Management: "Parkside" Mike Renaud
Upper Management Contact:
parkside@upper-management.com
Booking: Julien Paquin
Paquin Agency
Publicity Related Inquiries: Nicola Krishna
Strut Entertainment Contact: nicola@strutentertainment.com
Influences
Frente, Portishead, The Flaming Lips, Frou Frou, Imogen Heap, The Cranberries, Sarah Harmer, Chad Vangaalen, Sinead O'Connor, Mother Mother, Smashing Pumpkins, Ratatat, Josh Ritter, Interpol, Tegan and Sara, Oasis, The Counting Crows, The Strokes, The National, Radiohead, Tori Amos, Annie Lennox, The Secret Machines, Postal Service, Hot Chip, Jeff Buckley, Feist, Beck, Bjork, Broken Social Scene, Jenny Owen Youngs, Sufjan Stevens, PJ Harvey, Great Aunt Ida, The Blow, Bat for Lashes, Julie Dorion, Modest Mouse, The Shins, Band of Horses, MIA
It happens once in a blue moon, if you’re lucky. You stumble across a new artist – on MySpace, in a club, on the radio – and fall so quickly and madly in love, you want to stand on top of a desk, a building, even a mountain, and let the whole world know. Vancouver singer-songwriter Hannah Georgas is the new love of your life – and she won’t break your heart. Her voice, bittersweet yet as spunky as an indie film heroine, will make you swoon as she sings about love, language and awkward situations. Just listen to the two sumptuous acoustic-pop songs on her split 7-inch with Mark Watrous (Shudder To Think, Gosling), due out November 3, 2009. The Deep End was inspired by daily phone conversations with one of her older sisters while Chit Chat recounts a recent dining experience with someone who wouldn’t shut up. “I do listen more than I speak,” says Hannah “I think that’s why I make a good songwriter. I was just watching home videos and I’m definitely the kid on the swing set, singing to myself. In university, I’d know the answer to questions and I would not put up my hand because I would be too scared to speak. Getting on stage, though, is completely different for me – that’s the best thing in the world. ” Chit Chat and The Deep End are two of the tunes from her upcoming full-length debut, produced by Howard Redekopp, slated for release in March 2010. It’s a warm, whimsical collection of pop-roots songs, but it also offers a hint of Hannah’s secret life as a dancefloor diva. Your Ghost is about duplicity, while Shine is a celestial missive initially written for a car commercial. (It didn’t make the cut, but did appear on an episode of one of Hugh Dillon’s many TV shows.) Come On The Dancefloor feels like an electro-punk number. “I love to dance and I just wanted to write a song that would inspire people to rip it up on the dancefloor,” she says.
As much as Hannah loves to bust a move, songwriting is her true passion. She wrote her first tune when she was six — “It’s really embarrassing,” she giggles — shortly after she started piano lessons in her hometown of Newmarket, Ont. Almost two decades later, she won a songwriting contest, which convinced her to record her first EP, The Beat Stuff, released last January. Her early supporters include Said The Whale – she’ll appear on their upcoming album - and singer-songwriter Jeremy Fisher. (His wife actually deserves the credit for introducing him to Hannah and helping her land a manager.) She recently sang for the prime minister (and thousands) of others on Parliament Hill and she co-wrote a TV jingle, which she’s now turning into a full-length song – thanks to hundreds of requests from new followers. Starbucks is also a convert and licensed The Beat Stuff to play in its stores across North America. With the full-length album out next year, and a fall tour across Canada with fellow Vancouver based artists Said The Whale, she’s well on her way to convert the rest of Canada into true Hannah Georgas fans!.
Hey Hannah it was nice to meet you again tonight ;)... I forgot to ask you a question when I saw you . I know that you played alot of new songs tonight... and I must say that I love each and every one of them, but I was wondering have you been recording at all or are you going to soon? because I cant wait to own more music by you I really enjoy your music.
I was soooo happy that you played mama's boy , and this was the first time I saw you with a band behide you and i quit injoyed it...
Well I hope you enjoy the rest of the tour that you are on and I am looking forword to a ne ep or cd :)
thanks for the add homie lol right good set in thunder bay btw whenever your heading back stop by the next show will be at least 3x crazier ill bring my friend with an abnormally large hat just so you know
UNREAL show last night in Danger Bay, Hannah. It was a pleasure to have you play here. If you're ever passing through here and not playing at the Apollo, let me know, you have a place to stay. Good luck on the rest of the tour, wolf!
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001
Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works scent the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements.
The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls; Historic buildings are a gauge Of the respect for heritage.
Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields; Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens.
Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.
Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum; Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry.
And, with moulding-works out that way, It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?
hey I am soo happy you are coming to Edmonton now!... my friends Amanda and I may still try and go to one of the Canmore date too because we love little road trips, and we love to do it for music that we love ;)
I cant wait to see you here in Edmonton and hopfuly i will be able to see you in Canmore as well yeah so Happy!
Hey Hannah! We saw you both nights in edmonton, and you were just incredible. And, just wanted to let you know, that I'm convinced your legs are hand carved from marble. That's how nice they are. NOW THAT THAT'S OVER WITH much love! -the heights
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