2012)
Most of 2011 was spent in the studio recording with producer Yanto Browning (The Medics, The Jungle Giants, Kate Miller-Heidke, Art of Sleeping) on some material, originally intended to be released as a collaborative side-project. A new song, presumably from these sessions, emerged on YouTube in August called "Honey" though it's not indicated if this will be from the forthcoming release. The first official single "Be Gone" was played on Australia's national youth broadcaster triple j on August 11, 2011 on Zan Rowe's show and it was soon after available on iTunes backed with "Honey". The second single "Where Do You Go" debuted on triple j in April on Home & Hosed and was also added to spot rotation. Her second album title It's Not Like We're Trying To Move Mountains was revealed recently during her support slot for Brooklyn's School of Seven Bells in Brisbane. It was released in Australia on September 28 via Inertia. The album contained the previous two singles "Be Gone" and "Where Do You Go" and a third was lifted upon the album's release called "Weekend of Hearts", a song co-written with Dean McGrath of Hungry Kids of Hungary. She embarked on a co-headline tour with Pluto Jonze called From The Mountains to the Sea".
She also spent much of 2012 touring as the female vocalist for Brisbane-based production duo YesYou whose debut single "The Half Of It" had experienced some radiop success. So far, she has only contributed to one actual recording of the band, a cover of Peter Bjorn and John's song "Young Folks" released on the Ministry of Sound Uncovered Vol 4 compilation.
Her song "Be Gone" featured in episode six, season six of Gossip Girl called 'Where The Vile Things Are'.
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