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BONNIE TRASH share new lyric video for “Haunt Me (What Have You Become)” with a premiere on FLOOD Magazine. The a soaring and crashing crescendo track is taken from their forthcoming album, Mourning You, set for release Friday, February 28th on Hand Drawn Dracula.

“Bonnie Trash Haunt Me (What Have You Become)” – PUNKNEWS

“If this track doesn’t make you pre-order the new album, then maybe music isn’t for you” – BACKSEAT MAFIA

“forward looking goth flavoured metal” – THE ORGAN ZINE

“The Canadian duo’s screaming softly – renowned for their unique blend of shoegaze and post-punk” – UNDERGROUND N PROUD

“‘Haus Of Cult’ Podcast Episode #1 Feat. Bonnie Trash” – THE PRETTY CULT

“the entrancing combination of massive riffs and smoky, bewitching vocals that define King Woman” – FLOOD MAGAZINE


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Feb 27 – Toronto ON – Wavelength Winter Fest w/ The OBGMs, pHoenix Pagliacci, Cadence Weapon
Mar 01 – Guelph ON – ArtBar
Mar 08 – Kitchener ON – The Union
April 25 – Toronto ON – The Sound Garage w/ Change of Heart
April 26 – Toronto ON – The Sound Garage w/ Change of Heart *SOLD OUT*

BONNIE TRASH share new single and video for “Hellmouth,” taken from their forthcoming album, Mourning You, set for release on February 28th on Hand Drawn Dracula.

Following previous single, “Veil of Greed”, today Bonnie Trash (twins Emmalia & Sarafina Bortolon-Vettor) share the howling, urgent new track “Hellmouth” – a song that evokes the gnarled claw of remorse gripping you in twilight’s terror. “I see you in my dreams every night,” Sarafina intones. Were it not for Emmalia’s blown-out Stratocaster, you might mistake those words for the chorus of an old doo-wop standard. The track launches off as a woozy siren song, before pummelling you with anthemic power chords for Sarafina’s self lacerating chorus: “Drag me to hell and back I go.”

“Exclaim!’s 28 Most Anticipated Canadian Albums of 2025: Equal parts beautiful and ferocious, Mourning You is a full-throated roar from the abyss” – EXCLAIM!

“Most Anticipated of 2025 – no doubt that the gazey, ambient, and frightening soundscapes synonymous with the groups previous works will be used to a stunning effect” – CUPS N CAKES

“Bonnie Trash Share Pummeling, Steely-Eyed New Single” – LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

“Bonnie Trash Share Haunting New Single Hellmouth” – EXCLAIM!

“Bonnie Trash release video for Hellmouth” – PUNKNEWS

“Bonnie Trash share new single & video Hellmouth” – SHE MAKES MUSIC

“YOUR NEW FAVORITE SONG” – 101 WRIF DETROIT

“Gothic grunge brilliance – staking a claim as one of the best voices in rock – this band get better and better.” – BACKSEAT MAFIA

“BANGER TV Overkill Reviews (15m:08s mark)” – BANGER TV

 

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Feb 27 – Toronto, ON – Wavelength Winter Fest w/ The OBGMs, pHoenix Pagliacci, Cadence Weapon
Mar 01 – Guelph, ON – ArtBar
Mar 08 – Kitchener, ON – The Union
Apr 25 – Toronto, ON – The Sound Garage w/ Change of Heart *SOLD OUT
Apr 26 – Toronto, ON – The Sound Garage w/ Change of Heart

BONNIE TRASH announce details of their new album, ‘Mourning You’, which is set for release on February 28th on Hand Drawn Dracula. Along with the announcement they have shared the first single and video from the album, entitled “Veil of Greed”.

Bonnie Trash is the project of twin sisters Emmalia & Sarafina Bortolon-Vettor, wedding post-punk’s steely-eyed austerity to goth rock’s brooding grandeur. Emboldened by the addition of Emma Howarth-Withers on bass and Dana Bellamy on drums – whose thunderous rhythms sharpened 2024’s ‘My Love Remains the Same’ EP into a fine-edged blade – ‘Mourning You’ is less a post-mortem fantasia than a sudden, swift dagger to the heart. This is sorrow not as a lingering bruise, but a gushing wound.

Bonnie Trash unveil their new project with this first single “Veil of Greed”. Emmalia’s gripping and unyielding guitar riff with all the icy malice of Nine Inch Nails’ Pretty Hate Machine introduces the urgency of the uncomfortably ordinary horror story that unfurls across the record. The song’s gruesome imagery – feasting on hearts with rotten teeth – finds Sarafina worshipping at the altar of her agony. “I bow down before you and I know / You feed.”

‘Mourning You’ is out February 28, 2025 on Hand Drawn Dracula Records. In mourning, all is lost.

“Bonnie Trash Detail Sophomore – share stony new ripper Veil of Greed” – EXCLAIM

“11 New Songs” – BROOKLYN VEGAN

“The 2025 WL Interview” – WAVELENGTH MUSIC

“Bonnie Trash announce new album Mourning You” – BIZZARRE MAGAZINE

“Bonnie Trash announce their new album” – ORGAN ZINE

“Bonnie Trash to release new album, share Veil Of Greed video” – PUNKNEWS

“Bonnie Trash announce new album Mourning You” – SHE MAKES MUSIC

“Bonnie Trash are just going from strength to strength. Everything the band touches is pure gothic gold.” – BACKSEAT MAFIA

“one of the highlights of M for Montreal 2024 – “Veil of Greed” [is] a hard-hitting, flinty, heavy ripper” – BROOKLYN VEGAN

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BONNIE TRASH share the video for their doomy, atmospheric cover of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ classic track “Red Right Hand”, paying homage to John Carpenter with the accompanying visuals. The track is taken from their new EP, ‘My Love Remains the Same’ – out now on Hand Drawn Dracula.

Bonnie Trash is the darkened shoegaze/post-punk drone project led by twin sisters Emmalia and Sarafina Bortolon-Vettor. If your high-school MP3 player featured tracks from Black Sabbath, PJ Harvey, doom metal legends Pentagram, or even shoegazey soft-rockers Slowdive, you’ll enjoy their unique flavour of rock. The recent addition of longtime friends Emma Howarth-Withers (bass) and Dana Bellamy (drums) gives the group a new lavish and layered sound, with this expanded lineup featured on the forthcoming EP.

‘My Love Remains the Same’ EP explores the impossibly heavy subject of love and loss and was announced with the ethereal single “Kisses Goodbye.” Today, however, they share the EP’s cacophonous closing track, “Red Right Hand”. Taking on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds‘ most loved track is an ambitious move, but the Ontario band show they’re up to it with this contrasting and powerful take. Chugging guitars and echoing squalls of feedback accentuate the original song’s foreboding mood, while Sarafina’s evocative vocal delivery weaves an air of perilous suspense.

Speaking on the track and accompanying video, Emmalia and Sarafina comment: “A minimalist doom take on Red Right Hand, This rendition is an homage to John Carpenter–invoking a monster that inflicts its dark and divine, desirable vengeance on the listener. Anger and resentment is readily accessible when feeling the loss of love. This is our demon.”

“Bonnie Trash release video for Nick Cave cover” – PUNKNEWS

“Bonnie Trash Cover of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds” – BACKSEAT MAFIA

“reinterpret iconic tracks with their own chilling artistry” – THOUGHTS WORDS ACTION

“Bonnie Trash Share Haunting New Cover of Nick Cave’s Red Right Hand” – LIVING LIFE FEARLESS

“a fabulous cover of ‘Red Right Hand’” – DECLUNK

“You really do have to play this one loudly, you have to let it wrap around you, engulf you” – ORGAN ZINE

“a fantastic little reminder that Bonnie Trash rip” – CUPS N CAKES

“expertly crafted to not only highlight Bonnie Trash’s power and talent but also to reverberate deep within your very being” – DOMINIONATED

“Simon Le Bon (Duran Duran) & co-host Katy Krassner spin Kisses Goodbye” – WHOOOSH! RADIO

“Best Songs of 2024” – (p.114) MUSICOLOGY MAGAZINE

“Uncut’s New Music Playlist for October” – UNCUT MAGAZINE

“CJLO TOP 100 OF 2024 – #3 MY LOVE REMAINS THE SAME EP” – CJLO

My Love Remains the Same‘ released Friday September 13th.
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Oct 30 – Toronto, ON – The Garrison w/ TRAITRS, Dermabrasion
Nov 08 – Hamilton, ON – Mills Hardware w/ Capitol
Nov 22 – Montreal, QC – M for Montréal w/ Dermabrasion, Breeze

BONNIE TRASH emerge from the shadows to declare love from beyond the grave, with an expanded lineup and a brand-new EP, ‘My Love Remains the Same‘ – to be released this Friday the 13th via Hand Drawn Dracula. Today they share a first taste of the EP with new single and video “Kisses Goodbye”.

Bonnie Trash is the darkened shoegaze/post-punk drone project led by twin sisters Emmalia and Sarafina Bortolon-Vettor. If your high-school MP3 player featured tracks from Black Sabbath, PJ Harvey, doom metal legends Pentagram, or even shoegaze-y soft-rockers Slowdive, you’ll enjoy their unique flavour of rock. The recent addition of longtime friends Emma Howarth-Withers (bass) and Dana Bellamy (drums) gives the group a new lavish and layered sound.

In addition to “Kisses Goodbye”, ‘My Love Remains the Same‘ offers two further tracks. Emmalia’s impressive guitar playing especially stands out on “What Have You Become,” a heavy selection in which Sarafina’s lyrics explore themes of life beyond death and self-reflection. The EP’s final track sees Bonnie Trash return to their roots as a duo, with Sarafina and Emmalia putting their own dark, doom metal spin on the beloved Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds hit, “Red Right Hand.”

My Love Remains the Same‘ to be released Friday September 13th.
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“get a taste of their newly robust energy” – EXCLAIM!

“A haunting, heavyweight anthem – whirling and narcotic” THE AUTUMN ROSES

“Back with a ferocious bang – Bonnie Trash produces such stirring ensembles that cultivate this timeless feel through the ferocious textures and whirling formation of their vision” – CIRCUIT SWEET

“Bonnie Trash: Kisses Goodbye” – PUNKNEWS.ORG

“Bonnie Trash Announce EP My Love Remains the Same” – BACKSEAT MAFIA

“up dà il meglio e il sound delle Bonnie Trash diventa più melodico e intrigante” – INDIEFORBUNNIES

“Bonnie Trash announce new EP and share new single” – SHE MAKES MUSIC

“C’est sombre, c’est bruyant et quand même assez lourd” – LE CANAL AUDITIF

“PLAYLIST: September 2024” – GET IN HER EARS

“Guelph’s Bonnie Trash is back” – GUELPH TODAY

“pure candy for any audiophile” – PAN M 360

“gets under your skin within 10 seconds and takes you on an entrancing trip” – TURN UP THE VOLUME

“a fantastic little reminder that Bonnie Trash rip” – CUPS N CAKES


Bonnie Trash live dates:
Sep 12 – London, ON – STOMPFEST – Poacher’s Arms w/ Feura, Thunder Queens
Sep 28 – Montréal, QC – POP Montréal – Quai des Brumes w/ Population II
Oct 05 – Guelph, ON – Tabu w/ Gloin, Burner
Oct 18 – Sarnia, ON – Maud’s Variety w/ Burner
Oct 19 – Windsor, ON – Meteor w/ Burner
Oct 30 – Toronto, ON – The Garrison w/ TRAITRS, Dermabrasion
Nov 08 – Hamilton, ON – Mills Hardware w/ Capitol
Nov 22 – Montreal, QC – M for Montréal w/ Dermabrasion, Breeze

BONNIE TRASH, Canadian-Italian twin sisters Emmalia and Sarafina Bortolon-Vettor, share “Shades Of You” video from their new Hail, Hale! EP out March 1st worldwide via Hand Drawn Dracula.

The EP is also included as bonus tracks on the new deluxe CD edition of their debut album Malocchio, also out March 1st via France’s dark wave / goth imprint Unknown Pleasures Records (EU/UK).

Commenting on the track and video, the band say: “This song is about the bumps on your skin when you’re scared and the jolt in your legs just before you fall asleep. Who or what is causing this? Something or someone is haunting you and it lingers. We initially shot the video with the idea of being delivered from a sea of ghosts. The video shows how the curse travelled to reach its next heirs, taking on many different shades of fear and forms. Never doubt the ghosts who follow you. “

Best of 2022: Canada’s Most Under – Appreciated Artists” “safe to say their haunting sounds won’t be among our best-kept secrets for much longer” – EXCLAIM!

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02/18 – London ON – Winter Spectacular w/ Ombiigizi, METZ
02/25 – Toronto ON –  Lee’s Palace w/ Tallies
03/10 – NYC NY – New Colossus Fest – Planetary Group Showcase – Pianos (12:45pm)
03/10 – NYC NY – New Colossus Fest – Bowery Electric (7:15)
03/24 – London ON – Palasad Socialbowl w/ Ian Blurton’s Future Now
03/25 – Hamilton ON – The Casbah w/ Ian Blurton’s Future Now
04/08 – Toronto ON – The Bovine w/ Ian Blurton’s Future Now
05/28 – Toronto ON – Lee’s Palace w/ Jasmyn, Dilly Dally
06/07-10 – St John’s NL – Lawnya Vawnya Festival

BONNIE TRASH, the work of Canadian-Italian twin sisters Emmalia and Sarafina Bortolon-Vettor, share two final pre-release singles from their debut album, ‘Malocchio’, set for release on October 28th via Hand Drawn Dracula.

‘Malocchio’ takes its name from the Italian word for a hex or curse, inspired by folklore and stories handed down to the twins by their Italian grandma, Nonna Maria. Latest single Silence is a Killer (directed by Bonnie Trash and shot and edited by Sara May) sees them embody the malocchio, writing a love letter to its recipient.

Commenting on the track, the band say: “Infatuated with the soul it captures, the malocchio becomes one with you. And you? You eerily love every minute of it. It tricks you into thinking this is now your life, drenched in evil. It will haunt you until the end. How can you break the curse? “Silence Is A Killer” is a lyric video following a Trevisani recipe on how to remove a malocchio, or at least buy some time: boil and burn all the feathers in your pillow, then throw them in the river.”

The malocchio follows you. It is a fear that lingers. It will wait for you, and it wants to see you cry. “Lashes on Fire” is an open dialogue between you and the malocchio. How it talks to you, haunts you, and invades every waking thought. The “Lashes on Fire” visualizer contrasts fuzzy footage with clear imagery of eyes full of grief. It’s the contrast of trying to run away from something (in this case, embodied by a shadowy ghoul – the malocchio). You try to run away, yet it catches up to you. Rather, it’s always here. Watching you. And you? You’re watching it too.

From PJ Harvey to Siouxsie & the Banshees, there is an ancestral line directly tying them together and recalling emotions from the past. And that’s what Bonnie Trash is: a legacy. Gothic punk is diluted with a romantic rock to form a sound that, all at once, encompasses history” – THE LINE OF BEST FIT : ON THE RISE

The Guelph duo share their Nonna’s tales of supernatural terror and preserve her Trevisàn dialect” – EXCLAIM! MAGAZINE: INTERVIEW

Bonnie Trash channels goth inspiration from Italian roots – into one of this year’s most captivating releases” – THE STAR



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October 28 – Toronto ON – ESG Zero w/ Twin Rains
October 29 – Guelph ON – 10C w/ Status/Non-Status
November 05 – Sarnia ON – Cinegaze Afterparty @ Maud’s Variety
November 24 – Toronto ON – The Garrison w/ Roach, Praises

BONNIE TRASH is the drone-rock project of Canadian-Italian twin sisters Emmalia and Sarafina Bortolon-Vettor. Today they share new single “Perfect Moment (A Beautiful Reunion)” from their debut album, ‘Malocchio’, to be released on October 28th via Hand Drawn Dracula.

‘Malocchio’ unspools a real-life horror story based on the stories told to them by their Italian grandmother. Over heavy, hypnotic riffs, pounding drums and spooky soundscapes, the lyrics pull the listener into the meaning of the “evil eye,” a hex of malice onto another.

Speaking on today’s new single, with accompanying video shot and directed by Sam Maloney, the band comment: “How do you see yourself dying? How do others see you dying? How does it feel to be left to die, when there’s nothing else you can do, waiting for that ‘perfect’ moment of one last euphoria: a beautiful reunion. This song is a genuflection to all of the nonni who passed during the pandemic and could not be held.”

Sept 02 – Rouyn Noranda, QC @ FME Festival w/ Tallies
Sept 23 – London, ON @ Palasad Socialbowl

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BONNIE TRASH is the drone-rock project of Canadian-Italian twin sisters Emmalia and Sarafina Bortolon-Vettor. Today they have announced details of their debut album, ‘Malocchio’, to be released on October 28th via Hand Drawn Dracula, and have shared new single Have You Seen Her

‘Malocchio’ unspools a real-life horror story based on the stories told to them by their Italian grandmother. Over heavy, hypnotic riffs, pounding drums and spooky soundscapes, the lyrics pull the listener into the meaning of the “evil eye,” a hex of malice onto another.

Speaking on today’s new single – the shadowy and foreboding Have You Seen Her– the band comment: “The music video plays out like a sci-fi involving an alternate dimension/timeline. Using the same idea of the malocchio that haunted our nonna decades ago, what does it look like when conjured by generations later in the future, and can this generational haunting finish once and for all? We see two siblings confront the malocchio head-on, only for it to follow once more. The curse has become a part of them. Do not be afraid.

Have You Seen Her is also about the tragic loss of a loved one, longing to be with them, and wondering where they’ve ended up – above the clouds? Below the earth? A new (to us) dimension? Death is the only thing we know to be true in this world. Precious memories here are what we hold onto. When our loves are taken from us by what may be a curse, it’s only natural that we want to find a way to reverse it, and reunite with them in harmony.”

07/15/22 Guelph ON : Kazoo Festival
08/11/22 Toronto ON : Horseshoe Tavern w/ Roach, Praises

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BONNIE TRASH is the drone-rock project of Canadian-Italian twin sisters Emmalia and Sarafina Bortolon-Vettor. Today they share new single “Teeth” – a first glimpse at their debut album, which is due to be released later this year by Hand Drawn Dracula.

Teeth” sees Bonnie Trash at their poppiest, recontextualizing a “Be My Baby” beat (a nod to Ronnie Spector up above) before a wash of swoony, microtonal drones, the words telling of a love story that might be toxic.

The band share the track with a self-directed video, commenting: “We created a short film to help narrate stories our Nonna Maria told us about being haunted and followed by a curse in her hometown of San Zenone degli Ezzelini in Treviso, Italy. That short eventually became the concept of our album, which is woven into our first music video, “Teeth.” Shot at the Apollo Cinema in Kitchener, Ontario, “Teeth” bridges generations of being haunted – we see ourselves watching our work without understanding that we too have conjured the curse. A malocchio follows.

The music of Bonnie Trash connects the threads between metal, post-punk, shoegaze and gothic rock, with Emmalia’s astounding guitar work recalling the likes of Black Sabbath, Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Joy Division and My Bloody Valentine. Singer/drummer/lyricist Sarafina’s voice leaps out of the mix with a commanding presence, summoning references to PJ Harvey or Siouxsie & the Banshees.

That mix of musical influences alone would set Bonnie Trash apart, but the duo’s unique approach to their lyrical content really puts them in a school of their own. Inspired by communication theory, social commentary, horror, and ancestral folklore, the sisters approach their songwriting as a conceptual research project into their own family heritage. As second-generation Italian-Canadians, the Bortolon-Vettors became fascinated by the stories told by their Nonna and the connections between Treviso in Northern Italy and their hometown of Guelph, Ontario.

The twins began playing music together at age 11, forming an all-female punk band in high school and a more eclectic indie group during their college years. But what became Bonnie Trash began to coalesce around 2013, when they moved back home to Guelph after spending time in the larger cities of Toronto and Montreal. A progressive college town with a vibrant DIY music scene, Guelph is also home to a tight-knit Italian-Canadian community and the name “Guelph” also has an Italian origin.

Spending more time with their Nonna Maria, they began digging into the ghost stories they heard as children, becoming more fascinated with the folklore, the superstitions, and the unique Veneto dialect she spoke — a dialect the sisters recognized was also dying out. Suddenly, the act of songwriting had also become an act of cultural preservation. And some of these stories were hair-raisingly scary. Discovering this heavier subject matter coincided with a shared desire to play heavier music.

06/12/22 Toronto ON : Baby G w/ Gloin
06/23/22 Calgary AB : Sled Island Festival
07/15/22 Guelph ON : Kazoo Festival

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