ELIZA MCLAMB’S GOOD STORY
Indie-rock songwriter takes on personal myth-making. Eliza McLamb announces Good Story. The singer-songwriter’s sophomore album arrives October 24th through Royal Mountain Records. Following her acclaimed debut, McLamb deepens her exploration of memory, narrative, and identity. Humans have told stories for as long as they have existed. From cave paintings to TikTok confessionals, we shape ourselves through the tales we share. Yet behind every good story hides another truth: stories often betray as much as they reveal. They offer comfort but also confinement. Eliza McLamb knows this intimately.
ELIZA MCLAMB’S: OBSERVING THE NARRATIVE
Her new album opens with “Like the Boys.” First of all, it is a sharp reflection on girlhood, power, and belonging. Furthermore, McLamb writes about craving the boys’ confidence, their ease, and the dangerous games they played. “I wanted them to love me like they loved each other,” she explains. After all, this yearning, however, came with a price. In fact, “I see how we all played pretend,” she adds. Finally, “And how play can be violent.”
ELIZA MCLAMB: TELLING A DIFFERENT STORY
Good Story follows last spring’s Going Through It, a record rooted in trauma and self-reckoning. This time, McLamb steps back. She doesn’t abandon autobiography, but she questions it. Can you escape your own narrative? Or do you simply rewrite it in a prettier font?That tension drives the album’s tone. It is both introspective and sardonic, both tender and knowingly distant.
ELIZA MCLAMB: BUILDING A STORY BRICK BY BRICK
Leaving Los Angeles for New York sparked Eliza’s new direction. There, surrounded by books and subway strangers, her writing found fresh ground. She wrote while walking. She wrote while watching. Ideas came faster, freer. She then gathered a team of musicians who understood her vision. Guitarist Jacob Blizard, drummer Jason McGerr(Death Cab For Cutie), keyboardist Sarah Goldstone (Boygenius), and producer Sarah Tudzin (illuminati hotties) all joined. Together, they crafted an album rich with texture and irony.
ELIZA MCLAMB: FROM STORIES TO SONG
First of all, tracks like “Suffering” play with perceptions. A baroque piano intro gives way to gritty guitars, as McLamb skewers her own image. Meanwhile, “California” bids bittersweet farewell to the state she once called home. As a result,both songs turn reflection into spectacle. On the other hand, “Every Year” distills her thesis. “My stories kept me safe but now I understand / A story is a lifeboat and sometimes there is land.” In the end, it’s a moment of quiet clarity within a sea of shifting perspectives.
ELIZA MCLAMB: HANDMADE TROPHY
The album’s cover shows McLamb holding a crooked, makeshift trophy. At first glance, it looks like victory. Look again, and it becomes something more: a symbol of art made from scraps, of worth assembled from what’s at hand. The trophy reflects Good Story’s heart. It’s not about arrival. It’s about survival. About re-framing loss as resilience. About choosing creation over conclusion. Today’s culture rewards personal narrative. The more you share, the more you’re seen. But McLamb resists easy vulnerability. Instead, she questions why we turn life into content at all. “Not everything fits into a narrative,” she says. That’s the point. That’s where Good Story leaves us, not with answers, but with permission to keep moving.
ELIZA MCLAMB: GOOD STORY TRACKLIST
Better Song
Like the Boys
California
Suffering
Good Story
Promise
Water Inside the Fence
Talisman
Mausoleum
Forever, Like That
Every Year
Girls I Know
Getting Free
The Last Word
Good Story isn’t looking for resolution. It’s looking for what’s next. For McLamb, that’s enough. Sometimes, the best story is the one you don’t finish writing.
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