Meet her at the Boathouse: Lottie McLeod's coming-of-age EP, The Boathouse, hits platforms across Australia and hearts across the world.
Brisbane-based singer-songwriter Lottie McLeod’s latest release is for those who love to feel deeply.
If you’re a lover of Lizzy McAlpine or Samia, Lottie’s latest EP will take you through the same experiences of modern love, ill-fated romance and bodily autonomy.
The Boathouse follows Lottie’s previous singles Sunburnt and Important to You, which were featured on triple j Unearthed. In 2024, she was named Emerging Artist of the Year at the Queensland Music Awards.
Lottie Mcleod
- Where: Howler
- When: 6 November
- Tickets here
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The Boathouse as an EP captures conversations I’ve had at the Manly Boathouse,” Lottie said.
“I’ve been a water baby my whole life. The ocean has always been a place that grounds me. I live close to Manly Boathouse and I feel I have always subconsciously brought people there to have difficult conversations. I’ve had really happy memories here and also some really frustrating ones.”
“The first lyric of Boathouse is ‘we get along, talk it out by the boathouse’, which is how the EP opens. I feel it captures the whole thing really nicely,” she said.
The Boathouse signals a new chapter for Lottie’s music as she moves into a new space, more confident in herself and her voice.
“I feel I’ve really developed as an artist since my first release. I’ve become more confident in myself and my body, and I speak up more about the way I feel.”
“I think it’s the life experience, that’s how it happens. You can really hear the development from the start of my music. I feel like maybe I wasn’t really being true to myself. I feel that as I get older, I’ve evolved with my music and this EP feels more like me than anything I’ve put out before,” she said.
Lottie will be touring her new EP across all Australian states, with her shows in Meanjin (Brisbane) already sold out. She will also support a handful of Aussie bands, including Harlan Goode and Pierce Brothers.
“I’m excited to headline tour on my own, but I’m also really excited about my support slots, playing my music for people who have never heard of me before, to see how people respond and how the music evolves, how it grows out of that experience,” Lottie said.
The EP was made across Australia and the US. “It was such a collaborative EP, which was so cool,” Lottie said. Working with childhood friends and US producers, Lottie has captured a realism and thoughtfulness in the EP’s storytelling.
Lottie travelled to North Carolina to record two tracks from The Boathouse, ‘Important to You’ and the title track, ‘Boathouse’, with Caleb Wright, a US producer known for working with Samia and Hippo Campus.
“My favourite artist in the world is Samia, and Caleb has done most of her stuff, which was a very surreal moment for me. I did two songs with him, Boathouse and Important to You. We worked really well together, and whatever happens, I will be heading back over there,” she said.
“Boathouse is the song that sticks out to me the most. The song follows a slow burn of friends to lovers, and I think it really captures what I felt in the moment. I think I’ve captured that feeling better in this song, which is why it is one of my favourites on the EP.”
The closing track of the EP, Thomas, continues Lottie’s knack for letting listeners overhear and share in intimate conversations.
“Thomas is about the universal experience of being love bombed. I think sometimes the feeling can be more powerful because you only got to see the beginning of a relationship, and you picture in your head all the things it could have been had you fallen in love. It happens to the best of us, but at least we can make music about it.”
“I’m nervous, but excited. It’s been a long time coming. I’m just excited for people to pick it up and hear it.”
Catch Lottie at Howler on November 6, tickets here.
