STACK #262 August 2026

FEATURE MUSIC

INTO THE ABYSS K ate Miller-Heidke is impossible to pigeonhole. She’s funny. She’s dramatic. She’s Kate the Great releases her sixth studio album, her first in six years. Tom Iansek, who’s one-half

The Kiss and the Abyss by Kate Miller Heidke is out Aug 14 via Universal

poignant Top 10 hit The Last Day on Earth . Diverse is a word that was invented for artists such as Kate, whose new album, The Kiss and the Abyss , has been labelled “gothic folk”.

of the Aussie duo Big Scary. Kate previewed

Kate Miller-Heidke

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performed at Coachella, Eurovision, and the New York Metropolitan Opera. Her catalogue ranges from the comedic I’m Growing a Beard Downstairs for Christmas to the

Photo credit: Simon Lekias

goes spectacularly wrong. I think everyone has experienced that.” “I can’t stop scratching these three mosquito bites,” Kate sings. “I am pondering the futility of existence/ I’m drinking too much, and my sunburn keeps me up at night.” Jeff Jenkins

the record with the single Holiday , which is not a cover of Madonna’s first Australian hit. “It’s about needing a holiday so much that you sabotage your own holiday,” Kate explained. “You anticipate it for months, and then somehow it all

Kate wrote the album with her husband and long-time collaborator Keir Nuttall. And they made the record in London with producer

Kate has had four Top 10 albums, with two albums – 2008’s Curiouser and 2012’s Nightflight - peaking at number two

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ABBA Dancinag Queen (50th Anniversary Edition) (Online Only)

WESTSIDE COWBOY It Goes On

VERA BLUE Modern Rituals

AMY SHARK soft pop

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OCEAN SLEEPER Peace When I’m Dead

SLEEP TOKEN Even in Arcadia (Instrumental)

MIKE D Thank You

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