Penelope Trappes - The Mercy of the Hagetisse
Penelope Trappes channels sacred energies in “The Mercy of the Hagetisse,” a cinematic, ritualistic piece for the darker season.
The cinematic ambient pop of Brighton-based artist Penelope Trappes feels perfectly attuned to the darker seasons, so she’ll release Æternum, a companion EP to her acclaimed album A Requiem, on October 31. Its first single, “The Mercy of the Hagetisse” — hagetisse being an old word for “witch” — draws you into a mythical soundscape built around a slow, ritualistic drumbeat.
Penelope explains the idea behind the song:
Agnes Haus and I tapped into the lyrics about the Hagetisse, aka hag, or witch. She takes mercy on a lost soul in the form of a symbolic mercy killing by summoning the spirits from beyond, leading them to an ego death.
She adds:
I wrote about 35 pieces in the sessions for A Requiem, some as minimal studies, some as mood trials, and some as full songs that just didn’t seem to completely fit on the album. I love all these songs so much, but I think they are of a time and a place that maybe I don’t want to linger in too long for future releases, hence letting them out in the world loosely forever tied to ‘A Requiem’.
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