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SUMMARY:Austra
LOCATION:Sonic Hall\, 12 Wyndham St N
GEO:43.5447899;-80.248566
URL:https://yourculdesac.com/ca/on/guelph/events/2026-11-27-austra-ece357
DESCRIPTION:Buy ticketsAustra\, the pop project of vocalist and composer Ka
 tie Stelmanis\, returns with her new album\, Chin Up Buttercup. Stelmanis\
 , a classically trained musician and opera devotee with four previous albu
 ms and a Canadian Screen Award under her belt\, has been singing dramatic 
 arias about tragedy for years. Her secret? She didn’t really know what t
 hat devastation felt like. She only experienced it off stage in early 2020
  when her long-term partner dropped a bombshell. “I was completely blind
 sided … the person I loved woke up one day\, told me she wasn’t happy\
 , and I basically never saw her again\,” Stelmanis says. She confesses t
 o feeling very at odds with the world\, like nothing made sense. The album
 ’s name is a reference to the societal pressure to just paste on a smile
  and keep going. Stelmanis and co-producer Kieran Adams (Diana\, The Weath
 er Station) took inspiration from the Eurodance sound of Madonna’s landm
 ark 1998 album Ray of Light\, produced by William Orbit\, and emerged with
  a mix of hypnotic dance floor anthems and elegant melodies to soothe your
  broken heart. Mournful lyrics about the opprobrium of heartache join euph
 oric\, live-for-today euro-dance inspired synth melodies\, a juxtaposition
  that says what we all know: contrasting emotions like anxiety and excitem
 ent\, pleasure and pain\, and jealousy and attraction can feel indistingui
 shable in your body. Who Stelmanis might be off stage – a composer\, a s
 tudious introvert\, suffering from an obsession with a romantic betrayal 
 – is set free by embodying the protagonist of this invigorating album-le
 ngth journey. She’s a force\, demonic\, an emotionally-driven chaos mons
 ter\, and she’s going to lead you to surrender.Instagram I Facebook | Sp
 otify | Apple Music\n\nCheck before you go: https://www.tixr.com/groups/so
 nicunyon/events/austra-205011
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