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}} ''Olympia'' is the second studio album by Canadian electronic music band Austra, released in Canada on June 18, 2013 by Paper Bag Records. It was also released in the United States on June 18, 2013 and a day before in rest of the world by Domino.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Olympia )〕 ''Olympia'' has spawned two singles so far: "Home" and "Painful Like". Stephen Thompson of NPR describes the album as having a more "bombastic throb" compared to its predecessor, but still showcasing lead singer Katie Stelmanis's "classically trained ... massive voice".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=First Listen: Austra, 'Olympia' )〕 Rebecca Nicholson of ''The Guardian'' calls it "clean, considered, with every detail in its place and a clear sense of its own identity." ==Background and development== In an interview for the music blog Stereogum, Stelmanis said that she began writing ''Olympia'' while still touring with the band's previous record ''Feel It Break''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Austra On New Album Olympia And Avoiding The Sophomore Slump )〕 She notes that writing ''Olympia'' took about a year, and the actual recording, in the studio in Michigan, 4–5 weeks. Her vocals were recorded in Montreal with Damian Taylor and then sent to be mixed to Tom Elmhirst. Stelmanis told ''Interview'' magazine that the album is titled after the newborn child of the owners of the studio where they recorded, where Austra was "the first band into the studio after the baby was born".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Austra Mounts Olympia )〕 She also told Stereogum that the band was more focused on the quality of the sound than before and that every song on ''Olympia'' "was hand-picked in a very thoughtful way." On various occasions she noted that ''Olympia'' was a more collaborative record than its predecessor, which, in her own words, "was pretty much a bedroom project".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Austra Interview - with Katie Stelmanis )〕 Stelmanis states that the primary inspiration for ''Olympia'' were the "early house music tracks" like "Chicago house and Detroit" and Marshall Jefferson's song "Move Your Body" in particular to which Stelmanis was listening to a lot. She was inspired by the fact that such music, according to her, was created without any electronic instruments and therefore actually ''played'' (as opposed to computer-generated music where computers generate the sounds of the composition - which was also the case with their previous album ''Feel It Break''). This inspired the band to play live instruments, therefore ''Olympia'' has more organic and natural feel.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Q&A: Austra )〕 Stelmanis also cites Portishead’s ''Third'' as an influence.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Austra interview )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Olympia (Austra album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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