Eliza McLamb

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Eliza McLamb
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Eliza McLamb in 2024
Background information
Born (2001-01-17) January 17, 2001 (age 24)
Origin Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Genres
Years active2022–present
Labels Royal Mountain

Eliza McLamb (born January 17, 2001) [1] is an American indie rock musician from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. [2]

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Early life and education

Eliza McLamb was born on January 17, 2001, and grew up an only child in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. [3] Her mother was a photographer. [4] McLamb graduated high school a year early as the valedictorian and went to George Washington University to study political science, planning to go on to law school. [3] In 2020, during her sophomore year, she had to move back in with her father in North Carolina due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5] [6] [4]

The same year, McLamb was "inspired" by the newly released album Fetch the Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple, and left her father's house to work on farms, through WWOOF, across the country during the summer. [4] [3] She lived in a friend's shed for a few months in Los Angeles while working as a door-to-door solar panel salesperson, and then nannied to make enough money to move in with another friend, Julia Hava. [5] [4]

In 2024, McLamb left Los Angeles and moved into an apartment with her boyfriend in New York, stating she "felt stranded out there"—a feeling she explored in her 2024 single, "God Take Me Out of LA". [3]

Career

McLamb first gained recognition when her song "Porn Star Tits" went viral on TikTok while McLamb was working on a farm in Kansas. [2] In 2022, McLamb released her debut EP titled Salt Circle. [7] Also in 2022, McLamb announced that she had signed to Canadian record label Royal Mountain Records. [8] [7] In late 2023, she announced plans to release her debut full-length album, Going Through It . [9] McLamb released the song "16" as a single from the album. The album was released on January 19, 2024. [10] [11]

Going Through It has received generally favorable reception from critics. Grace Robins-Somerville of Paste magazine said that the album "shows a characteristically thoughtful embrace of life’s subtleties and contradictions." [12] Graeme Thomson of the Spectator described the album as "relentless guts-spilling" that "isn’t necessarily any more creatively worthy or valuable than simply making stuff up" before referring to McLamb as "an artist of many parts, not all of them yet fully formed." [13] However, Thomson noted that there is "actually lots to like about Going Through It." [13]

In addition to making music, McLamb is co-host of the podcast Binchtopia. [14]

Discography

Studio albums

TitleDetails
Going Through It
Good Story
  • Scheduled: October 24, 2025
  • Label: Royal Mountain
  • Format: CD, digital download, LP, streaming

Extended plays

TitleDetails
Memos
  • Released: December 29, 2020
  • Label: Lena Grove
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Salt Circle
  • Released: December 2, 2022
  • Label: Royal Mountain
  • Format: CD, digital download, streaming

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Ghosts"2020Non-album single
"Debt"Memos
"Irish Exit"2021Non-album single
"Doing Fine"2022Salt Circle
"Mythologize Me"2023Going Through It
"God Take Me Out of LA"2024Non-album singles
"Lena Grove"
(full band)
"Quitting"2025
"Like the Boys"Good Story
"Every Year"

References

  1. ↑ Nelson, Mars (February 9, 2024). "Eliza Mclamb's Ode to Girlhood: "Going Through It" – 4.5 Stars". KXSU 102.1 FM. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  2. 1 2 Geller, Lena (14 December 2022). "Talking with Eliza McLamb About Farming, TikTok Fame, and Playing a Hometown Show". Indy Week . Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Martoccio, Angie (2024-08-28). "Maybe You've Heard Eliza McLamb. But You Don't Know Her". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2025-07-20. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Eliza McLamb On How Fiona Apple, Sufjan Stevens, & More Inspired Her Debut Album". Stereogum. 2024-07-02. Archived from the original on 2025-07-20. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
  5. 1 2 Geller, Lena (2022-12-14). "Talking with Eliza McLamb About Farming, TikTok Fame, and Playing a Hometown Show". INDY Week. Archived from the original on 2025-07-21. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
  6. ↑ "Artist Profile: Eliza McLamb is a Musical Conduit for Spirituality | Arts | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
  7. 1 2 Ramkumar, Kat. "Eliza Mclamb Shares New Song "Mythologize Me"". Under the Radar . Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  8. ↑ Renshaw, David. "Eliza McLamb tries to evade the inevitable in her "Doing Fine" video". The Fader . Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  9. ↑ LaPierre, Megan. "Eliza McLamb Announces Debut Album 'Going Through It,' Shares "Glitter"". Exclaim! . Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  10. ↑ Pareles, Jon (8 December 2023). "Eliza McLamb, '16'". The New York Times . Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  11. ↑ Piers, Ryan (21 December 2023). "Eliza McLamb Releases '16' Ahead Of New Album". New Noise Magazine. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  12. ↑ Robins-Somerville, Grace (January 17, 2024). "Album of the Week | Eliza McLamb: Going Through It". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  13. 1 2 Thomson, Graeme (2024-01-18). "Americans still think 'punk rock' was about the music, bless them". The Spectator. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  14. ↑ Goldberg, Emma (17 November 2023). "Goodbye, Feminist Blogs. Hello, Gen Z Content Creators?". The New York Times . Retrieved 13 January 2024.
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