Name: HiRUDiN
Brand: Austra

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LP-WIG-440

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Black

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Black Vinyl

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2020-05-08

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Supplier US

Redeye

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Sales:8.875

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887828044016

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Austra

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Domino

Formed in Toronto, Canada, Austra has evolved from more straightforward pop beginnings into a project that is well regarded for blending avant garde production techniques with techno and darkwave influences and strongly queer and feminist themes. Founded by composer, singer-songwriter, and producer Katie Stelmanis in 2009, she is the only permanent member of the project, with a rotating live band that has included Maya Postepski on drums, Dorian Wolf on bass and Moog, and Ryan Wonsiak on keyboards.

Austra's music explores unique sonic landscapes while addressing important social issues. With a distinctive sound that combines elements of pop, techno, and darkwave genres,Austra creates an immersive experience for listeners. Their thought-provoking lyrics delve into queer and feminist themes, giving voice to marginalized communities.

Their live performances are known for their energy and passion as they bring their innovative sound to audiences around the world. As an artist who pushes boundaries both musically and socially,Austra continues to captivate fans with their powerful performances.

Being in a toxic relationship can sometimes feel like being lost in a maze. Every attempt to turn a corner lands you back where you started. Austra aka Katie Austra Stelmanis releases her fourth album, HiRUDiN. HiRUDiN is both a bold acknowledgement of such patterns of behaviour and a testament to the power of breaking them. Alongside making changes in her personal life, HiRUDiN saw Austra taking an entirely different, free-spirited approach to making a record. Seeking out all new collaborators, she booked three days of sessions in Toronto with improv musicians she’d never met before. They included two thirds of contemporary classical improv group c_RL, the cellist and kamanche duo Kamancello, kulintang ensemble Pantayo, and a children’s choir. Accumulating a vast and vibrant mass of source material, Austra then holed up in a studio in the Spanish countryside and took a collage approach to sampling, arranging, writing and producing to reveal the songs that would form the album.

HiRUDiN additionally saw her work alongside co-producers for the first time, Rodaidh McDonald and Joseph Shabason, and she brought in David Wrench and Heba Kadry to mix and master the record respectively. While Austra’s third album, Future Politics, was concerned with the external power structures that shape society, HiRUDiN points inward. It traces a deeply personal journey towards regeneration, dealing with the fallout of toxic relationships, queer shame, and insecurity along the way. Named after the peptide released by leeches that is the most potent anticoagulant in the world, HiRUDiN is about the importance of healing the self, letting go of harmful influences, and finding the power to rebuild through exploring your innermost desires. It reaps the rewards of Austra’s leap into the unknown, in her most introspective yet inventive statement to date.

Tracklist: 1. Anywayz 2. All I Wanted 3. How Did You Know? 4. Your Family 5. Risk It 6. Interlude i 7. It's Amazing 8. Mountain Baby (feat. Cecile Believe) 9. I Am Not Waiting 10. Interlude ii 11. Messiah

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