WATCH THE LIVE STREAM OF AUSTRA PERFORMING AT ROY THOMSON HALL ON APRIL 29, 2021 AT 3PM ET
TICKETS ARE PAY WHAT YOU FEEL (WITH $5 USD MINIMUM) - AVAILABLE HERE
BUY / STREAM HiRUDiN HERE
Producer, songwriter, and creative force Austra celebrates the one-year anniversary of the release of her 2020 album HiRUDiN with a livestream from the Roy Thomson Hall stage for a special solo concert on Thursday, April 29 at 3pm ET. Tickets are ‘pay what you feel’ with a minimum purchase of $5 USD and available HERE. The stream will be available for 24 hours.
HiRUDiN features the tracks “Anywayz” and “Mountain Baby” and this performance marks the first time that these tracks and others from the album were performed live.
In her own words, Austra reveals more about this intimate, virtual performance:
“heartbreak is something that moves you
it changes your dna,
the essence of who you are,
of who you thought you were.
when everything you know to be stable,
safe, immovable,
suddenly breaks,
it’s a spiral of grief, uncertainty, and internal chaos.
in 2020 i experienced a heartbreak and
just as one might expect from
a singer,
i recorded a live performance to help
move through it.
i hope you will join me in celebrating love,
celebrating our ability to love,
and our ability to soothe ourselves through
the resilience of our bodies,
our voices”
Austra
PRAISE FOR HiRUDiN
“…a collection of brutally honest and therapeutic tales of love, loss and moving on...it’s her strongest offering to date." – BeatRoute
“Stelmanis traces a deeply personal journey of growth, queerness and toxic relationships. Named after the anticoagulant released by leeches, HiRUDiN fittingly explores the parasitic nature of toxicity and the healing that it can call forth." - Exclaim!
“...the most engaging, vital and ambitious album of her career. HiRUDiN is fuelled and defined by her recent emotional turmoil...It’s one of the most beautiful breakup albums you’ll hear this year." - Tinnitist
"Austra's most inventive album yet" Evening Standard
“Delicious” - The Independent
“Brilliant” DIY
"Revenge-pop bangers" The Line of Best Fit
"A deep dive, but a cathartic one" Sunday Times
"Her strongest cuts in some time" Uncut
"One of the most underrated pop artists working today" Beats Per Minute