Georgia Fair

Georgia Fair is an Australian music duo comprising Jordan Wilson and Benjamin Riley. Their debut album, All Through Winter, was released in October 2011, which peaked in the top 100 of the ARIA Albums Chart and reached No. 1 on the related ARIA Hitseekers Albums Chart.[1] Their second album, Trapped Flame (October 2013), also reach the ARIA top 100.[2]

Georgia Fair
OriginSydney, Australia
GenresIndie, folk rock
Years active2007–present
Associated actsBand of Horses, Tyler Ramsey, The Panics, Lisa Mitchell, Boy & Bear
MembersJordan Wilson
Benjamin Riley

History

Wilson and Riley met in high school at the age of 13, they began playing and writing music together and would continue to do so in various incarnations, until settling on Georgia Fair shortly after they left school.[3] The band's name is said to have come from a venue of one of their first shows mistakenly billing "Jordan and Ben" as Georgia Fair due to a bad phone connection.[4]

In 2010 Jordan and Ben hooked up with Bill Reynolds of Band of Horses to record what would end up being their debut LP All Through Winter. Commencing tracking in Asheville, North Carolina, the pair travelled with Reynolds to Austin, Texas and then Atlanta, Georgia where the record was completed.[5]

The pair recorded their second LP in Los Angeles with producer Ted Hutt titled "Trapped Flame" released in October 2013.[6]

The band has since commenced work on a follow up record, working out of studio usually occupied by fellow Sydney band The Preatures.[7] A single, "Break", and a subsequent video was released in October 2014.[8]

Discography

Albums
List of albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
All Through Winter 61
Trapped Flame
  • Released: October 2013
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Sony Music Australia (88883773622)
 66
The World's Awake
  • Released: 16 January 2020
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
  • Label: Self-released
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Notes

  1. The World's Awake did not enter the ARIA Albums Chart, but peaked at number 21 on the ARIA Digital Album Chart.[9]

Extended plays
List of extended plays, with selected details
Title Album details
Georgia Fair
  • Released: 2009
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Georgia Fair (FAIR1)
Times Fly
  • Released: 2010
  • Format: CD, digital download
  • Label: Sony (88697788982)

Singles
YearSingleAlbum
2009"Picture Frames"Georgia Fair EP
2010 "Little While" —
"Times Fly" Times Fly EP
2011 "Marianne" (featuring Lisa Mitchell and Boy & Bear)[10]
"Where You Been?" All Through Winter
2012 "Simple Man"
"Blind"
2013"Love Free Me"[11] Trapped Flame
2014"Are We Not Alive"[12]
"Break"[13] Non-album singles
2015"Last Chance"[14]
2016"Saviour Behaviour" (Paul Conrad featuring Georgia Fair)[15]
2017"Slave to Nothing"[16] The World's Awake
2018"Bloodline"[17]

References

[18] [19]

  1. "Week Commencing 31st October 2011" (PDF). The ARIA Report. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) (1131): 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20. 31 October 2011. Archived from the original on 21 February 2002. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  2. "Week Commencing 31st October 2011" (PDF). The ARIA Report. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) (1236): 6, 8, 21. 4 November 2013. Archived from the original on 21 February 2002. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  3. http://www.music-news.com/ShowReview.asp?nReviewID=9823&nType=4
  4. http://www.2ser.com/component/k2/item/6393-georgia-fair-live-in-studio-with-new-album-trapped-flame
  5. http://www.theaureview.com/albums/georgia-fair-all-through-winter
  6. https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/trapped-flame/id693975734
  7. http://hhhhappy.com/2014/12/08/video-premiere-qa-georgia-fair-break-live-at-hibernian-house/
  8. https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/break-single/id932195287
  9. "ARIA Australian Top 50 Digital Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  10. "Maryanne (single)". Apple Music. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  11. "Love Me Free – Single". Apple Music. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  12. "Are We Not Alive – Single". Apple Music. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  13. "Break – Single". Apple Music. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  14. "Last Chance – Single". Apple Music. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  15. "Saviour Behaviour – Single". Apple Music. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  16. "Slave to Nothing – Single". Apple Music. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  17. "Bloodline – Single". Apple Music. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  18. https://georgiafair.bandcamp.com/releases
  19. https://joyofviolentmovement.com/2017/12/13/new-audio-sydneys-georgia-fair-relases-a-spectral-and-bluesy-new-single/
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