Well now we know why Maya Postepski quit Trust last year: because the Austra drummer was busy sculpting the band’s rhythm section for their second record, Olympia.
“Maya played a huge role in the production of the album,” explains singer Kagtie Stelmanis, who performed alongside Postepski in the much spazzier band Galaxy previously. “There is a major percussive element running through every song; this is the album where we discovered rhythm.”
The hammering piano house intro and skittish, lavishly layered loops of “Home” certainly follow that template, emphasizing the looser, live-to-tape feel of Austra’s new full-length. “We are really into dense harmonies and big beautiful melodies,” says Stelmanis, “but I also love techno and dance music. I wanted to bring those elements together.â€
Check out “Home” below, along with the group’s upcoming tour dates, Stelmanis’ guide to Nine Inch Nails, and the record’s complete tracklisting…
Austra, Olympia (Domino, June 18th):
1. What We Done?
2. Forgive Me
3. Painful Like
4. Sleep
5. Home
6. Fire
7. I Don’t Care (I’m a Man)
8. We Become
9. Reconcile
10. Annie (Oh muse, you)
11. You Changed My Life
12. Hurt Me Now
Austra tour dates:
3/13 Austin, TX – Vice Land (Vice SXSW)
3/14 Austin, TX – Hype Hotel (Hype Machine SXSW)
3/15 Austin, TX – The Mohawk (Windish SXSW)
3/16 Austin, TX – Elysium (Moog SXSW)
3/16 Austin, TX – Old Emo’s (Brooklynvegan SXSW)
6/2 Dublin, IE – Forbidden Fruit
6/6 Zurich, SE – Plaza
6/7 Luzerne, SE – Sudpol
6/8 Yverdon-les Bains, SE – L’Amalgame
6/10 Amsterdam, NL – Bitterzoet
6/12 Paris, FR – Nouvelle Casino
6/14 Berlin, DE – Lido
6/17 London, UK – Hoxton Bar Grill
6/20 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
6/23 Los Angeles, LA – Troubadour
6/26 San Francisco, CA – The Independent
