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Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: Marseille’s Social Dance Shares High-Energy Bop “Meilleur”

Rising Marseille-based electro pop trio Social Dance — Faustine, Thomas and Ange — are best friends and former roommates, who started the project back in 2020. The trio craft uninhibited and absurd pop inspired by their common experiences and complementary music tastes.

“Parler” off the trio’s debut EP 2022’s Rumeurs was featured in the Netflix series Emily In Paris. And as a result of Emily in Paris‘ popularity, the trio wound up supporting the EP with touring across Europe and Canada last year, playing over 70 shows, including sets at Inouïs du Printemps de Bourges and Rock en Seine.

Building upon a growing profile across the Francophone world, the Marseille-based trio’s full-length debut Volte-Face. The album further establishes their take on infectious, feel good pop but while pairing funky grooves with French touch and others.

Volte-Face will feature “Sometimes,” a feel good slice of dance punk anchored in a euphoria-inducing, dance floor friendly groove paired with squiggling bursts of Nile Rodgers-like guitar, punchy, mathematically precise drum machine, glistening synths and dueling bilingual boy-girl vocals. The result is a song that seemingly channels LCD Soundsystem, JOVM mainstays Psymon Spine and others — while being remarkably mischievous. 

Anchored around angular and squiggling bursts of guitar, skittering beats punchily delivered vocals and incredibly catchy, razor sharp hooks, “Meilleur” the album’s second and latest single sounds as though it were subtly nodding to Freedom of Choice-era DEVO, Psymon Spine and Talking Heads while continuing a remarkable run of infectious, euphoria-inducing, high-energy bops.

Video by William Ruben Helms

New Video: Marseille’s Social Dance Shares Upbeat and Funky “Sometimes”

Formed back in 2020, Marseille, France-based electro pop trio Social Dance — Faustine, Thomas and Ange — are best friends and former roommates, who craft uninhibited and absurd pop inspired by their common experiences and complementary music tastes.

Their debut EP 2022’s Rumeurs featured material that was featured in the Netflix series Emily In Paris. As result of their music appearing in the hit Netflix series, the Marseille-based trio toured across Europe and Canada last year, playing over 70 shows.

The trio’s latest single “Sometimes” is their first single of 2024 — and the first bit of new material since their debut EP. “Sometimes” is a feel good slice of dance punk rooted in a euphoric, dance floor friendly groove featuring squiggling bursts of Nile Rodgers-like guitar, punchy, mathematically precise drum machine, angular bass lines paired with glistening synths serving as a sleek and supple bed for dueling bilingual boy and girl vocals that seems to channel LCD Soundsystem, JOVM mainstays Psymon Spine and others — while being remarkably mischievous.

The Wes Anderson-like accompanying video for “Sometimes” is a behind-the-scene look at the filming of the video for “Sometimes,” that begins with the production company ironing and preparing outfits for the trio, styling hair and makeup before they hit the set. During the shooting, we follow the boldly colored outfit trio rocking out and goofing along to the song. The video manages to capture the mischievous air of the trio and of the song — and in a way that’s adorable.