Review | Album review: Hannah Georgas turns anxiety into lush melancholy on For Evelyn

Hannah Georgas

For Evelyn

Dine Alone

Taking inspiration similar to pop diva Taylor “here comes another break-up song” Swift, Vancouver-based singer-songwriter Hannah Georgas ploughs the fertile ground of anxiety-riddled life changes for her third album. Named for her 98-year-old grandmother and embracing a darker, more melancholic vibe than her previous effort, the vibrant 2012 eponymous album, For Evelyn is full of despair and longing, emotions particularly evident on the bitter-sweet lead single, Don’t Go. “Don’t know what I’d do if I lost you,” Georgas laments over an intense wave of synths. “So don’t go,” she pleads.