It happens once in a blue moon, if you’re lucky. You stumble across a new artist – on MySpace, in a club, or on the radio – and fall so quickly and madly in love, you want to stand on top of a desk, a building, even a mountain, and let the whole world know.??

Vancouver-based singer-songwriter Hannah Georgas is the new love of your life – and she won’t break your heart. Her voice, bittersweet yet as spunky as an indie film heroine, will make you swoon as she sings about love, language and awkward situations.?? Just listen to the two sumptuous acoustic-pop songs on her split 7-inch with Mark Watrous (Shudder To Think, Gosling), which debuted in November, 2009.
The Deep End was inspired by daily phone conversations with one of her older sisters while Chit Chat recounts a recent dining experience with someone who wouldn’t shut up. ??

“I do listen more than I speak,” says Hannah “I think that’s why I make a good songwriter. I was just watching home videos and I’m definitely the kid on the swing set, singing to myself. In university, I’d know the answer to questions and I would not put up my hand because I would be too scared to speak. Getting on stage, though, is completely different for me – that’s the best thing in the world.”

??Chit Chat and The Deep End are also two of the tunes that will be included on her upcoming full-length debut album, aptly called “This Is Good” - produced by Howard Redekopp (Mother Mother, Said The Whale, Tegan and Sara) and Ryan Guldemond (Mother Mother), and set for release in April 2010.

“This Is Good” is a warm, whimsical collection of pop-roots songs, but it also offers a hint of Hannah’s secret life as a dancefloor diva. ??Your Ghost is about duplicity, while Shine is a celestial missive initially written for a car commercial. (It didn’t make the cut, but did appear on an episode of one of Hugh Dillon’s many TV shows.) Come On The Dancefloor feels like an electro-punk number. ??“I love to dance and I just wanted to write a song that would inspire people to rip it up on the dancefloor,” she says. ??

As much as Hannah loves to bust a move, songwriting is her true passion. She wrote her first tune when she was six — “It’s really embarrassing,” she giggles — shortly after she started piano lessons in her hometown of Newmarket, Ontario.

Almost two decades later, Hannah won a songwriting contest, which convinced her to record her first EP, The Beat Stuff, released last January.?? Her early supporters include Said The Whale – she appeared on their recent album – and singer-songwriter Jeremy Fisher. (His wife actually deserves the credit for introducing him to Hannah and helping her land a manager.) She recently sang for the Prime Minister (and thousands of others) on Parliament Hill, she co-wrote a TV jingle, which she’s now turning into a full-length song – thanks to hundreds of requests from new followers and she made an impressive mark on CMF in Toronto introducing “This Is Good” to the masses. Hannah was awarded the Bucky Award from the CBC Radio – and proclaimed “Best New Artist” of 2009. Starbucks is also a convert and licensed The Beat Stuff to play in their stores across North America.

With “This Is Good” set for release on April 27, a year of upcoming tours and as of yet untold surprises to come, you can count on seeing and hearing much more of Hannah Georgas in 2010 and beyond. Now, climb that desk, scale that building or summit that mountain and make sure she’s not just the artist you know about, but share with others. She’s too good to be kept all to yourself.