Penelope Trappes

★★★★ Penelope Three HOUNDSTOOTH. CD/DL/LP

The final part of Penelope Trappes’ extraordinary aural triptych is one of love, spirituality and healing after previous explorations of birth and rebirth, grief and loss. Darkly gothic in feel – recalling her fellow Brighton-based Australian artist Nick Cave – it moves sedately and seductively, a brooding mass of reverb, drone and throb, all counter-pointed by Trappes’ gossamerlight vocals.