Hannah Kate
Hannah Kate evolved from given name to artist moniker at the end of 2019. There’s something to be observed when a project’s infancy aligns with its lyricist’s coming of age- a youthful yet uncontrivable synchronicity that only evolves with experience to reflect the highs and heartbreaks of figuring it all out as you go. While projects built upon share-house foundations rise and fall, its frontwoman Hannah Wales’ capacity to observe and intertwine the flux into song that has seen her gracing stages alongside local heavyweights Gut Health, Cash Savage, Bad//Dreems and more.
Hannah’s lyrical strength lies in her ability to shift between reflection and quiet confrontation,taking her listeners from now to then with no time lost in translation. 2024’s angular and tone-shifting Test Run offered “lyrics drenched in existentialism... like it was the last thing she managed to grab when running out of a house fire,” while her latest End of the Day contrasts this with “an almost misleading brightness [and] relatable sentiments that draw you in only to spit you right back out.” It’s this range that has seen Hannah making her mark everywhere from The Old Bar and Tote, to The Croxton and St Kilda Festival’s New Music Stage via popular vote.