LISTEN AND SHARE “I AM NOT WAITING” CLAPTONE 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
Photo Credit : Virginie Khateeb // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES
Having unveiled the video for HiRUDiN album cut “I Am Not Waiting” last month, Austra (aka Katie Austra Stelmanis) is now pleased to share a remix of the track by German producer Claptone, who layer bouncing synths and driving beats to compliment Stelmanis’ powerhouse vocals. Austra and Claptone previously collaborated on his 2018 song “La Esperanza”.
Stelmanis says of the remix: “My relationship with Claptone has evolved from a no-contact collaboration to a bit of time spent getting to know each other, they’re really fun to work with as I love singing on Eurodance hits and I think their remix is fire.”
LISTEN AND SHARE “I AM NOT WAITING” CLAPTONE REMIX HERE
“I Am Not Waiting (Claptone Remix)” Artwork // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES
Austra worked with Peter Burr on creating new artwork for the 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.”
WATCH AND SHARE “I AM NOT WAITING” OFFICIAL VIDEO HERE
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