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Her creativity knows no bounds as she explores various mediums to express her artistic vision. Through her artistry, she invites listeners into a world where emotions run deep and imagination takes flight.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"eel-drip","title":"Eel Drip","description":"\u003cp\u003eSummoning 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 in winter. Eel Drip is referencing the Celtic Goddess of War and Death, Morrigan, The Phantom Queen. She is a shapeshifter known for being a goddess of war and battle, the cycle of life and death, and is also associated with wisdom and prophecy, magic and the land. 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She completes her ambitious and other-worldly triptych with an album of healing, on which she looks to release herself from fear and into love, evoked in Penelope’s signature ambient gothic dreamlands that are equal parts shoegaze pop and surrealist soundscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrucially, for this final part of the trilogy, Penelope has returned to focus on her voice, her first and original instrument. On \u003ci\u003ePenelope Three\u003c\/i\u003e, Trappes wears her breadth of life experiences with pride; pain, joy, love, loss and the freedom in accepting change and acknowledging lessons learnt. It is a celebration of womanhood and a testament to the wisdom acquired through living and allowing oneself to live. Amplifying these past themes and fusing them with the complex characters that have draped Trappes psyche - past, present and future - to challenge perceptions of female identity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houndstooth","offers":[{"title":"Clear | LP","offer_id":50458116456779,"sku":"1121659","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50458113442123,"sku":"1121657","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0dd40885-f48a-44e7-a0a8-0a35b0164152_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727209997"},{"product_id":"penelope-redeux","title":"Penelope Redeux","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter the release of her sublime, critically acclaimed album Penelope Trappes returns with \u003ci\u003eRedeux\u003c\/i\u003e; an album of top-drawer reworks of tracks taken from \u003ci\u003ePenelope Two\u003c\/i\u003e, which showcase not only the intrinsic brilliance of Penelope’s composition and performances, but also her far-reaching and all-encompassing musical influences and significance. Scottish post-rock legends Mogwai stretch out \u003ci\u003eBurn On\u003c\/i\u003e into a scorching, warbling drone that flips the original sombre subtlety for grandeur and in-your-face majesty. Factory Floor member Nik Colk Void offers up a wayward, statically charged reworking of \u003ci\u003eNite Hive\u003c\/i\u003e which reimagines the track’s solemn beauty as a heads down roller and Throbbing Gristle’s Cosey Fanni Tutti’s dystopian, avant-garde and jazz tinged electronics are deployed alongside her signature Cornet to flip the album single \u003ci\u003eCarry Me\u003c\/i\u003e. Shelter Press label founder, producer and visual artist Félicia Atkinson also appears plus Houndstooth mainstay Throwing Snow. Icelandic multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Jófríður Ákadóttir aka JFDR injects nimble rhythms and guitar into piano ballad \u003ci\u003eMaeve\u003c\/i\u003e. 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