Let's Eat Grandma
w/ Who Saved Who, Broken Keys
Thu, Nov 10
Show: 8:00 pm
(Doors: 7:00 pm )
$27.00
LET'S EAT GRANDMA
Let’s Eat Grandma released their second album, I’m All Ears, in 2018. It came out to a blaze of critical glory, thrilled fans who’d been with them since debut I, Gemini, and won them interested new listeners as they widened their musical scope. They won Album of the Year at the Q Awards along with many end of year list placements, toured relentlessly, played a life-changing set at Coachella and now return with Two Ribbons: a new album that tells the story of the last three years from both Jenny Hollingworth and Rosa Walton’s points of view. As a body of work, it is astonishing: a dazzling, heart-breaking, life-affirming and mortality-facing record that reveals their growing artistry and ability to parse intense feeling into the most potent lyrics.
As life experiences diverged for the first time between the song-writing partnership, perhaps intensified by their concentrated two-piece band set up, they were driven to write more individually lead songs that read almost as letters to the other. Sure there are still the trademark “finish each other's sentences” moments on the album, but for the first time, the bulk of the record features a lead vocalist on each track – making space for each other to express their truth honestly and cathartically. The themes are infused with emotion and a desire to express the inexpressible – from losing a loved one and the reality of mourning, to a new understanding of, and explorations in, sexuality.
Sonically this album is a trip – co-produced with David Wrench (The xx, Frank Ocean, Marika Hackman), the album contains the future prog-pop sheen explored on their prior album, but also blended with more organic instrumentation that balances out the dancefloor fillers. In its bravery and intent, it is nothing short of a classic.
The album itself is cyclical in nature – the hopeful ‘Happy New Year’, a letter by Rosa which opens the album, poses the question of whether their friendship can sustain these external forces, propelling into an album that wills that outcome into being, whilst the closing ‘Two Ribbons’ contains reflections from Jenny on how they are still bound together through their compassion for each other, tight as ever, but frayed and world-worn – leaving space for you to hit repeat and experience the triumphant blaze of thumping synths and fireworks that open the record, the listener re-cast as a survivor, looking towards redemptive fresh starts with hope.
Two Ribbons is an album that treads a fine line expressing the most intimate feelings of, whilst making space for, the different perspectives of two women; an album that says this is not the beginning or the end but part of a never ending circle. That there is sadness, and pain, and joy, and hope, in everything – and that no matter what detours we take, we are all connected.
Let’s Eat Grandma released their second album, I’m All Ears, in 2018. It came out to a blaze of critical glory, thrilled fans who’d been with them since debut I, Gemini, and won them interested new listeners as they widened their musical scope. They won Album of the Year at the Q Awards along with many end of year list placements, toured relentlessly, played a life-changing set at Coachella and now return with Two Ribbons: a new album that tells the story of the last three years from both Jenny Hollingworth and Rosa Walton’s points of view. As a body of work, it is astonishing: a dazzling, heart-breaking, life-affirming and mortality-facing record that reveals their growing artistry and ability to parse intense feeling into the most potent lyrics.
As life experiences diverged for the first time between the song-writing partnership, perhaps intensified by their concentrated two-piece band set up, they were driven to write more individually lead songs that read almost as letters to the other. Sure there are still the trademark “finish each other's sentences” moments on the album, but for the first time, the bulk of the record features a lead vocalist on each track – making space for each other to express their truth honestly and cathartically. The themes are infused with emotion and a desire to express the inexpressible – from losing a loved one and the reality of mourning, to a new understanding of, and explorations in, sexuality.
Sonically this album is a trip – co-produced with David Wrench (The xx, Frank Ocean, Marika Hackman), the album contains the future prog-pop sheen explored on their prior album, but also blended with more organic instrumentation that balances out the dancefloor fillers. In its bravery and intent, it is nothing short of a classic.
The album itself is cyclical in nature – the hopeful ‘Happy New Year’, a letter by Rosa which opens the album, poses the question of whether their friendship can sustain these external forces, propelling into an album that wills that outcome into being, whilst the closing ‘Two Ribbons’ contains reflections from Jenny on how they are still bound together through their compassion for each other, tight as ever, but frayed and world-worn – leaving space for you to hit repeat and experience the triumphant blaze of thumping synths and fireworks that open the record, the listener re-cast as a survivor, looking towards redemptive fresh starts with hope.
Two Ribbons is an album that treads a fine line expressing the most intimate feelings of, whilst making space for, the different perspectives of two women; an album that says this is not the beginning or the end but part of a never ending circle. That there is sadness, and pain, and joy, and hope, in everything – and that no matter what detours we take, we are all connected.
Let's Eat Grandma
Who Saved Who
FFO: Vundabar, Liily, Foxing, Snarls, The Sonder Bombs
Who Saved Who (WSW) is a 4-piece indie/alternative rock from Cleveland, OH. On May 6, 2022 WSW independently released their debut album Sharing the Daytime Moon (STDM) which was recorded over a 6 month period at Moonlight Audio in Columbus, OH and produced by Spirit of the Bear frontman, James Harker.
The album was intended to be written as a soundtrack for people commuting home from work. The LP seeks to capture the feeling of being trapped on the highway after a hard day’s toil but finding comfort and peace in knowing everyone is stuck together, all sharing the experience under the Daytime Moon.
From the radio-worthy pop tracks like “Crying in the Tub” and “The Sun and the Moon,” to gritty headbanging jams like “Size of Your Life” and “Everything Changes,” the group displays a unique range of songwriting and tone that anyone can find something enjoyable from.
Who Saved Who consists of:
Sean McAfee - guitar/vox Sal Corrao - drums Luke Patterson - lead guitar/backing vocals Cían Líaskos - BASS/backing vocals
Socials: @whosavedwho.cle Website: whosavedwho.band Booking: [email protected]
Broken Keys
Broken Keys AKA Tommy Sheridan is a DJ, Producer, Vocalist and Multi-Instrumentalist from Clevelannd, OH.
A fixture in the Cleveland Electronic/Hip Hop communities for over 10 years, Broken Keys has performed and DJ’d everywhere from New York City, Detroit, and Los Angeles to Austin, Houston, and Honolulu. His song ‘In Other Words’ was featured on the FX Networks show Mayans MC and he has released music on domestic and international record labels.
A fixture in the Cleveland Electronic/Hip Hop communities for over 10 years, Broken Keys has performed and DJ’d everywhere from New York City, Detroit, and Los Angeles to Austin, Houston, and Honolulu. His song ‘In Other Words’ was featured on the FX Networks show Mayans MC and he has released music on domestic and international record labels.