Austra, the musical project led by Canadian artist
Katie Stelmanis, is set to release a new album titled
'Chin Up Buttercup' on 14th November via Domino.
Teasing the release, her new track
'Siren Song' was co-written with Patrick Holland, a songwriter, musician, and DJ from Montreal. Stelmanis describes the single as a "dreamy trance-like plea for connection."
"'Siren Song' exists somewhere at the intersection of ABBA, Ray of Light, The X-Files and Greek mythology," she explains. "ABBA inspired the early songwriting with Patrick. The Siren introduced herself to me while I was improvising the demo recordings and I quickly realized that Orpheus would be our common nemesis. Following a recent X-Files binge, I was heavily inspired by Mulder’s desperate search for his sister. Ray of Light came in at the end as my co-producer Kieran Adams and I were establishing the sonic realm which would become the backdrop for our Siren to lament the loss of her lover to Orpheus and his pesky Lyre."
Austra also announced a tour across North America, Europe, and the UK, set to take place in early 2026.
The dates read:
JANUARY
9 Club Saw, Ottawa, ON
10 La Sala Rossa, Montreal, QC
11 Baby’s All Right, Brooklyn, NY
13 Beachland Ballroom & Tavern, Cleveland, OH
14 The Magic Bag, Ferndale, MI
16 Sleeping Village, Chicago, IL
17 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN
20 29th Street Ballroom, Austin, TX
21 Club Dada, Dallas, TX
23 The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA
24 The Independent, San Francisco, CA
26 Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR
27 Madame Lou’s, Seattle, WA
29 The Fox Cabaret, Vancouver, BC
31 The Great Hall, Toronto, ON
FEBRUARY
6 Foro Indie Rocks, Cuauhtémoc, MX
7 C3 Rooftop, Guadalajara, MX
28 Sala Villanos, Madrid, ES
MARCH
1 La Nau, Barcelona, ES
3 L’Epicerie Moderne, Fezyin (Lyon), FR
4 La Maroquinerie, Paris, FR
5 Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, FR
7 Botanique - Rotonde, Brussels, BE
8 Mojo Club, Hamburg, DE
9 Hotel Cecil, Copenhagen, DK
10 Slatkyrkan, Stockholm, SE
12 Kesselhaus, Berlin, DE
13 Hydrozagadka, Warsaw, PL
14 Subzero, Prague, CZ
17 Technikum, Munich, DE
18 Club Bahnhof Ehrenfeld (CBE), Köln, DE
19 Melkweg, Amsterdam, NL
21 Stereo, Glasgow, UK
22 The White Hotel, Salford, UK
23 Village Underground, London, UK
25 The Workman’s Club, Dublin, IE
26 Flux, Vienna, AT
