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Austra “Shoot the Water”

Austra’s Katie Stelmanis has a theatrical, gothy affect, and so it’s pretty much impossible to hear her sing “I want your blood” without thinking of lusty vampires and sexually charged occult ceremonies. This is fine by me. I love the way “Shoot the Water” revels in its spookiness; it’s like an elaborate masquerade party or an arty horror film that finds more thrill in sexual transgression than in straight-up violence and gore. The lyrics just barely sketch out some ideas and themes, but that’s not necessarily a problem — in terms of mood and emotion, this comes together rather intuitively.

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