Feel It Break
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Released | May 13, 2011 | |||
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Length | 47:17 | |||
Label | Domino | |||
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Singles from Feel It Break | ||||
Feel It Break is the debut studio album by Canadian electronic music band Austra. It was released on May 13, 2011, by Domino. The album received generally positive reviews from music critics, who complimented its production and the vocals of lead singer Katie Stelmanis and compared the band to artists such as Kate Bush, Cocteau Twins, Fever Ray, Zola Jesus, and Depeche Mode. It was shortlisted for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize, and received a Juno Award nomination for Electronic Album of the Year. Feel It Break spawned three singles: "Beat and the Pulse", "Lose It", and "Spellwork".
A deluxe edition was released digitally on November 29, 2011, followed by a double CD edition on December 13, 2011, limited to 1,000 copies.[7] Additional tracks include the "Beat and the Pulse" B-sides "Young and Gay" (written by Stelmanis as a tribute to the late Toronto artist and activist Will Munro)[8] and "Energy";[9] the "Spellwork" B-side "Identity";[6] the unreleased B-sides "Believe Me", "Trip", and "Pianix"; cover versions of Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock" (a B-side to "Lose It")[5] and Roy Orbison's "Crying"; and a remix of "Beat and the Pulse" by Shawn "Clown" Crahan of Slipknot.[7]
Singles
"Beat and the Pulse" was released as the album's lead single on November 16, 2010.[4] An accompanying music video was released three months later. Directed by Claire Edmondson, the video shows singer Katie Stelmanis in a room surrounded by scantily clad women dancing in a suggestive manner.[10]
The second single from the album, "Lose It", was released on May 9, 2011, a week before the album. A video for the single was released on May 4. The video shows the band posing around on a living room set dressed in different costumes. At one point, Stelmanis looks out a window and sees a missile frozen in mid-air. The video was directed by M Blash.[11]
"Spellwork" was released as the third and final single on September 5, 2011. A music video was released on YouTube four months later. The music video, directed by Yelena Yemchuk, shows the band portraying mysterious figures wandering through a forest while a group of women engage in rituals reminiscent of the opening scenes of Arthur Miller's The Crucible.[12]
Critical reception
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.6/10[13] |
Metacritic | 75/100[14] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [15] |
The A.V. Club | B[16] |
Clash | 8/10[17] |
The Guardian | [18] |
NME | 7/10[19] |
Now | 4/5[20] |
Pitchfork | 7.3/10[21] |
PopMatters | 6/10[22] |
Slant Magazine | [23] |
Spin | 7/10[24] |
Feel It Break received generally positive reviews from music critics. At
Accolades
Feel It Break was shortlisted for the
Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
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About.com
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Top Alternative Music Albums of 2011 | 41 | [27] |
Clash | The Best Debut Albums of 2011 | 8 | [28] |
Drowned in Sound | Favourite Albums of 2011 | 24 | [29] |
Exclaim! | Pop & Rock 2011: 30 Best Albums | 7 | [30] |
musicOMH | Top 50 Albums of 2011 | 42 | [31] |
New York | The Top Ten Albums of the Year (2011) | 1 | [1] |
NME | 50 Best Albums of 2011 | 45 | [2] |
PopMatters | The 75 Best Albums of 2011 | 62 | [32] |
Stereogum | Top 50 Albums of 2011 | 14 | [33] |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Austra, except where noted
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Darken Her Horse" | 5:21 |
2. | "Lose It" | 4:29 |
3. | "The Future" | 4:03 |
4. | "Beat and the Pulse" | 4:56 |
5. | "Spellwork" | 5:10 |
6. | "The Choke" | 4:12 |
7. | "Hate Crime" | 4:02 |
8. | "The Villain" | 4:06 |
9. | "Shoot the Water" | 3:23 |
10. | "The Noise" | 3:32 |
11. | "The Beast" | 4:03 |
Total length: | 47:17 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Identity" | 5:03 |
2. | "Young and Gay" | 3:29 |
3. | "Energy" | 3:57 |
4. | "Believe Me" | 3:27 |
5. | "Trip" | 5:28 |
6. | "Pianix" | 2:30 |
7. | "Woodstock" (writer: Joni Mitchell) | 3:21 |
8. | "Crying" (writers: Roy Orbison, Joe Melson) | 2:45 |
9. | "Beat and the Pulse" (Clown Remix) | 7:09 |
Total length: | 37:09 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Spellwork" (MNDR Nighttime Remix) | 5:15 |
2. | "Lose It" (Mark Pistel Dub Remix) | 6:25 |
3. | "Lose It" (Planningtorock Remix) | 5:24 |
4. | "Beat and the Pulse" (Still Going Remix) | 6:06 |
5. | "Beat and the Pulse" (Steffi Bass-Break Dub Remix) | 6:51 |
6. | "Beat and the Pulse" (Kool Thing Remix) | 5:05 |
7. | "Lose It" (120 Days Remix) | 4:07 |
8. | "Lose It" (Young Galaxy Remix) | 4:15 |
9. | "Lose It" (Mark Pistel Vocal Remix) | 6:23 |
10. | "Lose It" (Mark Pistel Funk Bass Remix) | 6:25 |
Total length: | 56:16 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Feel It Break.[35]
Austra
- Katie Stelmanis
- Maya Postepski
- Dorian Wolf
Additional musicians
- Anna-Sophia Vukovitch – violin (track 10)
- Anissa Hart – cello (track 10)
- Ewan Kay – trombone (track 9)
- Carmen Elle – guitar (tracks 10, 11)
Technical
- Jeremy Darby – piano recording (tracks 2, 3, 6, 8, 11)
- Damian Taylor – additional recording (tracks 1, 2, 8, 10, 11); frequency harmonization, level balance, tone mixing (all tracks)
- Austra – production
- Mike Haliechuk – co-production (tracks 1, 4)
- Joe Lambert – mastering
Artwork
- Kate Young – photo art
- Rob Carmichael – design
Charts
Chart (2011) | Peak position |
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US | 22 |
Release history
Region | Date | Format | Label | Edition | Ref. |
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Australia | May 13, 2011 |
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Standard | EMI | [37] |
Germany |
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Domino | [38][39] | ||
United Kingdom | May 16, 2011 | [40] | |||
United States | May 17, 2011 | [41][42] | |||
Canada | Paper Bag | [43] | |||
Poland | May 30, 2011 | CD | Sound Improvement | [44] | |
Australia | October 28, 2011 | 2-CD | Tour Edition | EMI | [34] |
Germany | November 25, 2011 | Digital download | Deluxe | Domino | [45] |
United Kingdom | November 28, 2011 | [46] | |||
United States | [47] | ||||
Canada | November 29, 2011 | Paper Bag | [7] | ||
December 13, 2011 | 2-CD | ||||
Australia | December 30, 2011 | Digital download | EMI | [48] |
Notes
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