Penelope Trappes is back with a new selection of companion pieces to A Requiem, entitled Æternum, due out on October 31st via One Little Independent Records. The accompanying material includes seven new tracks, drawn from the emotionally raw recordings A Requiem. Æternum will be available as a “black label” edition vinyl featuring a minimal all-black outer sleeve and black printed labels. Limited copies will include a unique, signed and numbered Polaroid photo of Penelope taken by Agnes Haus affixed to the jacket. Æternum, was Mixed by Agnes Haus and Mastered by Heba Kadry.

Along with the news, Trappes has shared a new video for “Home” directed by Agnes Haus who says; “We had 1 week to shoot and edit this video, so we wanted to keep it simple. To film the first nostalgic half, I used a 90’s Hi-8 video camera that someone threw out on the street in London. The lightning is from this majestic electrical storm that happened while Penelope and I were in Byron Bay, Australia. The black windmill is in East Sussex. The idea was to connect Penelope’s past home with her new home.”

Written during an isolated period in the Scottish Highlands, Trappes composed these pieces across meditative, candle-lit sessions. Amidst deep introspection and a desire to cleanse long-buried trauma, she found herself drawn instinctively to the cello, despite no formal training. “The nerve-like strings of the cello became external chords of my vocal folds,” she reflects. “I scratched on them, leaned into them, and conjured all of the textures I could muster.”

Despite formal vocal training in opera and jazz when she was younger, it wasn’t until after her daughter was born that Penelope began writing her own music. She says coming into music later has been eye opening, and she laments the fact that women past 30 are too often discarded by the music industry; “Creativity doesn’t go away when you get older, it flourishes, changes, grows like all of life,” she says, “it amazes me that this is still something for society to wrap their heads around.”

Trappes has shared the stage with William Basinski, Mary Lattimore, and HTRK, and she has extensively toured the UK, Australia, and Europe over the last five years, including a pivotal live performance with the London Contemporary Orchestra at Southbank Centre.

Penelope Trapes
Æternum
Tracklist
One Little Independent Records

Disc 1
Requiem Æternum
Bleed
Litany
Highland
Desiderium
The Mercy of the Hagtisse
Home

Disc 2
Bandorai
Platinum
Second Spring
Sleep
Anchor Us To Seabed Floor
Red Dove
Caro
A Requiem
Torc
Thou Art Mortal

Penelope Trappes 2025 Tour dates

23 Aug Bergsommer – Surcuolm, CH
30 Aug Supersonic – Birmingham, UK
03 Sep Metronome – Nottingham, UK
13 Sep Kollektivet Livet – Stockholm, SE *
30 Sep 9MM – Berlin, DE
01 Oct ZEZ Festival – Zagreb, HR
02 Oct Rote Fabrik – Zurich, CH
03 Oct Sonic – Lyon, FR
05 Oct Marrumaka Festival – Sare Caves, FR
06 Oct Dabadaba – San Sebastian, SP
08 Oct Radioclube Agramonte, Porto, PT
09 Oct Le Klub – Paris, FR **
11 Oct Casa Montjuic – Barcelona, ES
12 Oct Teatro Linguaggicreativi – Milan, IT
18 Oct Zemlika Festival – Ance, LV
19 Nov Cottiers Theatre – Glasgow, UK
29 Nov St Matthias Church – London, UK

Live Visuals by Agnes Haus
*supporting Witch Club Satan

Pre-order Æternum by Penelope Trappes HERE