STREAM AND SHARE “I AM NOT WAITING” SHURA REMIX HERE
ACCLAIMED NEW ALBUM, HiRUDiN, OUT NOW VIA PINK FIZZ
BUY / STREAM HiRUDiN HERE
“…a collection of brutally honest and therapeutic tales of love, loss and moving on...it’s her strongest offering to date." - BeatRoute
“Stelmanis traces a deeply personal journey of growth, queerness and toxic relationships. Named after the anticoagulant released by leeches, HiRUDiN fittingly explores the parasitic nature of toxicity and the healing that it can call forth." - Exclaim!
“...the most engaging, vital and ambitious album of her career. HiRUDiN is fuelled and defined by her recent emotional turmoil...It’s one of the most beautiful breakup albums you’ll hear this year." - Tinnitist
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Following the release of new album HiRUDiN, Austra (Katie Austra Stelmanis) is excited to present Shura’s intriguing remix of recent single “I Am Not Waiting”.
Stelmanis says of the remix "Shura has dreamed up a lush, hazy rework of my track, a sonic palette that's so pleasing to listen to, I want to melt away every time I hear it."
From Shura: "We met once briefly in a sweaty venue in Manhattan but I’ve been a longtime fan and was super excited to be asked to remix I Am Not Waiting because one... it’s Austra and two... i love the song and three... the working title was Big Hamburger"
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“I Am Not Waiting (Shura remix)” artwork
Austra worked with Peter Burr on creating new artwork for the Shura remix, the recent Claptone remix and other forthcoming remixes.
Burr said on working with Stelmanis: “I've been a fan of Katie and her work since we first met in Toronto in 2005 so it was exciting to have a chance to think about our collaborative energy for this album. At the moment, living in a complicated quarantine surrounded by invisible (and not-so-invisible) plagues upon us, fragmentation is palpable: a splintering of social ties, of nature's capacity to regenerate, of something vague that once felt stable and now feels unreal...All of these things hover between us and within us. I like how the image of HiRUDiN and the chaos energy of ever-flowing blood resonates at this moment. Here we embrace that flow.”
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While Austra’s third album, 2017’s Future Politics, was concerned with the external power structures that shape society, HiRUDiN points inward, tracing 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.
STREAM HIRUDIN HERE
WATCH THE VISUALISER FOR “MOUNTAIN BABY (FEAT CECILE BELIEVE)” HERE
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “RISK IT” HERE
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “ANYWAYZ” HERE
HiRUDiN is available to buy on tangerine coloured vinyl and CD from the Austra Store and digitally. Buy: Austra Store | Digital
MORE PRAISE FOR HiRUDiN
"Austra's most inventive album yet" Evening Standard
“Delicious” - The Independent
“Brilliant” DIY
"Revenge-pop bangers" The Line of Best Fit
"A deep dive, but a cathartic one" Sunday Times
"Her strongest cuts in some time" Uncut
"One of the most underrated pop artists working today" Beats Per Minute