Acclaimed indie-pop songstress Hannah Georgas’ 4th full-length album All That Emotion is out now to wide acclaim via Toronto indie stalwart Arts & Crafts (Canada) and Brassland (the imprint co-founded by Aaron & Bryce Dessner). Produced by Aaron Dessner, founding member of The National and producer of Taylor Swift’s latest LP folklore, the evocative and meditative All That Emotion has attracted enthusiastic critical response worldwide earning praise from outlets like Exclaim!, NPR, FADER, Stereogum, The Guardian, Uproxx, The Line of Best Fit, Clash, American Songwriter, BrooklynVegan, Earmilk, World Cafe and Consequence of Sound who dubbed Georgas “a new generation’s Feist.”
The 11-song album is now available HERE and features the mesmeric lead single “Dreams“, the calmly enveloping “Just A Phase“, slow-burning synth pop gem “Easy”, and pre-announce singles “That Emotion” and “Same Mistakes“. All That Emotion is the follow-up to Georgas’ widely-acclaimed 2016 album For Evelyn. The heartfelt single, “Lost Cause” from For Evelyn is currently featured in the Netflix dance comedy film Work It alongside mega-artists like Dua Lipa, Kenzie & Sia, Meghan Trainor, and Selena Gomez. The film is notably produced by Alicia Keys‘ A.K. Worldwide Productions, STXfilms and Alloy Entertainment, and its placement in the film is ushering in a new legion of fans for Hannah with an incredible 5400% increase in Shazam searches of the song.
Hannah Georgas began creating All That Emotion about a year after the release of her celebrated 2016 album For Evelyn by starting with an intensive process of writing and demoing songs in her Toronto apartment, and finishing with a month-long retreat in Los Angeles. She began the record making process in mid-2018 travelling to Long Pond, the upstate New York studio and home of Aaron Dessner, best known as a founding member of Grammy Award-nominated band The National and for his production work with artists like Sharon Van Etten, Frightened Rabbit, This Is The Kit and Local Natives.
Hannah Georgas began creating the album All That Emotion about a year after the release of her celebrated 2016 album For Evelyn —starting with an intensive process of writing and demoing songs in her Toronto apartment, and finishing with a month long retreat in Los Angeles. She began the record making process in the middle of 2018 when she traveled to Long Pond, the upstate New York studio & home of producer Aaron Dessner of The National, who she had the opportunity to join on the road singing back-ups and as an opener in a few cities in Europe and North America.
“We recorded All That Emotion in concentrated periods of time with breaks in between,” says Georgas. “I had never made an album this way before. It was also the first time making an album outside of Canada which was a really unique experience. Before each session, I would make the long drive from Toronto to Hudson Valley in Upstate New York. It was really special getting the opportunity to work in such a remote space with Aaron and Jon and I was always itching to get back whenever we had breaks. At the same time, I appreciated the space in between and coming back with fresh ears.” The writing process for All That Emotion found Hannah creating her most personal album to date.
“The album cover is an old family photo. I love the image because it captures this calm confidence. It looks like people are watching a performance and it seems like he’s diving in without a second thought. Similarly, I find that it parallels the approach needed within art. The calm confidence of expressing yourself without the thought of consequence, regardless of anyone watching.”Plotting the boundaries of where to place the music, it’s emotionally fraught, yet still warm and fuzzy. On the album, you’ll hear about bad habits and prayerful families—right and wrong love—mistakes and moving on—casual cruelty and most of all, change. Says Georgas, “Music becomes the forum where I work out these feelings, embrace and express pain and love, joy and anger, frustration and fear and hope. It’s where I can be uncensored, not hold back, and say what I want to say. In that way, making music is a cathartic and cleansing process. It’s always the best feeling when someone tells me my music has helped them out in some way. That keeps me going.”
Along with the new record, fans can take advantage of exclusive All That Emotion merch bundles now available. The bundles feature exclusive shirts, tote bags, and a new personal care product from Routine featuring a signature scent developed with Hannah, as well as a limited number of digital happy hours for fans to meet Georgas. Order the exclusive bundlesHERE. In celebration of her new release, Hannah will perform a special live stream on September 30, 2020 starting at 8pm EDT, which will be available to fans for 48 hours. The intimate show was recorded with her band at Taurus Studios in Toronto. Says Hannah, “This time right now I would have been hitting the road to tour my new album, visiting the beautiful cities you call home, sharing songs for you off All That Emotion. Because 2020 is the year none of us planned for, I feel incredibly fortunate to have still been able to still share new music with you. We can’t gather and experience live music together like we usually do, which is why I’ve partnered with Outermost, playing songs off the new album, and some others too.” See below for more details and ticket info.
