A flash of telepathic closeness shared between friends, the euphoric memory of a perfect summer’s day, the dusty heat of a Texas afternoon, a tingle of melancholy on a solo walk home: these are some of the ineffable moments captured in expressive detail by Georgia Harmer on her debut album Stay In Touch. With a wisdom and poise that belies her youthful age, Harmer has penned an emotionally resonant collection of songs. Harmer 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) so she grew up with access to all kinds of instruments, started recording her own songs at 10 and, while still a teenager, hit the road as a backing vocalist for Alessia Cara. After dropping out of university to pursue music full-time, Harmer began jamming with jazz students at Humber College in Toronto, meeting the musicians who would help her shape Stay in Touch. Harmer and her new band of jazz school misfits—guitarist Dylan Burchell, drummer Julian Psihogios, and bassist David Maclean—recorded Stay In Touch at ArtHaus in Dufferin Grove. The album spans intimate folk and strummy country to sophisticated jazz and pop-kissed rock; musical landscapes that match the songs’ lyrical richness.