LOS ANGELES, CA- Grace Inspace’s new single “Emergency Contact” feels like a lucid dream you can’t quite place. There’s an uncanny familiarity woven through its melody, as if it’s tugging on something half-remembered from the back of your mind. That sense of déjà vu only makes it more addictive. With its swirling textures and sharp edge, the track carries a quietly defiant energy. It’s feels like sign of an artist who’s stepping into her own world.
The song opens with an atmospheric tension that slowly unravels into a gritty, alt-pop groove. Grace’s vocals cut through the haze with equal parts clarity and ache, shifting between resignation and resolve. “We absorb it from the air / store resentment in our heavy hair,” she sings, transforming a childhood metaphor into a piercing statement about emotional weight and the exhaustion of constant self-control. The soundscape is lush but raw, grounded by steady percussion and layers that shimmer like heat on pavement.
According to Grace, “Emergency Contact” captures the breaking point of a lifelong people pleaser. The moment when suppressed anger turns into self-realization. You can feel that friction in the song’s push and pull, a cathartic release disguised as a late-night confession. It’s got an alt-rock sensibility with a psychedelic undertone that feels effortlessly cool without trying too hard, the kind of track that lingers in your head long after it ends.
The single arrives alongside the announcement of her forthcoming EP Heavy Hair, due February 27 via TODO Records. The project was crafted with close collaborators Luna Li, Josh Mehling (of Shelly), and the twin brothers Mulherin, blending live instrumentation with modern production for something both intimate and cinematic.
And about that melody … whatever it’s reminding me of has been rattling around my brain for days, and I still can’t place it. Maybe that’s the magic of it. Grace Inspace has written the kind of song that feels like it’s always been there, hiding somewhere in your subconscious, waiting to be rediscovered.
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