US singer-songwriter Leah Kate will visit Australia this December for her first live dates. Leah will deliver headline sets at Sydney’s The Lansdowne on Wednesday 14 December and Melbourne’s The Evelyn Hotel on Friday 16 December, along with an appearance at TikTok’s For You Fest on 15 December.
Leah Kate writes pop/rock anthems that cut to the bone. Pairing booming, radio-ready choruses with poignant, hyper-specific details, her songs are intimate and razor-sharp—the sort of tracks that resonate with listeners around the world.
With the success of ‘10 Things I Hate About You’, the Los Angeles native is realising her childhood dreams of pop stardom by reaching deep within and sharing relatable feelings alongside addictive melodies. It’s a sound she has perfected on her irreverent-yet-emotional new EP, Alive and Unwell, released last month.
Confessional and confident, this new EP finds Leah Kate digging deep yet again, embodying both the brash swagger and the raw vulnerability of the rock greats who preceded her. Moments like the title track ‘Alive and Unwell’ show off just how real she’s willing to get. “I’m alive and unwell, some days I fucking hate myself,” she sings on the latter track over careening guitars. “No magic pill is gonna help.” It’s heavy, but that’s the point. Her breakout ‘10 Things I Hate About You’ also makes an appearance, and that track too was the result of her cracking open tough situations in her life.
Writing these songs is deeply cathartic. “I really needed to get over a guy who had been f***ing with my head for the longest time,” Kate says of her breakthrough hit. “At one point I decided to list everything I hated about him to help me move the f*** on.”
The Lansdowne | Sydney NSW
FRIDAY 16 DECEMBER
The Evelyn Hotel | Melbourne VIC
Also playing at TikTok’s For You Fest – Thursday 15 December 2022
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