Mallrat today unveils her final single ‘Pavement’ ahead of her full album, Light hit my face like a straight right’s release on Feb 14 via Nettwerk. LISTEN + WATCH HERE + PRE-ORDER LP HERE.
A self-proclaimed early highlight – “this might be my favourite on the album?” – ‘Pavement’ is a vibrant closure to Mallrat’s string of singles priming her upcoming record. Written and produced with Buddy Ross (Frank Ocean, Miley Cyrus, Bon Iver) with additional production by return collaborator Styalz Fuego, ‘Pavement’ is an animated demonstration of the misty, club fuelled electronica at the centre of Mallrat’s forthcoming record. Sleek with a gritty underlayer that sees the return of DJ Zirk’s ‘Born 2 Lose’ sample (previously featured in ‘Hocus Pocus’), and Cub Sport’s ‘Beg U’, delivering a masterclass of the vocalist’s creative instinct and production prowess.
Mallrat shares, “I love this song because there are two very contrasting samples in it. Cub Sport are a band from my hometown Brisbane and my best friends. I have been obsessed with ‘Beg U’ since Tim from Cub Sport sent me the demo a few years ago. Tim and Sam from the band are married and their first dance was to a Buddy Ross song. So ‘Pavement’ feels very full circle. Sampling is my favorite thing about making music, even more so than writing lyrics. It's exciting to be able to imagine sounds in new ways, even if it's just sampling my own voice. It builds a story and injects vivid characters into the song; it feels more from my heart.”
Visually continuing her collaboration with Tom Carroll, 'Pavement's music video presents a nightcore iteration of Light hit my face like a straight right's earlier singles. With a cameo from Cub Sport's Tim Nelson in line with 'Beg U's sample, Mallrat takes to dimly lit cityscapes where rainfall and Carroll's CGI animals run wild. Under the veil of nightfall and the fluorescent glow of skyscrapers, underground tunnels and dashboards, she basks in the reflection of moonlight and rainfall - the 'straight right' impact they manifest in her creative universe. WATCH THE VIDEO HERE.
Her new album Light hit my face like a straight right, born from a world of magical realism in Australian suburbia. With an ounce of influence from her time growing up in Brisbane, Mallrat 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, primed with earlier singles 'Horses', 'Ray of Light' and 'Hocus Pocus', 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.
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. |
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