Almost exactly one year on from the release of her fifth album A Requiem, gothic experimentalist Penelope Trappes has announced the May 29 release of OPVS NOVUM: A Requiem Reworked via One Little Independent, featuring new versions of every track from the original record reimagined by the likes of Julia Holter, Midwife, Gazelle Twin, Saint Etienne, and more.

Listen to the Julia Holter rework of "Thou Art Mortal" below:

While OPVS NOVUM maintains the original sequencing of A Requiem, Trappes says she wanted it to "feel like an original album with an aura all of its own."

Writing in a press release, she adds: 

“The ten artists here exploring these themes of death and grief are humans who have inspired and supported me. It means so much to bring them all together, and I am infinitely humbled by their transcendental creations. I thank you all. As we all comprehend our own collective grief in a world that would rather keep us separated and fearful, I hope this can be a small testament to what it means to reimagine a collective hymnal spirit.”

For a further taste of the expanding A Requiem universe, last October's companion piece of outtakes Æternum is also well worth checking out.

OPVS NOVUM: A Requiem Reworked is released on May 29. Pre-order here. Tracklist below:

1. Bandorai (Klara Lewis rework)
2. Platinum (Saint Etienne rework)
3. Second Spring (Flora Yin-Wong rework)
4. Sleep (Gazelle Twin & PRIZMA9 rework)
5. Anchor Us to Seabed Floor (Sarahsson rework)
6. Red Dove (Smote rework)
7. Caro (Stephen Mallinder rework)
8. A Requiem (Midwife rework)
9. Torc (Dania rework)
10. Thou Art Mortal (Julia Holter rework)

Penelope Trappes tour dates:

03/27 Dublin, IE @ Bello *
04/23 Glasgow, UK @ Cottiers Theatre **
04/24 Liverpool, UK @ Quarry **
04/25 Newcastle, UK @ The Lubber Fiend **
04/26 Leicester, UK @ Firebug **
04/28 Brighton, UK @ Green Door Store **
04/29 Bristol, UK @ Strange Brew **
05/16 Bari, IT @ Experimenta Festival
05/27 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts ***
05/30 Montreal, QC @ Fairmount Theatre ***
05/31 Cambridge, MA @ Sonia ***
06/02 Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Soundstage ***
06/03 New York City, NY @ Bowery Ballroom ***
06/05 Pittsburgh, PA @ Preserving Underground ***
06/06 Detroit, MI @ El Club ***
06/07 Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village
06/08 Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
06/11 Seattle, WA @ Vera Project
06/14 San Francisco, CA @ 4 Star Theatre
06/15 Los Angeles, CA @ 2220 Arts
08/22 Leira, PT @ Extramualhas Festival
09/19 Duisburg, DE @ Platzhirsch Festival

* with Katie Kim
** with Rún
*** with Witch Club Satan

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