Austra - Olympia

  by Maarten Schiethart

published: 29 / 6 / 2013

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Not even close to the catchy synth-pop from their debut, Austra drag along a year's worth of non-innovation with their second LP. There is absolutely nothing to wake the neighbours up for. Rather hard to tell tracks apart on it, 'Olympia' proves to be a painstakingly methodical exercise in gibberish disco pop. Tedious would be a far too complementary word, and the flattened down vocals of Katie Stelmanis, a once greatly inspiring singer, reiterate as forelorn reminiscences. 'Olympia' ultimately stands out as a stunning achievement in boredom. With no memorable songlines whatsoever, Austra have probably won the league of losing it the fastest.

Track Listing:-

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

Band Links:-

http://www.austramusic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/austraofficial
https://twitter.com/austratalks
https://www.songkick.com/artists/3678466-austra
http://austramusic.tumblr.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/AustraVEVO

Label Links:-

http://www.dominorecordco.com/
https://www.facebook.com/DominoRecordCo
https://twitter.com/DominoRecordCo
https://www.youtube.com/user/DominoRecords
https://plus.google.com/+DominoRecords

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