Angie McMahon has released a stand-alone single entitled ‘Just Like North’. The song was recorded during the sessions for the Melbourne singer-songwriter’s second studio album, 2023’s Light, Dark, Light Again, but was ultimately left off the final tracklisting. McMahon has now shared the studio version of the song, following its live premiere on her Making It Through Australian tour in May.
“I always wanted to put it out somehow,” said McMahon of the new track. “It was written in a School of Song session led by Courtney Marie Andrews, who prompted us to respond in some way to a beautiful poem called You Can’t Have It All by Barbara Ras. We’ve been playing it on tour lately because it holds the album theme of trusting in the course of failure and rebirth.”
McMahon has also shared an accompanying music video for the new single, co-directed by Kyle Caulfield and Young Ha Kim. The clip was shot at various locations across Melbourne – including McMahon’s suburban home, a rainforest on the outskirts of the city and during her sold-out performance at the Forum Theatre on the Making It Through tour earlier this year.
Angie McMahon – ‘Just Like North’
McMahon began 2024 with an appearance in the triple j Hottest 100 of 2023, coming in at number 67 with her single ‘Letting Go’. She then appeared at Laneway Festival, where she and her band performed on the main stage alongside the likes of Stormzy, Steve Lacy, Dominic Fike, Raye and fellow Australian artists such as Miss Kaninna, Vacations and Teenage Dads.
In February, shortly after the announcement of the Making It Through tour, McMahon appeared on triple j‘s Like a Version segment for the second time – performing a reinterpreted version of Australian Crawl‘s ‘Reckless’, with both new verses written by McMahon and an interpolation of Neil Young‘s ‘After The Gold Rush’. The following month, she appeared on stage in Melbourne with Fred again.. to perform ‘Angie (i’ve been lost)’, which samples her song ‘Pasta’.
McMahon and her band will continue the Making It Through tour internationally throughout the remainder of 2024, with shows in Japan, North America, the UK and Europe planned.
Further Reading
Angie McMahon: “You Have to Experience All of the Things That the Chapters Hold for You”
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