Washington followed with a five-track fourth EP, How to Tame Lions, in September 2009; its lead track "Cement" and title track, received high rotation on youth radio Triple J. She provided vocals, piano, glockenspiel, synthesiser and guitar and was joined by Castle on guitar, bass guitar, drums, loops, tambo and autoharp. Castle engineered and mixed the work and co-produced it with Washington. Following appearances on Spicks and Specks in October and November that year, Washington attracted the attention of a wider audience. She observed that "You might think that most people get their information from the charts or something like that but I had so much great feedback after being on those shows." The EP reached the ARIA Charts top 100.
