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 | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sydney, Australia |
| Genres | Indie, folk rock |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Members | Jordan Wilson Benjamin Riley |
History
editWilson 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
editAlbums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| AUS | ||
| All Through Winter |
|
61 |
| Trapped Flame |
|
66 |
| The World's Awake |
|
—[A] |
Notes
- ^ 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
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Georgia Fair |
|
| Times Fly |
|
Singles
edit| Year | Single | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 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
edit- ^ "Week Commencing 31st October 2011" (PDF). The ARIA Report (1131). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA): 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20. 31 October 2011. Archived from the original on 20 February 2002. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ^ "Week Commencing 31st October 2011" (PDF). The ARIA Report (1236). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA): 6, 8, 21. 4 November 2013. Archived from the original on 20 February 2002. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ^ "Georgia Fair".
- ^ "GEORGIA FAIR Live in Studio with New Album "Trapped Flame" - 2SER - Real Radio 107.3 FM". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Georgia Fair - All Through Winter (2011 LP) | the AU review". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Trapped Flame by Georgia Fair". iTunes. 15 October 2013.
- ^ "Video Premiere + Q&A: Georgia Fair - Break, live at Hibernian House". 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Break - Single by Georgia Fair". iTunes. 27 October 2014.
- ^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Digital Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Maryanne (single)". Apple Music. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "Love Me Free – Single". Apple Music. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "Are We Not Alive – Single". Apple Music. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "Break – Single". Apple Music. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "Last Chance – Single". Apple Music. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "Saviour Behaviour – Single". Apple Music. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "Slave to Nothing – Single". Apple Music. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "Bloodline – Single". Apple Music. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ "Currawong [single], by Georgia Fair".
- ^ "New Audio: Sydney's Georgia Fair Relases[sic] a Spectral and Bluesy New Single – the Joy of Violent Movement". Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.