Lisa Helen Mitchell (born 22 March 1990) is an Australian singer-songwriter who grew up in

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. Mitchell currently lives in Melbourne and is working on her fourth studio album. Mitchell finished sixth in the 2006 season of ''

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''. Her debut extended play, '' Said One to the Other'' (4 August 2007), topped

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in Australia and she signed with London-based publisher, Little Victories, a subsidiary of Sony/ATV. By 2008 Mitchell had relocated to the UK where she recorded her debut studio album, ''

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'' (31 July 2009), which peaked at No. 6 on the

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. She won the 2009

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of $30,000 for the album. Mitchell returned to Australia to live in Melbourne. Her second album, '' Bless This Mess'' (12 October 2012) reached No. 7. In March 2015, Mitchell's last single "Wah Ha" was remixed by electronic trio

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. Her third album ''

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'' was released on 16 October 2016 and debuted Top 10 on the

Early years

Lisa Helen Mitchell was born on 22 March 1990 in

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, England. Her parents, Angus and Ruth, are both doctors, and she has a younger sister, Nicola. The Mitchell family had moved to Australia when she was three and she grew up near

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on a farm. She attended

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. She began guitar lessons at 12, and leaned towards the

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and

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genres. Mitchell later recalled her pivotal moment was seeing

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perform "

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" on the program Video Hits: "My sister called me out to watch it ... Missy was a really normal, cool chick making music as her own thing. I found that really inspiring". She performed in local cafes and events as well as with a

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, Chrome, with "three of my best friends". At that time "We thought that

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and Karen O from the

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were the ultimate women of the world". Her varied inspirations include

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and

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, which her father favoured as she was growing up, as well as

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Clare Bowditch Clare Bowditch (born 1975) is an Australian musician, actress, radio presenter and business entrepreneur. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2006, Bowditch won the ARIA Award for Best Female Artist and was nominated for a Logie Award for her work on ...

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, and later,

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and

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. Mitchell also formed a duo with another Albury-based friend, Katherine Green, which was "More along the lines of what I do on my own now, only a lot folkier. We sang ��colonial folk tunes actually. Quite traditional and harmony based. We had brilliant fun playing in the chalkboard tents at the folk festivals in Australia". Mitchell was later based in Sydney, London and then Melbourne.

Music career

2006–2008: ''Australian Idol'' and first releases

From August to October 2006, Lisa Mitchell rose to national prominence as a contestant on ''Australian Idol'' Season 4, performing cover versions and two of her own compositions, which were "See It in Your Eyes" and "Too Far Gone". Mitchell had auditioned in Albury in April, aged 16, and moved through the selection process to the final six before being eliminated in mid-October. In June 2009 Mitchell reflected on her time on ''Australian Idol'': "I was uncomfortable with elements of the show and unhappy about the compromises sometimes. I didn’t know what I wanted with music but I did know that I loved it. I think that was what the experience cemented. It’s taken me a long time to find my own way. But I never went back to school". Four years after Lisa Mitchell was a finalist on TV talent series, ''Australian Idol'', ''

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'' summed up the influence of the competition on Mitchell's career: "Lisa Mitchell's journey from Australian Idol misfit to folk siren is the story of a road less travelled. In fact, it wouldn't be overstating things to say it counts among the music industry's more unlikely career paths. For a naive teen with a sweet voice, a guitar and vague acoustic-folk aspirations, such an anointment could have been the kiss of death." Starting in March 2007 Mitchell performed live from her home on her MySpace page, with her first online gig reaching 10,000 viewers. On 13 April that year, she performed at a National Youth Week event in

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, supporting local country-folk, family band The Lees, which includes fellow ''Australian Idol'' Top 24 contestant, Raechel Lee. Mitchell's set of eight original tracks was followed by later joining The Lees on stage: together they performed her originals, "Alice" and "See It in Your Eyes", and a cover of

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's "Diamonds on the Inside". During that year she supported tours by Old Man River,

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, Bob Evans,

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and Evermore. On 4 August she released her first extended play, '' Said One to the Other'', via

and physically one week later. Its four tracks were produced by Evermore's

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and debuted on the

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at No. 27. It was released independently through Scorpio, and

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. It peaked at No. 1 on the iTunes 'Top Albums' chart. Tange of TheDwarf.com.au website felt it was "sweet, and cute, and delicate, and nice – but not truly beautiful, powerful or developed". "Incomplete Lullaby", which was co-written by Mitchell and Hume, was used on the Australian version of celebrity dance competition TV series, ''

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''. On 5 January 2008 Mitchell appeared on an episode of SBS-TV's celebrity music quiz show, '' RocKwiz'', where she performed "Incomplete Lullaby", solo, and then duetted with

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on "

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". She followed in the next month by her second headlining tour with support acts Ashleigh Mannix and Leroy Lee. Mitchell then began writing material for her debut album with Ben Lee, Evans and Bowditch – but the it was not used. Her second EP, '' Welcome to the Afternoon'', was released on 31 May that year; followed by two singles, " Neopolitan Dreams" (as a digital single) and "See You When You Get Here". "Neopolitan Dreams" received considerable airplay on Australian radio stations

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, FBi 94.5 and Nova 96.9. It was listed at No. 91 on the

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.Appearances on Triple J Hottest 100 by Lisa Mitchell are: * For "Neopolitan Love": * For "Coin Laundry": In April 2008 Mitchell moved to London to continue writing for her debut album, collaborating with

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and

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. The "Neopolitan Dreams" official video made its debut on 5 September and the single was re-released the next day on iTunes. It was used as the theme tune for online series The MySpace Road Tour. It is featured on the ''

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'' soundtrack; in a 3 Mobile television advert in July; in a UK Surf Detergent advert in September; in a Deutsche Telekom ad; and in Spain in the

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Christmas ad. "Far Far Far Away" from ''Welcome to the Afternoon'' was used to promote the Olympic cliffhanger episode of ''

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''.

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of ''

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'' declared Mitchell to be New Band of the Day as "there's more to erthan an ability to hold a note, although she does that very well indeed, even if her voice is perhaps too idiosyncratic for one of those reality programmes, a little too quavery, kooky and girly". After working in London for six months, Mitchell returned to Australia. During October and November she undertook an Australian national tour starting in Canberra and finishing in Perth.

2009–2011: ''Wonder''

After the February 2009

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, a number of benefit concerts were organised; Lisa Mitchell performed an unaccompanied set, supporting

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, at the Ding Dong Lounge in Melbourne. TheDwarf.com.au reviewer, Matt Stewart, noted that "Her voice shines". In April that year she opened for

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in Melbourne. In the following month she toured again, with

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and Vanessa Jade supporting. In June Mitchell performed at the

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, which also included fellow Australian artists,

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. In July 2009 Mitchell released her debut album, ''

'', which peaked at No. 6 on the ARIA Albums Chart. * For Australian charting in the Top 50 on the ARIA Albums Chart and ARIA Singles Charts (Note: EPs typically appear on the latter chart): * For ''Welcome to the Afternoon'': * For "Neopolitan Dreams": * For "Oh! Hark!": * For "Spiritus": * For "Bless This Mess": Promotion for the album included various tours in Australia and a European tour. Ben Vernel of theDwarf.com.au felt the album was "not a bad debut. It's a little bit obnoxious and a little bit cutesy in parts ... Aside from that, which is purely a matter of taste, the songs are very very well written". While ''

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''s Andrew Murfett noted it was "a sparkling debut album" and Mitchell told him "I'm happy where I am at the moment ... It's ticking along quite nicely. I like working hard. And it's good to see the results". It was

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a platinum record for

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of 70,000 copies by

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at the end of 2010. Despite working in London with "the ''creme de la creme'' of what you would want to record with. I mean, we had Ed Harcourt playing keys on everything!", most of the album tracks were produced by Hume at The Stables Recording Studio in country Victoria. The album provided three singles: "Coin Laundry" (August 2009), which peaked at No. 28 on the ARIA Singles Chart, while "Clean White Love" (November) did not chart and " Oh! Hark!" (April 2010) reached the Top 100. In August "Coin Laundry" was featured in a

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. "Neopolitan Dreams" was also used in the game ''

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'' (2009) and is the song of the customer service of Chilean telco

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. In October Mitchell supported

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(aka Crispin Hunt) on his Rebuilt by Humans Tour across the UK and Republic of Ireland which included shows in Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow, and Newcastle. At the

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Mitchell was nominated in three categories: Best Female Artist, Breakthrough Artist – Album for ''Wonder'', and Breakthrough Artist – Single for "Coin Laundry". "Coin Laundry" was placed at No. 7 in the

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Mitchell performed at Australia's

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festival series in January 2010. Her pre-gig ritual was to "Be silly and put way too much sparkles on my eyelids and make up silly songs with Stuart

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(guitarist) and revise my 'Coin Laundry' rant. (I have to warn people not to throw coins etc)". She enjoyed socialising with other artists including

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, Kisschasey and

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. Her song "Pirouette" was featured in an advertisement for the 2010 season of '' Bondi Rescue''. In March that year "Neopolitan Dreams" was covered by

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, on the quarter final episode of TV show, '' Unser Star für Oslo'', when she was competing for the opportunity to represent Germany at the

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. The exposure generated by Meyer-Landrut's performance saw Mitchell's single reach No. 33 on the

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. In April to May 2010 Mitchell went on her Oh! Hark! National Theatre Tour, where she was supported by Sydney-based country blues duo, Georgia Fair, and indie rock group,

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. Her tour included over 18,000 fans in attendance. On 31 May that year "Neopolitan Dreams" was featured on

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'', Season 2 Episode 11 "To Have and to Hold". "Clean White Love" was featured in the 2011 Australian feature film, '' Red Dog''. In May 2011 Mitchell was featured on vocals for Georgia Fair's single, "Marrianne", alongside their guitarist-singer, Jordan Wilson, and

's Dave Hoskings. In October that year Mitchell headed to Hume's rural studio to start recording tracks, "It's beautiful; it's nice to be out in the country every day. Nature affects me in really good ways so I love being out in the country".

2012–2013: "Spiritus" and ''Bless This Mess''

Lisa Mitchell released a single, "Spiritus", on 27 March 2012 and undertook a national tour of church venues, Heavenly Sounds, in June with Georgia Fair supporting her. A music video for "Spiritus" featured Georgia Fair's Wilson as her "love interest" and the single peaked at number 91. In May, Mitchell released an EP titled '' Spiritus'', which featured "Spiritus" and four other new tracks. The EP charted at No. 17 on the ARIA Australian Artists Singles Chart and No. 66 on the ARIA Singles Chart. Mitchell's second album, ''Bless This Mess'', was released on 12 October 2012, which reached No. 7 on the ARIA Albums Chart. It was recorded at The Stables Recording Studio and produced and mixed by Hume. Following its appearance, she toured nationally, supported by Alpine, and Danco (alias for Hume). Rob McNicol of ''Scene Magazine'' noted that Mitchell "exposed her philosophical and spiritual side when she began explaining the meaning of the album. She discussed a bunch of real world issues – division of society, the negative impact of money, and the lack of wisdom being passed through the generations – all the while keeping an optimistic outlook on life". While Victoria Birch of FasterLouder found "There's tension between the security of Mitchell's off-kilter folk beginnings and a desire to buck against the pigeonhole's gravitational pull. She's not yet willing to jettison the past but she is very keen to push forward". The title track was issued ahead of the album as a single in September. The album was also available for streaming online in full during early October. In early February the following year Mitchell performed at the

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, supported by Georgia Fair, with proceeds to "help fight wildlife extinction". Later that month and in March she supported

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and Paul Kelly on their combined Going Your Way Tour of Australia. In May she was interviewed by Marc Fennell for

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series, ''One Plus One'', she described her songwriting "I like to demo ... I do really dodgy ''Garage Band'' demos on my Mac ... it starts from there ... at that point you can be a control freak and do it however you want".

2014–2017: "Wah Ha" and ''Warriors''

On 28 September 2014, Lisa Mitchell released a new song "Wah Ha" as a limited free download, premiering the single on Richard Kingsmill's show on

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. Mitchell followed the release with a video produced with friend and collaborator Kirrilee Bailey, and sold-out shows in London. The single received airplay in UK from

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of BBC Radio 2 and

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as well as plays on US public radio station

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with

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. Mitchell also performed for the show at the end of 2014. On 26 February 2015, a remix of "Wah Ha" by Sydney electronic trio

was premiered by online music magazine Hypetrak.com. On 2 August 2016, the first single from Mitchell's third studio album, ''

'', was released, titled "The Boys". The music video, set in Mitchell's childhood hometown of

, was inspired by her observations of how "guys spend time together, how they show affection – it’s always playing games or joking around or drinking, I notice a real buoyancy, or light-heartedness which I think is quite different to girls." ''Warriors'' was released on 16 October 2016 and officially in the UK in April 2017. In September 2017 Mitchell released her 4th EP, featuring '90s covers, titled ''

When They Play That Song ''When They Play That Song'' is the fourth EP by Lisa Mitchell. The EP was announced in August 2017 with Mitchell posting on her Facebook page "So, you know how I recorded a version of ''The O.C.'' theme song "California" by Phantom Planet? Well ...

''. On 31 July 2020, Mitchell released a cover of

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's "Everything is Free".

2021–present: ''A Place to Fall Apart''

On 29 September 2021, Lisa Mitchell release a new song "Zombie". In an Instagram post, Lisa confirmed the song was the first single from her next album. On 28 January 2022, Mitchell announced the title of her fourth studio album as ''A Place to Fall Apart''.

Discography

* ''

'' (2009) * '' Bless This Mess'' (2012) * ''

'' (2016) * ''A Place to Fall Apart'' (2022)

Awards and nominations

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the

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, , Lisa Mitchell , , Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year , , , , , - , "Coin Laundry" , Song of the Year , , , -

ARIA Awards

The

ARIA Music Awards The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...

are presented annually from 1987 by the

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(ARIA). Lisa Mitchell has five nominations.ARIA Awards' public voting opens today
The Music Network. 14 October 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2011 , - , rowspan="3",

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, , "Coin Laundry" , , Breakthrough Artist – Single , , - , rowspan="2", ''Wonder'' , , Breakthrough Artist – Album , , - , Best Female Artist , , - , rowspan="2",

, " Oh! Hark!" , , Best Female Artist , , - , Lisa Mitchell , , Most Popular Australian Artist , , -

Australian Music Prize

J Award

The

J Awards The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J and which are judged by the music and on-air teams from radio stations Triple J, ...

are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the

Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-own ...

's youth-focused radio station

. They commenced in 2005. , - ,

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, ''Wonder'' , Australian Album of the Year ,

References

External links

*
Lisa Mitchell papers, MSS 2149
L. Tom Perry Special Collections,

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