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Amy Vee hints at future album with confessional new single, Better Still

Following on from the acclaimed single Blood in the Water in late 2025 (Top 20 Australian Independent singles charts), and following performances at Woodford and Tamworth Festivals, regional solo supports with Josh Pyke, and an appearance at Sydney Opera House, 2026 has already been a crowded year for Newcastle-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Amy Vee. The veteran recording and touring artist is showing no signs of slowing, with her latest single, Better Still, slated for a 20 March streaming release.

The song marks a breakthrough for Vee’s songwriting, lyrically leaning heavily into the stream-of-consciousness approach.

“I’m a chronic overthinker”, declares Vee. “I typically edit even before things hit the page, but I let this one just fall out as it came. I was going through a lot at the time… emotionally and physically, and I decided if I was going to be truly vulnerable, I had to let it be what it was - flawed and messy. It’s not poetic or pretty. It’s just honest”.

Better Still is propelled by Vee’s gritty rhythm guitar, fractured drums, and an urgent, exposed vocal.

“I think the song is a cross-section of my daily chaos… the lived experience of being a working musician, mother, researcher and all the other hats I wear in my creative and personal lives. I’ve been playing it live in my solo sets, and people seem to relate to it. I think it’s the fact that we’re all trying to balance these very full lives where our days are divided up into endless roles and tasks and just trying to keep up with the pace of modern life, while the world seemingly burns in the background”.

Vee collaborated on the song’s sound with longtime producer and multi-instrumentalist Gareth Hudson (Hazy Cosmic Jive Studios); an enduring working relationship that has helped define Vee’s unique musical style and energy.

Fuelled by her burgeoning Patreon community, Vee has been steadily working toward a full album, her first since the eponymous live record, Live at Lizottes.

Better Still is now available on all streaming platforms: https://gyro.to/BetterStill

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Single credits:

Vocals, guitar – Amy Vee

Additional guitar, bass, drums – Gareth Hudson

Produced and mixed by Gareth Hudson at Hazy Cosmic Jive Studio, Newcastle

Mastered by Joe Carrá, Crystal Mastering, Melbourne

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AWARDS & RECOGNITION

*2026 - Song "Better Still" top 20 on the AIR 100% Independent Singles Chart

*2025 - Song "Blood in the Water" top 20 on the AIR 100% Independent Singles Chart

*2020 Semi-Finalist - Unsigned Only

* 2018 Studios 301 All Access Winner

* Song "Ten Years" top 20 single on iTunes charts and top 10 on Triple J Unearthed

* 2015 3rd place ASA Songwriting Awards

* 2013 Independent Music Awards nominee Adult Contemporary

* 2009 Semi-finalist - International Songwriting Competition

* 2009 WINNER of the APRA / ABC Publishing Songwriter of the Year Award

* 2009 - Shortlisted for the Vanda and Young Songwriting Prize

* 2009 WINNER 1233 ABC Music Award - Contemporary

* 2009 WINNER 1233 ABC Music Award - Folk

* 2007 Nomination for LA MUSIC AWARD - Alternative

* 2005 MUSICOZ ARTIST OF THE YEAR

* 2005 Semi-Finalist UK Songwriting Competition

Supports include:

INTERNATIONAL
Passenger (UK)
Newton Faulkner (UK)

Luka Bloom (Ireland)

Sandi Thom (Scotland)

Jeff Martin (Canada)

Hawksley Workman (Canada)

An Horse (USA)

Ember Swift (Canada)

AUSTRALIAN

The Whitlams

Josh Pyke

Katie Noonan

Renee Geyer

Lior

Adalita (Magic Dirt)

Mark Seymour (Hunters & Collectors)

Daryl Braithwaite

James Reyne

Vika & Linda Bull

Abby Dobson

Steve Balbi

Alex Lloyd

TOURING BAND MEMBER FOR:

Seventh Wonder (2024-present) - acoustic guitar, vocals, percussion. keys

Melody Pool (2023-present) - keys, backing vocals

Piper Butcher (2024-present) - keys, backing vocals

Album Show (2020-present) - guitar, keys, bass, vocals

Rock Show Oz Edition feat. Steve Mulry (2020-2022) - featured vocalist, guitars, keys, bass, violin

Bloom (2016-2017) - keys, vocals

Emma Beau (2016-2019) - bass, vocals

Tim Freedman (2011) - keys, guitar, vocals

Jon English (2011-2016) - featured vocalist, guitars, keys, bass, violin

Hughie - featured vocalist (2002-2011)

Groove Terminator - featured vocalist (2001)

OnInc - lead vocals, guitar, keys, percussion (2001-2003)

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