IN YOUR HANDS | GRAMOPHONE

“An enigmatic soundscape shivers into being in Gemma Peacocke’s Amygdala for solo cello and fixed electronics. The cellist wends her way, tentatively, towards acoustic clarity, playing richly expressive double-stops as if coming up for air. Vaguely rising currents suggest an attempted ascent towards liberation from a persistently unsettling memory; the enveloping fog keeps pulling her back. From the start, Lavena’s debut album casts the young cellist not just as an intrepidly curious adventurer but as a deeply mindful musician.”