In the wake of her new single ‘Pavement’, Mallrat today announces a string of Australian tour dates this April in support of her new album, Light hit my face like a straight right out Feb 14 via Dew Process / Universal. Tickets are on sale this Friday 24 Jan from 9AM AEDT.  

The prized performer’s live show will take to Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on April 3, Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on April 4 and Melbourne’s The Forum on April 5. Mallrat and her band will deliver a show of all new music from her upcoming record, including triple j favourites 'Hocus Pocus' and 'Ray of Light', the moving 'Horses' together with her latest single Pavement and more from the album. Alongside support acts daine, Denim and Prophecy Girl. 

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.

Mallrat’s new album Light hit my face like a straight right, arrives born from a world of magical realism in Australian suburbia. With an ounce of influence from her time growing up in Brisbane, Grace Shawconsistently 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, 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 ALBUM TOUR
Thu 3 Apr - Enmore Theatre - Eora / Sydney
Fri 4 Apr - Fortitude Music Hall - Meanjin / Brisbane
Sat 5 Apr - The Forum - Naarm / Melbourne