Olympia is the second studio album by Canadian electronic music band Austra, released on June 17, 2013, by Domino.[6]Olympia spawned three singles: "Home", "Painful Like" and "Forgive Me". The album received largely positive reviews from critics, who said that it had more "bombastic throb" compared to its predecessor while still showcasing lead singer Katie Stelmanis's "classically trained, massive voice",[7] adding that it was "clean, considered, with every detail in its place and a clear sense of its own identity."[8]
In an interview for the music blog Stereogum, Stelmanis said that she began writing Olympia while still touring in support of the band's debut studio album, Feel It Break.[9] According to her, writing Olympia took about a year, and the actual recording, in the studio in Michigan, four to five weeks. Her vocals were recorded in Montreal with Damian Taylor and then sent to be mixed to Tom Elmhirst. Stelmanis told Interview magazine that the album is titled after the newborn child of the owners of the studio where they recorded, where Austra was "the first band into the studio after the baby was born".[10]
She also told Stereogum that the band was more focused on the quality of the sound than before and that every song on Olympia "was hand-picked in a very thoughtful way."[9] On various occasions she noted that Olympia was a more collaborative record than its predecessor, which, in her own words, "was pretty much a bedroom project".[11]
Stelmanis states that the primary inspiration for Olympia were the "early house music tracks" like "Chicago house and Detroit" and Marshall Jefferson's song "Move Your Body" in particular to which Stelmanis was listening to a lot. She was inspired by the fact that such music, according to her, was created without any electronic instruments and therefore actually played (as opposed to computer-generated music where computers generate the sounds of the composition – which was also the case with their previous album Feel It Break[12]). This inspired the band to play live instruments, therefore Olympia has a more organic and natural feel.[13] Stelmanis also cited Portishead's album Third as an influence.[14]
Olympia received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 76, based on 26 reviews.[16]
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^"Offiziellecharts.de – Austra – Olympia" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
^"Top 20 Indie Individual Artist Albums". Irish Recorded Music Association. June 20, 2013. from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2013.
^"Austra Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
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Olympia is the second studio album by Canadian electronic music band Austra released on June 17 2013 by Domino 6 Olympia spawned three singles Home Painful Like and Forgive Me The album received largely positive reviews from critics who said that it had more bombastic throb compared to its predecessor while still showcasing lead singer Katie Stelmanis s classically trained massive voice 7 adding that it was clean considered with every detail in its place and a clear sense of its own identity 8 OlympiaStudio album by AustraReleasedJune 17 2013 2013 06 17 StudioKey Club Benton Harbor Michigan a Soma Chicago a Electrical Audio Chicago a Candle Recording Toronto b Golden Ratio Montreal c GenreSynth pop 1 house 2 Length45 44LabelDominoProducerAustraAustra chronologyFeel It Break 2011 Olympia 2013 Future Politics 2017 Singles from Olympia Home Released March 7 2013 3 Painful Like Released May 30 2013 4 Forgive Me Released November 26 2013 5 Contents 1 Background and development 2 Critical reception 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 4 1 Austra 4 2 Additional musicians 4 3 Technical 4 4 Artwork 5 Charts 6 Release history 7 Notes 8 ReferencesBackground and development editIn an interview for the music blog Stereogum Stelmanis said that she began writing Olympia while still touring in support of the band s debut studio album Feel It Break 9 According to her writing Olympia took about a year and the actual recording in the studio in Michigan four to five weeks Her vocals were recorded in Montreal with Damian Taylor and then sent to be mixed to Tom Elmhirst Stelmanis told Interview magazine that the album is titled after the newborn child of the owners of the studio where they recorded where Austra was the first band into the studio after the baby was born 10 She also told Stereogum that the band was more focused on the quality of the sound than before and that every song on Olympia was hand picked in a very thoughtful way 9 On various occasions she noted that Olympia was a more collaborative record than its predecessor which in her own words was pretty much a bedroom project 11 Stelmanis states that the primary inspiration for Olympia were the early house music tracks like Chicago house and Detroit and Marshall Jefferson s song Move Your Body in particular to which Stelmanis was listening to a lot She was inspired by the fact that such music according to her was created without any electronic instruments and therefore actually played as opposed to computer generated music where computers generate the sounds of the composition which was also the case with their previous album Feel It Break 12 This inspired the band to play live instruments therefore Olympia has a more organic and natural feel 13 Stelmanis also cited Portishead s album Third as an influence 14 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingAnyDecentMusic 7 5 10 15 Metacritic76 100 16 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 17 Clash8 10 18 Consequence of Sound nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2 Drowned in Sound8 10 19 Exclaim 9 10 20 The Guardian nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 8 NME7 10 21 Now nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 22 Paste7 0 10 23 Pitchfork7 2 10 1 Olympia received generally positive reviews from music critics At Metacritic which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications the album received an average score of 76 based on 26 reviews 16 The album was a longlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize 24 Track listing editAll tracks are written by AustraNo TitleLength1 What We Done 5 002 Forgive Me 3 203 Painful Like 3 594 Sleep 4 325 Home 4 156 Fire 4 427 I Don t Care I m a Man 1 118 We Become 4 229 Reconcile 3 3110 Annie Oh Muse You 3 4711 You Changed My Life 3 1112 Hurt Me Now 3 54Total length 45 44 iTunes Store bonus track 25 No TitleLength13 Mayan Drums with Gina X 3 41Total length 49 25Personnel editCredits adapted from the liner notes of Olympia 26 Austra edit Katie Stelmanis vocals synths programming piano recorder Maya Postepski keyboards programming percussion drums marimba organ Dorian Wolf bass synthAdditional musicians edit Romy Lightman backing vocals Sari Lightman backing vocals Ryan Wonsiak saxophone keyboards Alia Hamdon O Brien flute Anna Sophia Vukovich violin Ewan Kay trombone Technical edit Austra production Mike Haliechuk additional production Bill Skibbe recording tracks 1 3 12 Leon Taheny recording track 2 additional recording all tracks Damian Taylor vocal production vocal recording Tom Elmhirst mixing Ben Baptie mix engineering Joe Visciano mixing assistance Guy Davie mastering Artwork edit Norman Wong all photographyCharts editChart performance for Olympia Chart 2013 PeakpositionAustrian Albums O3 Austria 27 42Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 28 167German Albums Offizielle Top 100 29 73Irish Independent Albums IRMA 30 20Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 31 93UK Albums OCC 32 183UK Independent Albums OCC 33 37US Heatseekers Albums Billboard 34 9US Independent Albums Billboard 35 48US Top Dance Electronic Albums Billboard 36 14Release history editRelease history for Olympia Region Date Label Ref Various June 17 2013 Domino 6 Canada June 18 2013 Paper BagUnited States DominoNotes edit a b c Except Forgive Me Forgive Me Vocal recordingReferences edit a b St Asaph Katherine June 19 2013 Austra Olympia Pitchfork Retrieved June 24 2013 a b Manning Erin June 21 2013 Album Review Austra Olympia Consequence of Sound Archived from the original on September 20 2013 Retrieved June 20 2013 Home by Austra 7digital United Kingdom Archived from the original on June 15 2013 Retrieved January 5 2020 Painful Like Single by Austra iTunes Store Canada Retrieved June 4 2013 Forgive Me Single by Austra Apple Music Canada Retrieved January 5 2020 a b Olympia Domino Retrieved June 4 2013 Thompson Stephen June 9 2013 First Listen Austra Olympia NPR Retrieved June 13 2013 a b Nicholson Rebecca June 13 2013 Austra Olympia review The Guardian Retrieved June 13 2013 a b Rachel T Cole May 14 2013 Q amp A Austra On New Album Olympia And Avoiding The Sophomore Slump Stereogum Retrieved January 3 2020 Reese Nathan June 17 2013 Austra Mounts Olympia Interview Retrieved July 1 2013 Carew Anthony May 23 2013 Interview Katie Stelmanis of Austra About com Archived from the original on June 15 2013 Retrieved July 1 2013 Sirisuk J L June 21 2013 The Beat and the Groove Interview with AUSTRA s Katie Stelmanis HuffPost Retrieved January 3 2020 Young Martyn June 11 2013 Q amp A Austra musicOMH Retrieved July 1 2013 Interview Austra 7digital June 2013 Archived from the original on June 22 2013 Retrieved July 1 2013 Olympia by Austra reviews AnyDecentMusic Retrieved December 27 2018 a b Olympia by Austra Reviews and Tracks Metacritic Retrieved July 1 2013 Phares Heather Olympia Austra AllMusic Retrieved June 17 2013 Lanfear Hannah June 10 2013 Austra Olympia Clash Retrieved February 21 2019 Lukowski Andrzej June 10 2013 Album Review Austra Olympia Drowned in Sound Archived from the original on September 27 2016 Retrieved February 21 2019 Lau Melody June 18 2013 Austra Olympia Exclaim Retrieved February 21 2019 Stevens Jenny June 17 2013 Austra Olympia NME Archived from the original on September 23 2013 Retrieved June 17 2013 Trapunski Richard June 20 2013 Austra Olympia Now Vol 32 no 42 ISSN 0712 1326 Retrieved January 3 2020 Cosores Philip June 18 2013 Austra Olympia Paste Retrieved February 21 2019 Villeneuve Nicole June 19 2014 Polaris Music Prize announces 2014 long list Aux Archived from the original on September 15 2015 Olympia by Austra iTunes Store Canada June 11 2013 Retrieved June 24 2013 Olympia liner notes Austra Paper Bag Records 2013 PAPER078 a href Template Cite AV media notes html title Template Cite AV media notes cite AV media notes a CS1 maint others in cite AV media notes link Austriancharts at Austra Olympia in German Hung Medien Retrieved June 26 2013 Ultratop be Austra Olympia in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved June 24 2013 Offiziellecharts de Austra Olympia in German GfK Entertainment Charts Retrieved January 3 2020 Top 20 Indie Individual Artist Albums Irish Recorded Music Association June 20 2013 Archived from the original on June 29 2013 Retrieved June 27 2013 Swisscharts com Austra Olympia Hung Medien Retrieved June 25 2013 Chart Log UK Weekly Updates Sales 2013 Zobbel Retrieved January 3 2020 Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 Official Charts Company Retrieved June 24 2013 Austra Chart History Heatseekers Albums Billboard Retrieved January 3 2020 Austra Chart History Independent Albums Billboard Retrieved January 3 2020 Austra Chart History Top Dance Electronic Albums Billboard Retrieved January 3 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Olympia Austra album amp oldid 1174427549, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
