Originally from
Newmarket,
Ontario, she played in a band with Tim Oxford of
Arkells in high school before moving to
Victoria, British Columbia to attend university. She subsequently contributed a new song, "Drive", to the 2010 edition of
CBC Radio 2's
Great Canadian Song Quest. She was nominated in the categories of Best New Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year at the
2011 Juno Awards. She took home the Emerging Artist of the Year at
XM's Verge Music Awards in 2011 as well as Solo Artist of the Year at the Sirius/XM-sponsored Indies. In 2012, she has toured internationally as part of
Kathleen Edwards' supporting band, and her second, self-titled album was released on 2 October 2012 with Dine Alone Records. In June 2013, the album was longlisted for the
2013 Polaris Music Prize. The album won Pop Recording of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards in 2013. She was nominated for Songwriter of the Year and Alternative Album of the Year at the
2013 Juno Awards, and played her single "Robotic" at the awards ceremony. The first single, "Don't Go", was released on 29 April 2016. During Fall 2016, she was on tour for album the
For Evelyn throughout North America, Europe and the UK. On 8 March 2019, for
International Women's Day Georgas released the digital only EP
Imprints, a collection of covers by women she considered influential to her. Appearing on the EP with her are Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig of
Brooklyn based
indie pop band
Lucius, Tamara Lindeman of Canadian
folk music band
The Weather Station, singer
Emily King, and
Montaigne. In June 2020, Georgas revealed details of her newest album titled
All That Emotion which was released on 4 September 2020. ==Discography==