Megan Washington is about to do a five date tour around the country leading to her forthcoming album “There There” which is due for release on September 12. The 14 songs on the album are inspired by lush new-romantic ‘80s pop and might be as infectious as ever, but lyrically stick to the truth. As Megan explains, every song is a real story, and every lyric is about someone real. “In my mind, every single one of these songs has a name in brackets afterwards,” she says. “The people in the songs know who they are. I certainly do.” If I Believe You Liar was the diary of a wide-eyed youth dizzy with romance, There There is the chronicle of a woman discovering the moral complexities of love – with hooks to spare.
After touring ARIA Award winning I Believe You Liar, starring in a film (Michael Kantor's The Boy Castaways) and a stint in New York, Megan found herself in London. One day, by chance, she ran into songwriter/bassist/producer Sam Dixon (Sia, Adele), who she’d met when supporting Sia on tour. For kicks, the two co-wrote a song, and immediately felt something special was there. After returning to London in 2013, Megan and Sam got to work.
“I wrote all the songs I was afraid to write,” she says. “I wrote about living with anxiety, bad sex, being unfaithful, how much I loved the person I was unfaithful to, waking up in hospital, the heart-cracking sadness at the end of a party, being reckless and selfish and losing my best friend. I told the truth, as best I remember.”
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Tuesday 19th August: The Corner Melbourne
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Friday 22nd August: Fly By Night, Perth
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Saturday 23rd August: Uni Bar, Adelaide
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Thursday 28th August: Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
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Saturday 30th August: The Zoo, Brisbane
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