Mallrat has shared new single ‘Pavement’, the final preview of her upcoming album ‘Light Hit My Face Like A Straight Right’, due 14th February.
The track, produced alongside Buddy Ross and Styalz Fuego, features samples from both DJ Zirk’s ‘Born 2 Lose’ and Cub Sport’s ‘Beg U’.
“I love this song because there are two very contrasting samples in it,” Mallrat explains. “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.”
The single arrives with a video directed by Tom Carroll, featuring Cub Sport’s Tim Nelson and set against night-time cityscapes. The track follows previous singles ‘Horses’, ‘Ray of Light’ and ‘Hocus Pocus’ from the twelve-track album.
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