Austra Essentials

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Austra Essentials

Though she was classically trained as a child, Katie Stelmanis received an equally valuable musical education in the late-’00s Toronto DIY scene, where she played in punk bands, guested on F****d Up records and released an album of irreverent chamber pop. But when she rebranded herself with her middle name, Austra, in 2009, she recast her dramatic, operatic voice in a darkly elegant atmosphere of ultraviolet synths and throbbing, strobe-lit beats. By embracing her inner goth-club diva, Stelmanis fearlessly cuts straight to the heart of the matter, whether addressing urban malaise (“Utopia”) or queer desire (“Risk It”).

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