You Be the Lightning is the fifth album for Melbourne-based Canadian expat Tracy McNeil, and her band The GoodLife and follows a successful Pozible album campaign.

Featuring the recent singles Catch You and Not Like A Brother, which was an instant hit with music directors at ABC Local, Double J & ABC Country, Tracy McNeil’s songwriting on this album is once more an impressive piece of work.

Within the broad strokes of Americana music, Tracy McNeil & The GoodLife have refined their own palette, expanding on their distinctive alt-country roots, culminating in a body of work that many believe is the band’s finest to date.

Lyrically, You Be the Lightning finds McNeil at her most uncompromising and raw. Weaving through themes of love - it’s death and rebirth, the quest for truth and finding the courage to follow your path. All 11 tracks strike immediately as a deeply personal, yet universally relatable series of affirmations; like a page stolen from a diary. Sonically, the album is equal parts grit and gloss, providing the perfect backdrop for songs exploring the dichotomy of the human condition.