Rock Genius, Spinelli - #16 Austra - Olympia lyrics

Okgonna keep this one short, cause
I can barely function on a belly full of
Turkey, ham, mashed potatoes
Mac & cheese, stuffing, cranberry
Sauce, green beans, broccoli
Rice & beans, sweet potatoes
With marshmallows, pie
Wine and gravylots and lots of gravy

So I'm assuming you've pressed play
On the post's soundtrack
Already and you can hear
The clicks, the beat
The effects and that voicethat
Operatic gift of
A voice emanating from Katie Stelmanis
(Austra) it grabs you it's enchanting it's
Art i also can't help but think that this is
What Karin Dreijer Andersson (The Knife
Fever Ray) wants to do with her
Voice when she puts a
Bunch of effects through it stelmanis
Has a rare talent

Speaking of Andersson
The beats on this album have the
Electronica mission at heart like
The Knife and flex the island
Sound like Fever Ray what
Austra sought to do on this record
Was "to make electronic music acoustically"
That's pretty dope on arguably the
Album's best track, "We Become"
We're gifted with an
Andersson-esque caribbean
Beat and Stelmanis coos:

It could be islands it could be better!
What's better than an island? All the
While her voice ranging from high
To higher and never faltering you
Tap your foot and move
Your shoulders and it just puts you
In that zone the instruments
Are so pure, there's no sense
Of this music being overly-fabricated
Which tells us that Austra has
Succeeded in their goal

Finally on the album's most
Versatile track, "Home"
The keyboards standout over a house beat
Sounding like something out of an LCD
Soundsystem or Hot Chip song and
I realize the multitude of comparisons
Here and leaving myself open
For criticism like "Well if it sounds
Like all these other bands
How is it original?" It's her voice
Noone else can claim the musical
Boundaries that Austra aspires
To cross because Stelmanis' voice
Is so unique, beautiful and serene

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Barring another food coma
#15 drops tomorrow!