In 2016, Norwich-based childhood mates Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth – AKA Let’s Eat Grandma – have been so shut that they usually pretended they have been twins. Lots has modified because the early days of this uncanny, left-field pop duo. Taking to the stage at a tightly packed XOYO, they've grown to be people, Walton in diamante-spangled blue velour, grinning, poised and warranted across the stage; and Hollingworth in black, saturated with gold and silver sequins, initially slightly extra demure and reserved behind her synths.
Two Ribbons, their forthcoming third album, finds the pair largely writing individually, laying naked rising aside and studying new elements of themselves: notably for Hollingworth, processing the bereavement of her late boyfriend, musician Billy Clayton. Nonetheless, it’s not stress or grief that hangs within the air tonight – fairly, it’s love.
On the euphoric opener Completely satisfied New Yr, synths pummel the air, met with the pair’s heady vocal harmonies and a cascade of firework sounds. 2018’s Scorching Pink, with all its singsong chanting and thrilling, Sophie-produced whirrs and squelches, stays a marvel. However it’s when Hollingworth steps into the centre of the stage and her voice fills the room on the highly effective, sprightly pop of Watching You Go, an as-yet-unreleased observe that tries to grapple with among the emotion of her grief, you possibly can hear simply how a lot they've grown as individuals and artists. Her eyes are slightly glassy, however when the track ends she appears looser, and the tenderness between her and Walton shines via.
None of that is to say they haven’t remained playful: spooky debut track Deep Six Textbook continues to be carried out with handclapping routines, Walton on glockenspiel, and head actions akin to robots powering down. Throughout proggy Falling Into Me there’s even a (rapidly deserted) try on the Macarena earlier than Hollingworth runs off to do her sax solo. An considerable, wonderful pop present with its coronary heart on its sleeve, it ends on an exuberant encore of Donnie Darko. Rainbow lasers minimize via the smoke machines whereas the pair minimize free: dance strikes, a understanding flurry on the recorder from Hollingworth, arms slung round each other joyously; two sisters who've discovered one another once more.
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