Jenny On Holiday – Quicksand Heart
It’s no surprise that Quicksand Heart doesn’t make for a grand departure from Let’s Eat Grandma’s sound, though fans of the band will have no problem hearing about what Hollingworth got up to on her holiday
Jenny Hollingworth is on sabbatical. One half of pop duo Let’s Eat Grandma since the age of 13, Quicksand Heart marks a temporary departure from the group, during which she is trading under the fittingly apt alias, Jenny On Holiday.
Hollingworth began working on her solo debut during the hazy summer of 2023. Unsure of what she wanted the album to be, the Norwich-born artist penned These Streets I Know. Reflecting on a close personal loss and a bout of depression, it’s laced with melancholia, though its glistening synths suggest that the 26-year-old is now approaching life with a sense of cautious optimism. This positivity explodes into euphoria on Every Ounce Of Me, a bubbly dancefloor filler dedicated to the draining process of falling in love that made for one of the best pop songs of last year.
Hollingworth recruits her bandmate Rosa Walton on a trio of songs, including the rather crushing Dolphins, on which the pair mourn the space left behind by someone who is no longer around. It’s no surprise then that the album doesn’t make for a grand departure from Let’s Eat Grandma’s sound, though fans of the band will have no problem hearing about what Hollingworth got up to on her holiday.
Listen to: Every Ounce Of Me, Quicksand Heart, Dolphins