Born in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales and moving to her spiritual home, New York City in 2006 with a guitar and a hundred and fifty dollars in her pocket Penelope Austin is the nomadic singer songwriter we should all be keeping tabs on.
Austin wrote her first song a 15 with a guitar stolen from her high school. It was the year her mother passed and the young singer went to America for the first time. Finding herself in the desolate and alien landscapes of Oklahoma, travel marked the years that followed and she continued to compose, her guitar rambling with her throughout the world and even backstage on tour with The Rolling Stones through South America.
Her newest single ‘Trigger’ which she’s premiering today was shot with a low budget in NYC directed by A-list commercial and video director, Caitlin Felton and edited by her husband, Whitehouse post editor, Barney Miller. Caitlin is a renowned TV commercial director, who started her career as a director for MTV in New York. Barney is an MTV award nominated director and editor. Barney has worked on videos for artists and directors as far ranging as Kanye West, Fat Boy Slim, Elvis Costello and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Check it out below and if you like what you’re hearing visit Penelope’s Facebook page for more info.
