Biography Kate Miller-Heidke truly arrived in 2007. Her album Little Eve beautifully combines her unique theatrical personality and the adorable peculiar girl inside her. It’s a collection of charming and eclectic songs about a modern girl’s life and her world, and the result of a focused and determined artist expressing herself through its creation. Modest and gorgeous, Kate’s fresh, innovative and edgy folk/pop softly melts the insides of her enchanted listeners, and establishes her as one of Australia’s most exciting musical talents.
Kate has changed since she disappeared into the studio late last year. She’s still the Kate Miller-Heidke we know, but she’s gone far beyond the artist we knew. She’s the same former lead opera vocalist. She’s the same fantastic performer who leaves audiences dumbstruck after her intimate shows. She’s the same girl writing engaging genre-challenging pop songs prompting comparisons to Kate Bush and Joni Mitchell. But she’s reached the next level. She has truly blossomed.
In 2004 her self-released first EP Telegram showed early signs of a star, requiring six pressings in its first year and gaining high rotation on Triple J for Space They Cannot Touch. A career as an opera vocalist beckoned in 2005, but Kate was driven by her own music, and soon returned to the studio to work on Circular Breathing, released in 2006. By this point Kate’s solo career had gained an unstoppable momentum, and she began putting together her debut full-length album later that year.
Kate’s music is always such a window to her heart– her personality transcends every quirky lyric and dramatic high-note of her voice. It’s so easy to imagine her as the young girl who used to put on shows for her parents, charging them a five cent fee. At the same time, her music displays her deep insight into the meanings and messages of life. That is Kate – a playful, insightful woman brimming and bubbling with life, energy and a quiet enjoyment of the world around her.
Little Eve is like a set of Russian dolls. Twist open the song to find her heartfelt story. Twist open the story to find her inspiring message. The album is a dozen of these dolls; introspective memoirs sparkling with a child’s playfulness and imagination. They exceed the beauty of her sweet first EPs by a long way. The result of an intensive summer of writing and recording in Brisbane, the record also features some brilliant tasteful production by producer Magoo. It’s culminated in an inspiring work of art.
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