Jenny On Holiday – Quicksand Heart

Today, alt-pop visionary Jenny On Holiday releases her debut solo album Quicksand Heart via Transgressive Records.

Known to many as one half of the critically acclaimed duo Let’s Eat Grandma, Jenny Hollingworth now reintroduces herself with a voice that is both familiar and strikingly new. The result is music that feels both intimate and expansive, rooted in a new found joy in the lightness of being. Jenny is curious and in love with life again.

After the launch of her debut single “Every Ounce Of Me” last month, Jenny Hollingworth ushers in a powerful new chapter of her artistry — one propelled by a new sense of clarity — which will be explored fully in ‘Quicksand Heart’. A striking image, a “quicksand heart” is a whorling vortex of feeling, a pulsating pit of emotion; it’s how Jenny On Holiday describes how she gives and receives love.

Quicksand Heart includes the previously released singles “Every Ounce Of Me”, “Dolphins”, and “Good Intentions.”

“I used to get this feeling that everyone had hearts made of different materials—and I felt like mine was a bit defective. I feel like my heart and my head are all made from the wrong things. That image is about wanting to be loved, and to love and live as a human does, despite the fact you’re maybe like the Tinman in The Wizard of Oz.” – Jenny On Holiday

Jenny Hollingworth and Rosa Walton signed to Transgressive Records at age 16 and released their juggernaut debut I, Gemini in 2016, a strange strain of melodic electronic, freaky folk pop. 2018’s critically acclaimed I’m All Ears expanded into fantastical new sonic territories, anchored by sweet yet acerbic vocals, uncanny lyrics, and the late SOPHIE’s mutant productions: “Hot Pink” was its anthem, sweeping through AOTY lists. 2022 brought them back to band mode with the powerful Two Ribbons — it starkly captured personal experience of grief and the changing shape of their friendship, as they grew into womanhood. The image no longer of twins, but of two unfurling fabrics, was pertinent, and the two have since focused on nurturing their friendship, alongside pursuing their shared desire to explore themselves as solo artists.

After a period of reflection and growth, Jenny On Holiday emerges with a sound that is entirely her own.

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