Nicole Millar is ready to unveil Excuse Me, her much anticipated debut album, on June 1st. It’s the product of two years of life, a whole lot of growth and a rollercoaster of emotions. Excuse Me charts everything from admitting your faults and owning your shit to wild nights with best friends and the bittersweet parts of love, lust and relationships.
The album features Nicole’s hit singles ‘Signals’ and ‘Blindfolded’ as well as her new ’80s-inspired release ‘Gimme A Break’, an anthem-in-wait for women who want to go their own way and won’t be tied down. Excuse Me also features collaborations with two of music’s best upcoming names, Sydney pop identity Muki (who features on ‘Pink Sundae’) and Bay Area’s HENO (on ‘Sign Me Up’).
Pop music with bite and electronic production collide on Excuse Me – some of the tracks are tributes to getting rowdy with girlfriends or daydreams about wanting to be rich in New York, others are eyerolls at fake people, button-pushing boyfriends and ex-lovers. They’re all feisty, fun and made up of real, relatable feelings.
Nicole wrote on every song on the album, working with producers Sable, Dan Farber, Hoodboi, xSDTRK and Kyle Shearer to bring her words to life in studios between Sydney, Stockholm and L.A. Every song is a piece of her history, the work of a woman who’s found her sound and is sure of herself. For Nicole, the vision was to create music that’s “pop, but not”.
“I can’t help it, but I write about boys and love and problems,” Nicole laughs. “But I’ve had so many EPs where it’s mainly just me writing about boys, so I wanted to write some songs about other fun stuff too. I’m confident with myself on the album, and even the love songs are a bit cheekier … I had a lot more fun with these songs.”
Things have been non-stop for Nicole Millar since she broke through as the voice of Peking Duk’s ARIA-Winning, triple j-conquering, three times Platinum hit ‘High’ in 2014 and stepped out as a solo artist. Her debut EP release, 2016’s Tremble, went Gold in Australia and amassed a cool 8 million spins on Spotify. As well as scoring massive radio play with ‘Signals’ and ‘Blindfolded’, Nicole’s been picked to tour with Troye Sivan, support SZA and fit in sets at Splendour in the Grass. 2018 is sure to be her biggest year yet!
To celebrate the release of Excuse Me, Nicole will be taking the album on the road with her live band through June.
FRI 8 JUNE – KAROVA LOUNGE, BALLARAT
SAT 9 JUNE – NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB, MELBOURNE
SUN 10 JUNE – WRANGLER STUDIOS, MELBOURNE [U18’S MATINEE]
SAT 16 JUNE – THE FOUNDRY, BRISBANE [U18 MATINEE]
SAT 16 JUNE – THE FOUNDRY, BRISBANE
FRI 22 JUNE – THE BEERY, TERRIGAL
SAT 23 JUNE – OXFORD ART FACTORY, SYDNEY [U18’S MATINEE]
SAT 23 JUNE – OXFORD ART FACTORY, SYDNEY
FRI 29 JUNE – ADELAIDE UNI, ADELAIDE [LIC/AA]
SAT 30 JUNE – JACK RABBIT SLIMS, PERTH