I Couldn't Fall Further Than I Already Have

I last (and first) gave a nod to Georgia in July, when I included her single Wanna Play in half a dozen picks for the summer.

Of the six selections, I described Wanna Play as "the closest of all to a banger, and I love it" and I still stand by that in-depth appraisal of the single.

Of course, time waits for no-one and Georgia's delivered another certified Grade A banger with new single Get Over It, which came out earlier this month. It hits all the sweet spots, and the video directed by Spike Silverton is simple yet effective, lots of dizzying crossfaded images of Georgia dancing in a corridor before cutting to extreme facial close up and rapid edits for the choral break. 

Whilst the music is aimed squarely at the dancefloor, it also satisfies the hunger for pop with smart lyrics and run times that rarely exceed the four-minute mark and, like Get Over It, typically come in at under three.

Georgia is signed to Domino Records and currently three albums in, the most recent being Euphoric in 2023. Here a couple of singles from the album, Some Things You’ll Never Know and the opening (almost) title track, It's Euphoric.

  

The press bods at Domino describe Georgia as "as a unique left-field pop artist." If that weren't enough of an unsubtle hint, I will mention - but only in passing - that Georgia's dad is Neil Barnes of Leftfield.

The only other thing I will mention is that, after Neil and Paul Daley retired Leftfield in 2002, Neil returned to release new music as Leftfield in 2015, the same year that Georgia released her self-titled debut. 

In my blissfully ignorant state, I would like to think that Georgia's exploding talent inspired her dad, but there is no doubt that she is on her own path and doing very nicely, thank you.

As well as formidable songwriting chops, Georgia can also turn in a deft cover version, as evidenced by this fine example on Radio 1's Live Lounge in the summer of 2023.

Groovejet by Spilller and Sophie and a snippet of The Style Council's cover of Cover of Promised Land by Joe Smooth at the end? How meta is that?

And yes, she makes drumming cool in a way that Phil Collins could only dream of. In fact, that was how I first encountered Georgia, way back in 2019 when she performed Never Let You Go on Later...With Jools Holland on BBC2.

If that's whet your appetite for more Georgia, go buy some stuff over at the Domino Records shop.