{{Short description|Canadian post-rock band}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2021}} {{outdated|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Hrsta | image = | caption = | image_size = | alias = | origin = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | genre = Post-rock | years_active = 2001–present | label = Constellation Records | associated_acts = | website = | current_members = Mike Moya<br/>Brooke Crouser<br/>Harris Newman<br/>Eric Craven<br/>Lisa Gamble<br/>Nick Kuepfer | past_members = Geneviève Heistek<br/>Sophie Trudeau }}
'''Hrsta''' (stylized as '''HṚṢṬA''') ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|ɜr|ʃ|t|ə}}; {{langx|sa|हृष्ट}} {{IAST|hṛṣṭa}} {{IPA|sa|ɦr̩ʂʈɐ|}}, {{gloss|thrilling with rapture}}, {{gloss|rejoiced}}<ref>{{cite book|author1=Monier Monier-Williams|author2=Ernst Leumann|author3=Carl Cappeller|title=A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European Languages|url=https://archive.org/details/sanskritenglishd0000moni/page/1303|year=1899|publisher=Clarendon Press|location=Oxford|page=1303}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Monier-Williams IAST'ed |url=http://faculty.washington.edu/prem/mw/h.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100316110957/http://faculty.washington.edu/prem/mw/h.html |archive-date=2010-03-16 |publisher=University of Washington}}</ref>) is a Montreal post-rock band currently signed to Constellation Records. The band's leader, Mike Moya (guitar and vocals), was one of the founding members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. The other members of the band are Brooke Crouser, Harris Newman, and Eric Craven. Lisa Gamble joined in 2007 and Nick Kuepfer in 2009.
Hrsta's sound has been compared to that of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Set Fire to Flames, owing to Mike Moya's contributions to each. Hrsta, however, differs from these previous projects in that it features Moya as a vocalist.{{Citation needed|date=January 2026}}
Their latest album, ''Ghosts Will Come and Kiss Our Eyes'', was released in the fall of 2007.<ref>{{AllMusic | id= mw0000749127 | title= ''Ghosts will Come and Kiss Our Eyes'' | access-date= Jan 2, 2026}}</ref>
==Discography== * ''L'éclat du ciel était insoutenable'' (Album, 2001) * ''Stem Stem in Electro'' (Album, 2005) * ''Ghosts Will Come and Kiss Our Eyes'' (Album, 2007)
==Participation in other projects== * Molasses - Mike Moya and Lisa Gamble * Elizabeth Anka Vajagic's live band - Mike Moya * Lonesome Hanks - Mike Moya * Set Fire to Flames - Mike Moya and Brooke Crouser * Harris Newman - Harris Newman, solo project * Sackville - Harris Newman, Eric Craven and Geneviève Heistek * Hangedup - Eric Craven and Geneviève Heistek * Shortwave - Eric Craven * Jackie-O Motherfucker - Brooke Crouser * Swords Project - Brooke Crouser * Gambletron - Lisa Gamble * Evangelista - Lisa Gamble * Clues - Lisa Gamble
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.hrsta.org Hrsta homepage] * [http://www.cstrecords.com Constellation Records] * [http://www.alien8recordings.com Alien8 Recordings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208225310/http://www.alien8recordings.com/ |date=2011-02-08 }}
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