Georgie James
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Georgie James are a two-piece indie pop/rock group from Washington D.C. featuring John Davis (formerly of Q and Not U) and Laura Burhenn.
When Q and Not U called it quits in 2005 after releasing 3 albums, the band split into 3 different projects: Ris Paul Ric, a folk/funk/electronic solo effort from Chris Richards, regarded as the lead singer and rhythm player of the band; Harris Klahr's President project, a set of remixes from the lead guitarist and synthesist; and finally, Georgie James, featuring drummer Davis.
Having met through mutual friends, Davis and singer/songwriter Burhenn (who had released 4 solo albums on her own Laboratory Records prior to this project) discovered that they had similar tastes in retro pop music from the 1950's to the 1970's. They decided to start working together as a band, Davis writing the guitars and drums, Burhenn on the Rhodes Piano. A few hours later they had written a few songs, and decided this was a worthy project to take aboard.
Later in 2005 they went to record at the Dance Place in Washington with producers Chad Clark and TJ Lipple, and by November 2005 they produced a 7 song demo, showcasing a mix of cool pop production, dancey riffs reminiscent of Power-era Q and Not U and unexplored territory for the both of them. The resulting demo was entitled Demos at Dance Place and was self-released in 2006.
Georgie James has recently finished writing and recording their debut album, tentatively titled Hello, which was also produced by Chad Clark and TJ Lipple. They are still deciding on a record label, so the release date of the album is uncertain. However, the first single will be self-released sometime in January 2007.
