Georgia Fair Explained

Georgia Fair
Origin:	Sydney, Australia
Genre:	Indie, folk rock
Years Active:	2007–present
Associated Acts:	Band of Horses, Tyler Ramsey, The Panics, Lisa Mitchell, Boy & Bear
Current Members:	Jordan Wilson Benjamin Riley

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]

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

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Album details	Peak chart positions
AUS
All Through Winter	Released: October 2011 Format: CD, digital download Label: Sony Music Australia (88697979152)	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	—

Notes

Extended plays

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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

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)^[9]
	"Where You Been?"	All Through Winter
2012	"Simple Man"
	"Blind"
2013	"Love Free Me"^[10]	Trapped Flame
2014	"Are We Not Alive"^[11]
	"Break"^[12]	rowspan="3"
2015	"Last Chance"^[13]
2016	"Saviour Behaviour" (Paul Conrad featuring Georgia Fair)^[14]
2017	"Slave to Nothing"^[15]	The World's Awake
2018	"Bloodline"^[16]

References

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Notes and References

1. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020220130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue579.PDF . Week Commencing 31st October 2011 . The ARIA Report . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 1131 . 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20 . 20 February 2002 . 31 October 2011 . 28 April 2015 . dead .
2. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020220130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue579.PDF . Week Commencing 31st October 2011 . The ARIA Report . Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) . 1236 . 6, 8, 21 . 20 February 2002 . 4 November 2013 . 28 April 2015 . dead .
3. Web site: Georgia Fair.
4. Web site: GEORGIA FAIR Live in Studio with New Album "Trapped Flame" - 2SER - Real Radio 107.3 FM . 22 April 2015 . 3 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225815/http://www.2ser.com/component/k2/item/6393-georgia-fair-live-in-studio-with-new-album-trapped-flame . dead .
5. Web site: Georgia Fair - All Through Winter (2011 LP) | the AU review . 22 April 2015 . 17 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150217050949/http://www.theaureview.com/albums/georgia-fair-all-through-winter . dead .
6. Web site: Trapped Flame by Georgia Fair. iTunes. 15 October 2013.
7. Web site: Video Premiere + Q&A: Georgia Fair - Break, live at Hibernian House. 8 December 2014.
8. Web site: Break - Single by Georgia Fair. iTunes. 27 October 2014.
9. Web site: Maryanne (single). Apple Music. 15 April 2011 . 23 December 2019.
10. Web site: Love Me Free – Single. Apple Music. 23 December 2019.
11. Web site: Are We Not Alive – Single . Apple Music . 14 February 2014 . 23 December 2019.
12. Web site: Break – Single. Apple Music. 27 October 2014. 23 December 2019.
13. Web site: Last Chance – Single. Apple Music. 15 May 2015. 23 December 2019.
14. Web site: Saviour Behaviour – Single . Apple Music. 9 November 2016 . 23 December 2019.
15. Web site: Slave to Nothing – Single . Apple Music. 23 December 2019.
16. Web site: Bloodline – Single. Apple Music. 23 December 2019.
17. Web site: Currawong [single], by Georgia Fair.
18. Web site: New Audio: Sydney's Georgia Fair Relases[sic] a Spectral and Bluesy New Single – the Joy of Violent Movement ]. 16 January 2018 . 17 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180117131302/https://joyofviolentmovement.com/2017/12/13/new-audio-sydneys-georgia-fair-relases-a-spectral-and-bluesy-new-single/ . dead .