MusicFirst LookAustra – Hurt Me NowExclusive: A disarming psychedelic trip in the Toronto band's new video, directed by M. BlashShareLink copied ✔️January 17, 2014MusicFirst LookTextJazz Monroe Austra’s pairing with M. Blash, director of indie movies Lying and The Wait (both starring Chloë Sevigny) well as videos for The Drums and Owen Pallett, worked a charm on their subtly unsettling breakout video for "Lose It" (2011). So it makes perfect sense that they’d collaborate on “Hurt Me Now”, which sees the Toronto group fuse severe organs and imploring vocals to soundtrack a spooked dancehall. When there enter four models wearing broad smiles under ‘S.O.S.’ placards, we jerk into a Lynchian realm – signified not least by a neon-green spirit monster who commits an unspeakable act of self-mutilation. Amid the macabre mayhem is singer Katie Stelmanis, who says of the video, “Working with M. Blash is a rare experience. I like to give him a song and let him do whatever he wants, ’cause when his mindflow is undisturbed, the results are psychedelic and matchless”. Psychedelic and matchless? Sure. But the mindflow? It’s disturbed as all hell. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREThe only tracks you need to hear from December 202511 alt Christmas anthems for the miserable and brokenhearted Lenovo & IntelThe internet is Illumitati’s ‘slop kingdom'Last Days: The opera exploring the myth of Kurt CobainHow hip-hop is shaping the fight for Taiwan’s futureNew York indie band Boyish: ‘Fuck the TERFs and fuck Elon Musk’The 5 best Travis Scott tracks... according to his mumTheodora answers the dA-Zed quizDHLSigrid’s guide to NorwayThe 30 best K-pop tracks of 2025‘UK Ug’: How Gen Z Brits reinvented rap in 2025 How a century-old Danish brand became pop culture’s favourite sound system