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Penelope Austin (born 28th January, 1989) is an Australian Singer - Songwriter from the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. Who surrounds herself with the Indie Pop, Rock, Folk music. She began her career at the age of 15. At the age of 18 she set off to travel the world and has spent the majority of her life away from home. Penelop Recently Penelope returned home to complete and record her debut EP with Robert Conley.

Early Life:

Penelope Alice Austin was in born in Bowral, in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia. At the age of 14, Penelope taught herself to play guitar after the death of her mother and has spent most of her life overseas. During her travels she concentrated on collecting inspiration to help her develop her songwriting skills. In 2005 Penelope won a scholarship to attend BMI USA songwriters camp in Kuai, Hawaii. Her early influences included artists such as Sarah McGlaughlan, Simon & Garfunkal, Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac and Cat Stevens.

Smoke into Flames:

In 2012, Penelope returned to Australia in 2012 to record with producer/songwriter Robert Conley.The first track to be released was Smoke Into Flames, written by Penelope Austin and Robert Conley. A video for Smoke Into Flames was shot in the abandoned town of Salton Sea in California, USA. The video was directed by stylist and first time Imogene Barron, and the Director of Photography was Ben Sullivan. The video is a sequence of stylized vision of Penelope Austin as she explores the town.

Smoke Into Flames was made available on iTunes but was not released to radio. In October 2012 the song was featured in the 2012 Brand Campaign for SoHo Channel (Foxtel) in Australia. In December 2012 a second track 'Don’t Rescue Me' (written by Penelope, Robert Conley and Joel Chapman) was featured in the HBO Brand Campaign in Australia. The two minute commercial ran in cinemas and radio, and featured HBO series including Veep, True Blood, Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, Hemingway & Gellhorn, Girls, The Newsroom and Strike Back.

The Beautiful Dark - 2013

In early 2013 Australian television network Channel Seven synched Penelop's song 'A Place To Call Home', with the launch of the new drama series of the same name. The song received a great level of interest from the public and was made available on iTunes, peaking at number 26 in March of 2013. Penelope teamed up with Robert Conley again to write the song and was commissioned specifically to promote the series, A Place To Call Home. On the 31st of May, due to media exposure Penelope Austin's track Don’t Rescue Me, was released on iTunes, featuring as Single Of The Week in Australia and New Zealand. On the same day, Penelope’s first EP The Beautiful Dark was released. The EP features five tracks, each written by Penelope Austin and Robert Conley and includes both the original and an acoustic performance of A Place To Call Home, Don’t Rescue Me, Smoke Into Flames and a previously unheard song Danger Zone. In June, Penelope Austin was asked to collaborate with producer JJ Abrams on a track for the film Star Trek Into Darkness. Together with Robert Conley, Penelope Austin wrote the lyrics to a musical bed prepared by J.J. Abrams and his team to create the song The Darkness Collide. The song is featured during a club scene in the film.

In late 2013 Penelope Austin was the featured vocalist on two club tracks, both of which she wrote the lyrics and melody for. Animal Heart by Denzal Park featuring Penelope Austin was released on Beatport on November 25th, 2013 and iTunes Australia on November 29th 2013.

Home by Ivan Gough, Walden and Jeb featuring Penelope Austin as released on Beatport on December 9th 2013. The song is a remix of Penelope’s previously released track A Place To Call Home, and has been supported by the worlds top DJs including Pete Tong, who has played the track several times on his BBC radio program.