The Boathouse

Titled after the Manly Boathouse on Quandamooka Country where Lottie McLeod has shared deep, important conversations with the people in her life, The Boat House EP signifies an artist - and human - coming out of her shell, as she thrusts off her role of "peacekeeper by nature" and steps into the confidence to follow her own path, "use my voice and be less afraid of conflict". With 7 tracks - each inspired by a relationship from the past 2 years of McLeod's life - drawing from alternative sounds, indie-pop, folk, alt-country and more, written diaristically (mostly on the floor) with thoughtful, emotive lyricsm, The Boat House EP feels like listening in on and sharing in those serious, intimate conversations across Lottie McLeod's experiences of being a self-described recovering people-pleaser, modern dating and ill-fated romance, and bodily autonomy - not without its lighter-hearted moments, like using pub trivia as an excuse to hang out with a crush. Produced across two studios in so-called Australia and Turtle Island/USA: North Carolina's Stadium Heights Sound on the land of the Catawba, Cheraw, Eno, Occaneechi, Shakori, Tuscarora and Lumbee peoples with Caleb Wright (Samia, Charly Bliss, Hippo Campus - who reached out to Lottie as a big fan of her 2025 single 'The Line'), and 4000 Studios in Magand-jin/socalled Brisbane on Turrbal/Jagera Country with Josh Beattie, The Boat House EP will resonate with those "who love to feel deeply", who never fail to play close attention to lyrics, and fans of Samia's 2025 Bloodless album, Phoebe Bridgers, Sydney Ross Mitchell or Charlie Hickey. In a sweet nod to the family ties that keep her safely moored, mother Carrie McLeod lovingly documents her daughter across the EP's official photoshoots.