Georgia announces eponymous debut album for 7th August 2015
We are proud to announce the debut eponymous album by multi-instrumentalist, producer and songwriter Georgia Barnes, released on 7th August 2015. Watch a trailer for the album featuring the opening track, Intro, HERE.
Written, performed and produced by Barnes in its entirety and recorded in her own home-studio, ‘Georgia’ is the product of two years of obsessive work, but also a young lifetime of voracious music listening.
Elements of the glacial yet hyper-melodic tone of early 00's grime, sweltering, mid-summer west London dub and ragga, sophisticated pop, first wave post-punk agitation, the formative influence of Missy Elliott and the high-concept, illuminated sound-design work of contemporary artists such as The Knife and Hudson Mohawke run through ‘Georgia’, a record that reveals new layers of intrigue and ingenuity with every listen.
Born and raised in a deeply musical household in north west London, Georgia combined music study at London's SOAS with a stint working on the counter at Rough Trade and quickly made a lot of very natural musical connections, being invited to play drums with DIY innovators such as Kwes and Kate Tempest.
Georgia herself is a warm, compelling, malleable voice as believable a sensual soul-bearer as she is raucous provocateur (as witnessed at her dynamic recent live shows at The Great Escape and supporting Hot Chip and Kelela) and a very necessary new pop star for 2015.
‘Georgia’ will be available on CD (WIGCD357), LP (WIGLP357), Deluxe LP (WIGLP357X) and Digital (WIG357D). The Deluxe LP comes with a bonus 10”. You can pre-order the album via iTunes. Pre-orders will feature 4 instant grats - Intro, Move Systems, Be Ache and Digits.
Watch the video for Move Systems HERE.
Tracklisting:
- Intro
- Kombine
- Be Ache
- Nothing Solutions
- Hold It
- Digits
- Cab Ride
- Tell Me About It
- Move Systems
- Heart Wrecking Animals
- GMTL
- You
Georgia will be playing at the official Field Day aftershow at The Waiting Room in Stoke Newington on Saturday the 6th of June, headlining London’s Electowerkz on Thursday the 9th of July and shall be supporting Hot Chip on their October UK tour.
