Peng Variations

Also available on CD with Becoming Real Trilogy box set: elsahewitt.bandcamp.com/merch Part 3 of 3 Part 1: elsahewitt.bandcamp.com/album/cameras-from-mars-4 Part 2: elsahewitt.bandcamp.com/album/dum-spiro-spero-4 Whilst being filled with Hewitt’s trademark styling and aesthetic, Peng Variations finds a new balance between song-writing and electronic composition; a synthesis of the first two parts in her 2017 trilogy. Amongst the myriad of found sounds to be heard in this record, cuts from a single event – a play written by four women and their one performance of it in the Yorkshire dales – appear numerous times, both influencing and illustrating the album’s theme. The third part became loosely based around the weird notion of growing up, taking on responsibilities, whilst also learning to accept a lack of control.