Georgia Fields

After a break away from the life of a touring artist in order to have a child, Melbourne based multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Georgia Fields is now ready to return to Sydney for an exclusive album launch show at The High Tea Society’s exclusive secret event.

Georgia first found out she was pregnant just before starting work on her second full-length album release Astral Debris, which obviously dramatically altered the way the record was made.

“I felt my songwriting process was my usual, but certainly the album’s production process was different because I had an ever-expanding belly and wasn’t able to go into the studio for three weeks straight, instead I had to do little bits here and there,” Georgia explained. “It was a pretty amazing experience having a little baby inside while also working on my little album baby.”

Whilst her personal life was going through some big changes Georgia decided she also wanted to get out of her “comfort zone” and experiment with her sound on the new record. This was achieved by bringing electronic artist and producer Tim Shiel onto the team in order to inject electronic and synth elements into the music. This however wasn’t the only change as Georgia also looked to use some of her other skills, in particular string section composition, to add another dimension to the record.

Early praise for singles ‘Hood & The Hunter’ and ‘Open Orange’ suggest that this new direction was a smart choice. Georgia said hearing the positive reviews come in was “really lovely and very flattering because it is a bit of a different sound for me… It’s reassuring to feel as though people still hear it as being me and part of my expression.”

While her baby is yet to inspire “anything with words” Georgia explained exclusively to the City Hub that she is already responsible for at least one song, and likely more in the future.

“There is a piece of instrumental music that I composed while I was pregnant which features on the film Winter At Westbeth, which I wrote while I was pregnant and was inspired by my daughter.”

Although technically “not a baby anymore because she’s nearly two”, Georgia glows when speaking about her daughter and says “I think while you can still pick them up they’re still your baby, but maybe even when she’s 15 I’ll be trying to pick her up and say she’s my baby”.

Sep 1. Sydney High Tea – Secret Location, Surry Hills. To get an exclusive invite head to the High Tea Society here: www.facebook.com/groups/highteacrew/