Inuindie artist Beatrice Deer shares “Aukkauti” | New LP Out 4/3
Beatrice Deer
Shares Single + Visualizer
“Aukkauti”
Inuit Legend LP Out April 3
“[‘Aukkauti’] is a glistening indie-pop jam laced with buzzing synths and glimmering guitar, all backing [Beatrice’s] gentle—though occasionally quite powerful—soprano.” – FLOOD Magazine
“Her voice is slinky and raw, colored by whichever language makes sense for the story…Deer has crafted a yearning sound undoubtedly and uniquely her own.” – NPR
“The music Deer creates is broad and pensive,
mirroring the quiet wisdom of her lyrics.” – Bandcamp Daily
“‘Inuit Legend’ serves as a darkly enchanting indie-rock portal to a largely unknown region and culture, with Deer serving as both soothsayer and tour guide…Sounding like an Arctic Kate Bush,
she sings with a throaty, hypnotic detachment that feels almost celestial.” – Magnet Magazine
” ‘The Storm,’ the centerpiece of Beatrice Deer’s sixth LP, ‘SHIFTING,’ is masterful in painting these small brush strokes — shakers, synth drone,
squiggly six-string accents — into one vibrant wash of color.” – SPIN
“Through traditions and live performance, Deer manifests her profound strength” – CBC
Photo Credit: Alexi Hobbs
Today, acclaimed “Inuindie” singer-songwriter Beatrice Deer shared the single + visualizer “Aukkauti” off her upcoming new album Inuit Legend, out April 3. First premiered via FLOOD Magazine, the near-operatic, shoegaze-leaning stunner tells the story of Aukkauti, a gentle man who accidentally shot and killed his friend Kumainnaq’s son during a hunting expedition. This set off a brutal cycle of revenge and grief-fueled rage, forcing nearby Inuit to flee the area. Years later, when Aukkauti was found, elders upheld the traditional law and had him sentenced to death for his actions.
Deer says, “‘Aukkauti’ is my favourite song on the album. Although the subject of the song is very tragic, making the song was such a great artistic experience for me. I had fun exploring my vocal abilities with our producer Mark ‘Bucky’ Wheaton.”
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Beatrice Deer is an award-winning Inuit singer-songwriter based in Montreal. Half-Inuk and half-Mohawk, Beatrice was born and raised in Nunavik, Quebec, in the small village of Quaqtaq. Her award-winning songs are crafted upon deeply personal lyrics and blend indie rock and modern folk with traditional Inuit stories and throat singing.
Her new project Inuit Legend is a portal to a wildly enchanted world largely unknown to those outside its borders. Throughout the spellbinding suite of songs, Deer reimagines a number of fables and real-life tales passed down from her ancestors, interpreting each phantasmic piece of folklore through a decidedly modern lens.
With its deliberate focus on stories of feminine power, the album makes for a thrilling document of transformation and survival – a narrative closely aligned with Deer’s own journey in struggling against the extraordinary hardship endemic to her homeland of Nunavik (a historically disenfranchised region deep in the Canadian Arctic). When met with her raw yet extravagant take on indie-rock, Inuit Legend brings a bold new vitality to its age-old stories, ultimately transmitting their transcendent wisdom to an audience that spans beyond boundaries of any kind.
Deer’s illustrious career is marked by a string of remarkable achievements and accolades in the arts community. Her achievements include winning the 2018 Canadian Folk Music Award, the 2019 Indigenous Music Award for Best Folk Album and the 2020 Canadian Screen Award for her co-composed score for Giant Bear. In 2021 she was awarded the Prism Prize and named an Apple Ambassador, and appeared as a finalist on Quebec’s Talents Bleus. Her film score for Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice earned multiple honors including IMDB Short Cuts’ Best Canadian Film at TIFF and a shortlisting for an Oscar nomination. Her 2021 single “UQAUTINNGA” reached No. 1, and in 2022, she was invited to sing for the Pope during his visit to Canada. Deer was named Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Award Inuit Artist of the Year in 2023 and received the King Charles III Coronation Medal in 2024.
A beloved figure in Arctic Canada, Deer has performed worldwide, at the Venice Biennale, Norway’s Førde Traditional and World Music Festival, and the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona. She was named Woman of the Year by The Montreal Council of Women in 2023 and was commissioned to tailor an outfit for Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, for the coronation of King Charles III.
Inuit Legend Tracklist:
1. Arranged
2. Aukkauti
3. Caterpillar
4. Falcon and the Woman
5. Qaluppalik
6. The Bear
7. The Loon and the Blind Boy
8. Epidemic
9. She’s in the Abyss
10. Wolf Woman
11. The Fog
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