los Angeles, in 2018

On April 27, 2018, Myers released the song "Numb" as the lead single from her second album, Take Me to the Disco, which was released on July 20 via 300 Entertainment.[10] "Numb" is about the struggles trying to fit Atlantic Records' expectations for her.

The title track for the album was released on June 1.[11] The third single from the album, "Jealous Sea", was released on June 28.[12] The fourth single "Tourniquet" was released July 13, a week prior to the album's release.

Myers worked with producer Christian "Leggy" Langdon on the album, recording it mostly at his studio in Topanga. All her previous works were produced by Doctor Rosen Rosen. After completing work on the album, Myers and Atlantic Records mutually parted ways. She brought the completed album to NYC indie label 300 Entertainment.[13]

“I met Andy [Dr. Rosen Rosen] when I was really young and had never worked with anyone one-on-one like that before,” Myers told Pass The Aux. “I had never had anyone pull stuff out of me like that so it was a really deep connection musically and as a friendship, like a brother. But change is the only way to grow, really,” Myers said of moving on from Rosen. “It was definitely scary and I didn’t even know exactly what I wanted to do sonically, but I just had faith. I feel like you just end up meeting the right people, and I met Leggy and it was just such a magical connection. I found another person who would help harness my authenticity.”[13]

On March 6, 2019 Myers released a cover of "Running Up That Hill", originally by Kate Bush.[14] With the release, it was also announced that she will be releasing a collection of seven original songs that were recorded as part of the Take Me To The Disco sessions (but were not included on the album) in the early summer of 2019.[15] However, the EP was not released in 2019 for unknown reasons. Myers then stated during a livestream on her Patreon on April 27, 2020 that the project has evolved into two EPs to be released later in the year. Meg announced during another Patreon livestream on June 22, 2020 that the two EPs are expected to be released in August of 2020 and will be titled "Thank You For Taking Me To The Disco" and "I'd Like To Go Home Now".[16]

Myers' debut EP, Daughter in the Choir, contains elements of modern pop music combined with lyrical angst and rawness.[29][30]