Georgia Harmer + Friends

December 27 >> Doors open at 7PM, Show starts at 7:30PM. 
$10 Advanced until December 24, $15 at the door.

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ON THE STAGE

Georgia Harmer

A flash of telepathic closeness shared between friends, the euphoric memory of a summer’s day so perfect you want to live inside it forever, the dusty heat of a Texas afternoon, a tingle of melancholy on a solo walk home after a party: these are some of the ineffable moments captured in expressive detail by Georgia Harmer.  With a wisdom and poise that belies her youthful age, Harmer has penned an emotionally resonant collection of songs that articulate the ways in which even the most fleeting experiences can forge bonds between strangers, create families out of friends, and one by one form the joys and sorrows that make up a life.

Harmer has been making music practically since birth. She hails from an artistic family, including her aunt and labelmate Sarah Harmer (Georgia’s parents, both professional musicians, met while playing in Sarah’s band). “I grew up having access to any and every instrument that I wanted. My dad would give me these little guitars that he would tune to an open chord so I could just strum and sing along,” she recalls. Harmer started recording her own songs at 10 and, while still a teenager, hit the road as a backing vocalist for Alessia Cara, touring and playing every late night TV program for eight months.

Sister Ray

Surrendering to primordial instinct is a skill developed over time. On “Animal Thing” by Sister Ray, the project of singer-songwriter Ella Coyes, they meditate on realizing the outsized possibilities derived from lingering. Set in the off-hours of Toronto’s beloved 80-year-old Imperial Pub, the liminal space between resisting the urge to leave, and the desire to know someone deeper becomes a conduit. Deciding to stay is far from incidental — it’s the satisfying outcome of a hard-earned journey towards trusting their intuition, and believing that they can design their ideal outcome. Conjuring the searing alternative Americana of Smog and Lucinda Williams, the track rings of an unhurried and spacious resonance; steady guitar lines and amber-toned keys are held together by Coyes’ unmistakable voice, always sprawling and scraping towards a greater emotional precision. A discerning lyrical storyteller, they practice a form of unflinching empathy capable of breaking down generational wounds. In its place, unfurling a bold and stirring articulation of hope.

Raised in the Albertan prairies of Sturgeon County, and now based in Toronto, the 25-year-old artist earned widespread attention with their acclaimed debut effort, Communion, and follow up EP, Teeth. The album was longlisted for the 2022 Polaris Prize, and across both releases they have been featured in Pitchfork, Audiotree, Paste, NPR, The Guardian, Line of Best Fit and more, along with tours supporting Hurray For The Riff Raff, and appearances at Pitchfork Festival in Paris & London, Primavera Weekender. If the tracks on Communion were fueled with intentional sense of urgency, for their songwriting to operate as a vehicle to excavate in-motion revelations, their music since now yearns in a different direction. It rings with the certainty that self-assurance is cultivated through the cracks of discomfort.

Thanks to our sponsor Steamwhistle + Luksusowa for helping to make this show happen.