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Aug 6, 2015Georgia is not only an x-ray of Barnes' emotional core but also a snapshot of the divergent ways in which music in London (not exclusively, but more commonly) is embracing lots of genres and sounds and throwing them together with complete abandon.
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Aug 14, 2015Perhaps there’s not that one killer single that will turn her into an instant sensation, and those are bound to emerge, but what she’s cultivating with Georgia holds more value: that of creating an essential body of work that is unaware of any imperfection, coming from a mind that’s overflowing with a glut of ideas.
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Aug 12, 2015It’s a credit to her craft and attention to detail, the resulting offering is sonically and musically expansive, drawing from a wide range of sources and reconciling disparate genres and musical traditions into a cohesive whole that serves as the perfect soundtrack for the halfway mark of the 2010s.
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Aug 10, 2015An artful yet unschooled prospect to reckon with.
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Aug 10, 2015Georgia turns everyday emotions into exotic and enticing vignettes.
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Aug 7, 2015Armed with several strong songs, Georgia is an impressive, inventive debut.
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Aug 6, 2015With nods to hyperactive producers such as Rustie, it’s a collision of pop, grime and electronica that shows off MIA-esque magpie tendencies.
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Aug 6, 2015Georgia is an album that speaks of youth in urban landscapes, and scenarios familiar to anyone who has hung around South London long enough. It's an area that's culturally thriving, and it might have a new hero.
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Aug 5, 2015Written, performed, and produced solely by the artist, Barnes' debut is a percussive gem saturated with guttural synths. It's a distinct piece of electro-pop that deserves close listening.
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MojoAug 3, 2015Occasionally there is so much going on it's dizzying--haunting, vulnerable You is a welcome break. [Sep 2015, p.92]
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Aug 3, 2015She might be lacking an obvious crossover hit, but you get the sense that those will arrive sooner rather than later; in the meantime, Georgia has something far more valuable: bleeding-edge vitality.
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Q MagazineAug 3, 2015There's so much going on here that joining the musical dots is a lengthy journey, but on this evidence Georgia can be special. [Sep 2015, p.110]
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Aug 5, 2015In this debut, she emerges fully-formed yet ethereal, a spirit slipping between silky and sassy, between clattering beats and electro grinds.
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Aug 3, 2015It's palpable that the tracks are more at home on the stage, where you can feel the frenetic energy of the record itself, Georgia's boisterous on-stage persona coming through in abundance. On record, sometimes that energy gets lost in a noisy ether, her identity chopped and screwed into fragments.
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UncutAug 3, 2015Her self-produced Domino debut is an alluring tale of heartbreak and romance, framed by murky electro ballads and scuffed synthwave. [Sep 2015, p.75]
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Aug 6, 2015Georgia evokes a skittering, glazed-over slice of up-all-night club life on her moody, uneven debut.
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Under The RadarAug 6, 2015Had she taken a few more risks, this could have been triumphant. Sadly, it's nothing of the sort. [Aug-Sep 2015, p.63]