Grace Inspace Lets Go in Passionate "Heavy Hair" EP
Photo by Kate Garner
With new EP Heavy Hair, pop singer-songwriter Grace Inspace invites listeners into her mind, interrogating the thoughts and feelings that can hold the weight of the world — and set us free.
“I told my mum I drew it because my hair felt too heavy with all my thoughts and emotions,” Grace said of the project’s title, explaining that Heavy Hair’s songs are meant to unearth parts of herself she thought were long buried.
The EP’s songs seesaw between detachment and passion, giving listeners the feeling that they’re listening to a friend talk through their problems.
On “Helium Balloon,” Grace delivers the immediately evocative image of a helium balloon left inside — “Three days ago, it was full of meaning // and now it just hovers near the ceiling” — as she searches for some kind of relief.
Singles “Meteor” and “Emergency Contact” echo this feeling of emotional distance. On the former, an early-2000s-style acoustic track, Grace shrugs off someone’s attention, singing, “Here I am grinning at a joke I despise // I don’t want to charm you, so I’ll just close my eyes”
Heavy Hair isn’t just about keeping your distance, though. Grace herself admitted she “always swore I wouldn’t write a love song,” but tracks like “Unrivaled,” “Blurry,” and “Keeper” are full of the joy that comes from being around someone you love.
Single “Blurry” shares the feeling of falling in love with someone and only wanting to see them.
“I didn’t know it could be easy, did you? // now I’m constantly nervous I have something to lose,” Grace sings, adding, “Everyone gets blurry to me around you.”
"My earlier experiences had taught me that romance usually came with frayed nerves and tears — and I couldn’t imagine wanting to tell that story over and over,” Grace explained. “Then I met my current partner, and suddenly all I wanted to write were soft, happy love songs…'Blurry' was born from those heady first moments of meeting someone you instantly click with, when the world blurs at the edges and they pull sharply into focus.”
With Heavy Hair, Grace Inspace deftly balances the detachment that comes from wanting to keep your heart safe with the happiness of finally falling in love.
Listen to Heavy Hair below:
