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On April 4th, Brighton-based Australian vocalist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Penelope Trappes released her fifth full-length album ‘A Requiem’ on London imprint, One Little Independent Records. ‘A Requiem’ collects ten haunting, ambient soundscapes - incantations of dreams and nightmares, of death and grief, as well as power and autonomy. Carnal, transcendent cello drones are used to exorcise historical and generational traumas in an evocative and macabre piece of gothic experimentalism.
DISCOGRAPHY:
2025 // A REQUIEM / ONE LITTLE INDEPENDENT / FULL LENGTH
2024 // HOMMELEN / PARALAXE EDITIONS / FULL LENGTH
2023 // HEAVENLY SPHERES / NITE HIVE / FULL LENGTH
2022 // MOTHER’S BLOOD / HOUNDSTOOTH / FULL LENGTH
2022 // PENELOPE THREE / HOUNDSTOOTH / FULL LENGTH
2021 // EEL DRIP / HOUNDSTOOTH / EP
2020 // GNOSTIC STATE / LONGFORM EDITIONS / LONGFORM
2020 // WITHDRAWN / HOUNDSTOOTH / EP
2019 // PENELOPE REDEUX / HOUNDSTOOTH / FULL LENGTH
2018 // PENELOPE TWO / HOUNDSTOOTH / FULL LENGTH
2017 // PENELOPE ONE / OPTIMO / FULL LENGTH
“Summoning the great ghosts of vintage 4AD and Kranky, the Australian singer and producer makes inky dream pop that’s as heavy and welcoming as a weighted blanket.” - Philip Sherburne / Pitchfork
“...a striking work of evolution and deconstruction ...Meticulous with fine detail, and trusting of the supernatural forces that elevate it.” - The Wire
“...the album is starkly intimate and surreal — like watching yourself mourn intense tragedy from an outsider’s vantage point ...Unsettling in a way that feels magical” - Bandcamp Album of the Day
“Penelope Trappes has created a stunning album of music and sound art... the sound of dust motes momentarily caught in a shaft of moonlight, of spirits pushing through from another realm. Alluring yet unsettling.” - Electronic Sound