"Over the past decade, 27-year-old Jenny Hollingworth's musical output has become steadily less strange. As half of Let's Eat Grandma, the Norwich native started out making freaky synth-folk the arch syrupiness of which chimed with the then-nascent hyperpop scene: I, Gemini, the duo's 2016 debut, was outsiderish juvenilia of the most thrilling variety. For its follow-up, I'm All Ears, Hollingworth and her bandmate, Rosa Walton, sharpened their songwriting skills while holding tight to their eccentricities; the result was an album of sensational futurist pop."
"By 2022's Two Ribbons, they were slipping into slightly more subdued, conventional territory albeit retaining enough idiosyncratic sonic detailing to maintain their place at the edge. The artwork for Quicksand Heart. So it takes a moment to adjust to the overt familiarity of Hollingworth's first solo venture. Like Two Ribbons, it reflects on grief (she lost her partner in 2019) and the temporary disintegration of her lifelong friendship with Walton, except this time the introspection is set to knowingly nostalgic 1980s new wave."
Jenny Hollingworth's musical output has softened over the past decade, evolving from freaky synth-folk toward more conventional pop without abandoning idiosyncratic details. As half of Let's Eat Grandma she released the outsiderish I, Gemini, sharpened songwriting on I'm All Ears, and moved into subtler territory with Two Ribbons. Quicksand Heart is her first solo venture and pairs knowingly nostalgic 1980s new wave with reflections on grief after losing her partner and a temporary breakdown of a lifelong friendship. When choruses lag, the record can feel retrospective, but standout melodies like Every Ounce of Me and tracks such as Appetite and Do You Still Believe in Me? showcase transcendent power-pop and bold genre-mixing.
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