Grace Inspace – Heavy Hair
Burgeoning artist Grace Inspace today has announced her new EP Heavy Hair, out February 27th via TODO Records.
She also has shared the gritty, propulsive new single “Emergency Contact.”
Today’s announcement follows pre-release singles “Meteor” (feat. Luna Li) and “Unrivaled.”
“‘Emergency Contact’ is the story of a lifelong people pleaser reaching her breaking point,” she explains. “It’s a moment of self-realization—when anger, long suppressed, finally spills over and becomes the spark for change. In the chorus, I sing about storing resentment in ‘our heavy hair,’ a metaphor that’s lived with me since I was a kid. I used to draw girls with hair so heavy it dragged along the floor, weighed down by everything unsaid and would tell my mum my hair felt heavy with emotions. I saw those drawings again before writing this song and to me it captured how women are taught to please, to smooth over, to silence any emotion deemed ugly or excessive. Our hair—heavy with the weight of pandering and pleasing. The song came to life almost entirely in one night, sitting on the couch with Parker Mulherin, recording vocals straight into voice notes. It poured out and was one of the most liberating writing experiences I’ve had.”
Heavy Hair is Grace’s best and most personal work to date, a solidifying statement from the rising young songwriter. Each song on the record unearths a side of herself that had been buried or forgotten, forming an introspective journey threaded with both pain and joy. The EP was created alongside her closest friends–virtuosic talent Luna Li, Josh Mehling (of Shelly), and twin brothers Mulherin.
Bringing together their diverse sensibilities resulted in a sound both lush and raw: classic pop grandeur fused with indie grit and the warmth of live instrumentation. At its heart, Heavy Hair is a world of storytelling — equal parts fantasy and satire — where Grace Inspace slips into many different characters, yet always returns to the most honest version of herself.
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