{"id":2436547,"date":"2026-05-29T06:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T06:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2436547"},"modified":"2026-05-29T06:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T06:48:10","slug":"lottie-mcleod-announces-the-boat-house-ep-with-bittersweet-new-single-sunburnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/lottie-mcleod-announces-the-boat-house-ep-with-bittersweet-new-single-sunburnt\/","title":{"rendered":"Lottie McLeod announces The Boat House EP with bittersweet new single \u2018Sunburnt\u2019 &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If Lottie McLeod\u2019s latest single \u2018Sunburnt\u2019 is anything to go by, she\u2019s not done turning heartbreak into indie-pop gold just yet.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/happymag.tv\/mullet-moments-with-lottie-mcleod\/\">Lottie McLeod<\/a> has announced her sophomore EP <em>The Boat House<\/em>, arriving September 25 via ABC Music, alongside <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/happymag.tv\/chanel-beads-dust-in-the-wind-new-single-australian-tour-2026\/\">new single<\/a> \u2018Sunburnt\u2019, a bittersweet indie-pop track about wanting more from a relationship that barely had the chance to begin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Brisbane songwriter has built a reputation for making deeply personal stories feel universal, and \u2018Sunburnt\u2019 continues that streak. Written after a short-lived romance came to an abrupt end, the track pairs a breezy groove and tongue-in-cheek charm with some of McLeod\u2019s most cutting lyrics to date.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>\u201cI liked this guy. A LOT,\u201d<\/em> McLeod explains. <em>\u201cI felt such a strong connection with this person but I also hardly knew him.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produced by Josh Beattie, \u2018Sunburnt\u2019 drifts between indie-pop and alt-folk, with warm acoustic textures, subtle saxophone flourishes and McLeod\u2019s increasingly confident songwriting sitting front and centre. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The track feels light on its feet, but there\u2019s a lingering ache underneath it all as she wrestles with disappointment, confusion and the reality of letting something go before it ever really began.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The single arrives as the latest preview of <em>The Boat House<\/em>, a seven-track collection inspired by relationships and experiences from the past two years of McLeod\u2019s life. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Named after the Manly Boathouse, where many of those conversations took place, the EP explores modern dating, people-pleasing, self-discovery and learning to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/happymag.tv\/olivia-rodrigo-babydoll-dress-response\/\">speak up<\/a> for yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It continues a huge run for McLeod, who recently won Emerging Artist of the Year at the Queensland Music Awards and signed with ABC Music following the success of her debut EP <em>Bug<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With support dates alongside Pierce Brothers on the horizon and <em>The Boat House<\/em> set to land this spring, \u2018Sunburnt\u2019 feels like another step forward for one of Australia\u2019s most promising young songwriters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Listen to \u2018Sunburnt\u2019 below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Sunburnt\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4uJwAC5HvjJ0ZQgHtKVy2g?si=1&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=b370c54d4cb744ea&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .entry-footer --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '709400348429047');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '1202846161482324');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source happymag.tv \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If Lottie McLeod\u2019s latest single \u2018Sunburnt\u2019 is anything to go by, she\u2019s not done turning heartbreak into indie-pop gold just yet. 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