Austra

Feel It Break (Paper Bag)

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In some ways Katie Stelmanis’ music hasn’t changed much from her solo project, but with a shift in image and more understated synthesizers, she’s suddenly poised to take over the world. The more mysterious-sounding Austra (“dawn” in Latvian) works Stelmanis’ solo material into something more developed. Feel it Break is an elegantly crafted darkwave album. Stelmanis got her start singing opera, and her voice stretches to operatic lengths at times. From the synth bass line of “Darken Her Horse” to the drifting vocals of “Lose It,” it’s immediately captivating, through to the delicate piano on final track “The Beast.”