Canadian electronic group Austra consists of Katie Stelmanis (vocals, keyboards), Maya Postepski (drums), Dorian Wolf (bass), Ryan Wonsiak (keyboards), and sisters Sari Lightman and Romy Lightman (backup vocals). Their debut album, Feel It Break was released in 2011 via Paper Bag Records. This past summer they released their sophomore album, Olympia. "Painful Like" is a single from Olympia- a song about being gay in a small town.
"A lot of bands are becoming more political. For a long time people were afraid of that word. And now with the Knife album, which is very blatant about gender politics and feminism, it's starting to become cool again."- Katie Stelmanis via The Guardian.
"A lot of bands are becoming more political. For a long time people were afraid of that word. And now with the Knife album, which is very blatant about gender politics and feminism, it's starting to become cool again."- Katie Stelmanis via The Guardian.