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About: Georgia Fields
The record sees Fields bravely combining the childlike naivety of experimental sounds (such as children’s toys and cordless drills) with timeless strings, brass, and woodwind arrangements. Over two years in the making, the long-awaited album is being heralded as a pocket-sized orchestral wonder.
Fields made her entrance on the local music scene in December of 2007, with her independently released EP ‘Drama on the High Seas of Emotion’. The title-track peaked at #4 on the Triple J Unearthed Pop Charts that year, and with each CD cover handcrafted from a Little Golden Book, Fields soon sold out.
Collaborating with childhood friend and esteemed contemporary classical cellist Judith Hamann, Georgia became quite the festival favourite, playing on numerous occasions for the Apollo Bay Music Festival, St Kilda Festival, and the Queenscliff Music Festival, to name just a few. She has supported iconic Australian artists Angie Hart (Frente!), Charles Jenkins (Icecream Hands), Abby Dobson (Leonardo’s Bride), and alt-country supergroup The Wilson Pickers.
Thanks to funding from Arts Victoria, Fields was able to recruit a full cast of orchestral musicians for her debut album project. Producer Greg Arnold (Things of Stone and Wood; Skipping Girl Vinegar; Stonefield) was at the helm, with legendary engineer David McCluney (Nick Cave; The Drones; Dan Kelly) behind the desk. At the time of its release, the "Georgia Fields" LP was featured as “Album of the Week” for Radio National, and Clare Bowditch named it as one of her recommendations for 2011 in The Age [Melbourne] Magazine. JMag jumped on the bandwagon too, declaring that “Fields is one to watch”. And watch her we did, when in April 2011 she appeared on SBS’s cult television series ‘RocKwiz’ alongside infamous crooner Normie Rowe.
Georgia Fields is currently in working on her sophomore offering, due in 2012.
Things people have said:
"Our newest musical crush… Fields specialises in cute, vintage-y folk-pop that makes you want to sway in time and sing along when you know the words. Plus she plays the ukulele. What a hero!"
Frankie Magazine, Australia
"Georgia Fields has got the pop smarts to deliver a compelling album... A star is born." 4 stars
JB Hifi Mag, Australia
"Australia has produced yet another great female singer/songwriter in Georgia Fields... Fields is one to watch." 7/10
Jmag, Australia
Beat Magazine Album of the Week: "This bubbly singer-songwriter is positively substance over style. Fields' self-titled debut full-length is a warm, relatable, and charming diary-album of folk-pop enchantment."
Beat Magazine, Melbourne
"Fields explores the terrain of relationships with a fresh view - this would be a considerable achievement for someone deep into their career, but as a debut it is astonishing." 10/10
Americana UK
"Really brilliant pop."
Cosmopolitan Magazine, Australia
"Arrangements flit from full to bare in a heartbeat... Fields has proven herself capable of surprising us, as she does with this sophisticated showing."
Mess & Noise, www.messandnoise.com
"Fields’ first outing is an elegant, calculated and mature release that takes flight and soars from song to stirring song in spectacular fashion. There is a certain joy to be had in revisiting each song, and that, surely, is the mark of a quality record."
The Dwarf, www.thedwarf.com.au
Luci Everett is the magician/artist/illustrator behind my album artwork and posters. She has an incredible knack with paper, crayons, watercolours and her dulcet tones also feature in the choir on track 12 of my record. You can see more of her exquisite visual creations at www.lucieverett.com.
Rohan Spong is my inspired and extremely talented music video director. He can often be found gallivanting around New York with camera and martini glass... Or shooting some incredibly profound documentaries, knee deep in snow and social debris. You can see more of his intriguing work at www.rohanspong.net. But here are the videos he has made for me... cue fanfare...
