out now: Austra - Chin Up Buttercup [Domino Records]

Artist:
Austra

Title:
Chin Up Buttercup

Label:
Domino Records

Cat#:
WIGLP522 | WIGCD522 | WIG522D

Release Date:
14th November 2025

Format:
CD, vinyl, download & streaming

Tracklist:
01.
Amnesia

02.
Math Equation

03.
Siren Song

04.
Chin Up Buttercup

05.
Fallen Cloud

06.
Blindsided

07.
Think Twice

08.
Look Me In The Eye

09.
The Hopefulness Of Dawn

10.
Good Riddance

Press Info:
“I’m so chaotic in love,” sings Katie Austra Stelmanis on “Amnesia,” the cinematic opening track of Chin Up Buttercup, the fifth album by her alter ego and longtime pop project Austra. You know Austra’s astonishing voice – singular and operatic, it betrays a fearlessness and sophistication. She’s the woman you’d be afraid to approach in a bar. Her voice draws you like a siren to the dance floor as the beats build toward the hypnotic chorus of “my life is not the same without you in my arms.” Listen closely and you’ll hear a vulnerability that sets this album apart from her earlier work. This is a grief album you can dance to.

Stelmanis and co-producer Kieran Adams shared a mutual love of pop divas, Eurodance and hard-to-find techno. Madonna’s 1998 album Ray of Light, produced by William Orbit, was a key influence in the later stages of album making: “Ray of Light was produced almost entirely on a Juno-106 and a Korg MS-20 which we’d been using, so the reference point was aligned,” says Stelmanis. The album sounds like a mix of hypnotic dance floor anthems and elegant melodies to soothe your broken heart.

Snippets:

Full Track Streaming:
“Fallen Cloud”