Name: Olympia
Brand: Austra

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2013-06-18

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WEA /­ ADA

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Sales:8.875

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887828031429

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Austra

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

'Olympia' is an album of transformation. Though it has only been two years since Austra's 2010 debut 'Feel It Break', it presents a quantum evolution in the Toronto-based band's sound, structure and style. After three years of non-stop international touring with the likes of the XX, Grimes and the Gossip, when it came time to record 'Olympia', Austra had evolved into a complex collaborative effort between its six members. 'Olympia' is also the first confessional record for Stelmanis as evidenced by the heartfelt lyrics of piano driven lead single 'Home'. 'Home' expresses the anxieties of waiting up all night for a lover to return. "I was mad and upset and the song just wrote itself," says the singer. The album touches on a range of sentiments that stem from a relationship ending, a relationship beginning, and friends' struggles with addiction and motivation. Despite the sometimes dark lyrics written in collaboration with band member Sari Lightman, 'Olympia' is bubbly and buoyant - fundamentally a dance record, which Stelmanis says was the band's aim all along. "We are really into dense harmonies and big beautiful melodies, but I also love techno and dance music. I wanted to bring those elements together."  Though 'Olympia' is filled with electronic and synthetic sounds that reference everything from Trax Record classic cuts to Yazoo's Upstairs At Eric's, it's free of programming and loops. Everything was played live by the band in the studio and all of the percussion including a wild set up of marimbas and congas was performed by drummer Maya Postepski. The album was produced by Austra with additional production by Mike Haliechuk, vocal production by Damian Taylor (Bjork, the Killers), engineered by Bill Skibbe and Leon Taheny and mixed by Tom Elmhirst (Adele, Erasure, Hot Chip).Heavyweight Double Vinyl with 12" insert and download.

Olympia

Music US