Penelope Trappes / Cold Hands Warm Heart / Aviva Reed

>>> This event will be held on the stolen lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to Elders past present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded. ALWAYS WAS, ALWAYS WILL BE <<<

There are a number of complimentary tickets available to First Nations peeps, just follow the ticket link 

Eastmint Presents Penelope Trappes

Doors 7pm
Aviva Reed 7:30 / Cold Hands Warm Heart 7:45 / Penelope Trappes 8:45

'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

The release of Penelope Three in 2021 marked the final instalment of Penelope Trappes’ quietly mesmerising and critically acclaimed trilogy. Penelope is a vocalist, musician and etherial soundscaper who spent 2016 writing and recording what would become ‘Penelope One’ in a small piano studio in East London. Composed of mostly percussionless, reverb-heavy, haunting atmospherics with dystopian themes, the LP was released via Optimo Music in 2017.

Penelope signed to the stellar Houndstooth label and released her sophomore LP ‘Penelope Two’ in 2018, a minimalist, ethereal album built around field recordings, meditations, guitars, piano and reverb, which deals with mortality, predestination and empathy. 

2019 saw the release of ‘Penelope Redeux’ consisting of reworks of songs from ‘Penelope Two’ by uncompromising artists, including Cosey Fanni Tutti, Mogwai, Félicia Atkinson and Nik Colk Void. 

The 'Eel Drip' EP was released in 2020 and ‘Penelope Three’, the final epigenetic-themed instalment of the trilogy, was released in May 2021 with a long string of UK tourdates, culminating in a live performance with the London Contemporary Orchestra at London’s Southbank Centre. 'Mother’s Blood', a vocal-free meditative reinterpretation of 'Penelope Three' was released on cassette at the end of that year.

Cold Hands Warm Heart are a new-wave new-age band based in Naarm. Weaving between songs and improvisation with harp, synth, vocals, percussion and bass, CHWH meditate on nature, mortality and connection to place, easing the listener into a sonic journey through deep time and space.

'...a free-form, loose-limbed but tight collaged arrangement of strings, percussion and some field recordings... There’s a charm in the track's improvised and organic flavour—with the light wrapping of the cymbals sounding like a chime being brushed into voice by the wind... a bright environment of sound' - Fin Johnston, Low End Theorists

'A diverse sound flows between uncomplicated and tranquil ambient arrangements... with individual instruments seamlessly rolling together; constructing an inspiring and incomparable sound' - Blake Creighton, Ripe

Aviva Reed is a transdisciplinary visual ecologist. Her practice reframes scientific theories, particularly concepts associated with evolution and ecological categorisations. Her work moves between performance, ritual, lecture, publications and visual art. She explores time, scale and relationship using storytelling, visualisations, soundscapes and conversation.

ACCESSIBILITY

Eastmint is accessible via wheelchair through the non main entrance, there is a small sliding door frame that needs to be negotiated. Please get in touch if you require this option. We regret we are unable to provide accessible toilet facilities at this time. Closest accessible toilets located at the Peacock Hotel 150m away.