Ivy Lies is an all-female New Zealand band. They are best known for their hit single “Addicted”.

Band members are Emla Palmer (lead vocals/rhythm guitar), Lisa Blatchford (bass/vocals), Rosie O’Connell (drums) and Mihka Chee (lead guitar/vocals).

Early Work

In 2006 when Emla, Lisa and Rosie were 17 years old they decided to form a band called “Starlett” in their hometown of Christchurch. The band caught lots of attention by performing at bars in their area which led to a record deal with SonyBMG. At the time the girls released two singles, “What I Had?, which went straight to a Top 5 Radio hit and “Let It Go?, which placed at number 15.

2008 – Present

In 2008 the girls relocated to Auckland where they met Mihka and changed the band name to Ivy Lies. In mid 2009 the girls travelled to Los Angeles to record their album with producer Clif Magness and then in December 2009 their single “Addicted” was released and went to number 20 on RIANZ (the New Zealand charts). Addicted also went to number one for artist and video on the Myspace music charts for December 2009. In January 2010, they played a series of open air concerts in New Zealand as part of the Bands on the Beach tour^[5]. The band also played on the radio station The Edge‘s Sausage Fest 2010, along with acts such as Midnight Youth, Dane Rumble and David Dallas. The single was officially released on iTunes on 12 April 2010. The music video for Never Enough premiered on New Zealand television on 16th of April on the C4 music channel.

Finishing touches on the US version of the album are expected to be finalized mid-2010.