Sara Berki has made an exciting announcement this morning, her upcoming EP Outrun is due out November 28 and to celebrate, her newest single and first sneak peek at the project, Porch Light is out now.
“Porch Light was a hard song to write because it came from a place that was all too familiar to me; a relationship that is just not working but is too hard to leave,” Berki shares. “It's about the quiet pull between what can really hurt and what can also feel like home. There was a lot of healing and moving on involved with this one, even though it was kind of written about something that happened a long time ago, I hadn't dealt with it or let go of it properly.”
It’s that tension, the push and pull between memory and growth that makes Porch Light such a compelling introduction to what she’s calling the rawer side of her sound.
This new EP, Outrun, marks a pairing shift for Berki: “I started 2025 with my first headline tour… Each night I got to do two sets – the first one was solo; raw and acoustic – and the second with my band; charged & electric. The In the Neon EP represented the electric side of me and now Outrun displays the raw side.”
Berki’s hands are on nearly every aspect of Outrun: “I am proud to have written four of the five songs on this EP in their entirety (Outrun, Porch Light, Happy House and Heaven & Hell). I am thrilled to have co-written the fifth song (Lily of the Valley) with Brand Hood and Billy Montana… This project would not have been possible without the incredibly talented Beau Hatch (guitar & dobro), Luke Moller (fiddle) and my producer, Liam Quinn, who brought the sounds in my head to life.”
Her rise in 2025 has been vivid. Berki completed her first national headline tour and performed in Nashville at CMA Fest. The rest of the year isn’t slowing down, she’s set to appear at festivals like Groundwater, Queanbeyan Music Muster, and support Rob Thomas in Queensland. Amid the busy tour schedule, Berki has also celebrated some personal milestones, she married her partner Patrick in May and just recently the pair announced they’re expecting their first child in early 2026.
With Outrun you can lean in, feel, sit in the light and the shadows of the stories. For fans of Berki’s debut EP Heartline, you’re in for a treat!
SARA BERKI TOUR DATES:
FRI 17 & SAT 18 OCT | Groundwater Country Music Festival - Gold Coast, QLD
SAT 25 OCT | Ridin’ Hearts Festival - Sydney, NSW
SUN 26 OCT | Ridin’ Hearts Festival - Melbourne, VIC
SAT 1 NOV | Queanbeyan Music Muster - Queanbeyan, NSW
SAT 8 NOV | Rob Thomas - Sandstone Point, QLD*
SAT 06 DEC | Regfest - Wangarratta, VIC
FRI 20 - SUN 22 OCT | CMC Rocks 2026 - Ipswich, QLD
*support set
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