Based in Toronto, singer-songwriter Georgia Harmer blends folk, pop and grunge to produce a style both emotive and confident. Her solo work comes after a period backing Alessia Cara, and the benefits of this time of teeth cutting feels apparent in her music. It sounds rich and sagacious beyond her years, melancholy and fondness marbling into a single, immersive experience.
Teaming up with Arts & Crafts, Georgia Harmer has unveiled debut single ‘Headrush’ to introduce us to this sound. Carved out of nostalgia, the track balances vivid melodies with distorted guitar to conjure the conflicting emotions at its heart. “I miss moments when I’m no longer in them,” Georgia says. “‘Headrush’ is about wanting to go back to a moment and be completely present. Back to that summer day I didn’t realize was heaven until it had passed, only grasping its potency in retrospect.”
“Hours go by / Let’s drink up the sky,” go the opening lines, “and spend some time being little kids.” This affection is countered by an equal and opposite force, the hope matched by the knowledge that everything is moving, ending, with no hope of going back. Harmer’s vulnerability and assurance broaches this fact on face value, presenting life as it is delivered to us, the passing of time charging every moment with a sense of longing and beauty.
Maybe when I die
If I could chose to stay
Instead of in my mind
Could I live inside this day
Check out the fittingly lush video directed by Jimmy Vi below:
‘Headrush’ is out now via Arts & Crafts and you can buy it from their webstore.