Kate Miller-Heidke Shares New Single ‘A Certain Panic’

Ahead of the release of Kate Miller-Heidke's sixth studio album, The Kiss and The Abyss, out Friday 14 August via EMI Music, the singer-songwriter has shared powerful new single 'A Certain Panic'.

Written with her long-time collaborator Keir Nuttall and recorded in England with producer Tom Iansek (Big Scary, #1 Dads, Airling), the record is influenced by the folk music that first helped shape Miller-Heidke as an aspiring artist in the '90s.

Following the first single 'Holiday', Miller-Heidke's latest finds her addressing the disconnect between public image and private reality. "'A Certain Panic' is about inhabiting the inner life of someone whose identity has become a performance," says Miller-Heidke. "It's about the strange loneliness that can exist beneath constant visibility, and the pressure to keep presenting a version of yourself that the world wants to see."

The Kiss and The Abyss comprises 11 tracks that have been described as Miller-Heidke's most compelling work yet, "navigating beauty and darkness in equal measure, drawing on gothic folk traditions while remaining unmistakably Kate Miller-Heidke: fearless, emotionally raw and impossible to pin down."

The Queensland artist is taking the album on tour, announcing 15 dates across the nation, with 10 already sold out.

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Kate Miller-Heidke is one of Australia's most versatile and acclaimed artists whose career spans more than 25 years. Over that time she's released five acclaimed albums, starred in several TV shows and tried her hand at musical theatre, co-writing the hit musical Muriel's Wedding: The Musical with her long-time creative partner Keir Nuttall.

She has represented Australia at the Eurovision Song Contest and performed on some of the world's most prestigious stages, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York and the English National Opera.

A coach on The Voice Australia, Miller-Heidke's new album marks a new chapter in the innovative career of this curious artist.

'A Certain Panic' by Kate Miller-Heidke is out now. Listen here. The Kiss and the Abyss is out Friday 14 August via EMI Music. Pre-order here.

Kate Miller-Heidke The Kiss and the Abyss Australian Tour

Friday 31 July – The Act, Newcastle, NSW

Thursday 27 August – The Memo, Healesville, VIC

Saturday 29 August – Winter Sounds, Daylesford, VIC SOLD OUT

Thursday 3 September – Wharf 1 Theatre, Sydney, NSW

Friday 4 September – Wharf 1 Theatre, Sydney, NSW SOLD OUT

Saturday 5 September – Wharf 1 Theatre, Sydney, NSW SOLD OUT

Friday 11 September – Wharf 1 Theatre, Sydney, NSW SOLD OUT

Saturday 12 September – Studio Underground, Perth, WA

Tuesday 15 September – Studio Underground, Perth, WA

Wednesday 16 September – Forum II, Melbourne, VIC SOLD OUT

Friday 18 September – Forum II, Melbourne, VIC SOLD OUT

Saturday 19 September – UKARIA, Mount Gambier, SA SOLD OUT

Sunday 20 September – UKARIA, Mount Gambier, SA SOLD OUT

Friday 25 September – Princess Theatre, Brisbane, QLD SOLD OUT

Saturday 26 September – Princess Theatre, Brisbane, QLD