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Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: South of France Teams Up with Little Trips and Grace DeVine on Sugary and Coquettish “Sugar Rush”

Led by Denver-based singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and creative mastermind Jeff Cormack, South of France is an indie pop project that sees Cormack and collaborators specializing in a groovy, beat-driven take on escapist, vacation pop. 

Cormack’s South of France work has been featured in a number of smash-hit TV shows, including Bojack Horseman and Shameless while receiving praise from American Songwriter, NPR, Rolling Stone and others. And adding to a growing profile, Cormack and his collaborators have opened for a growing list of acclaimed acts including, Portugal. The Man, Young The Giant, Flaming Lips, Michigander, Tennis, Zella Day and others.

Cormack’s forthcoming South of France album My Spirit Animal, My Baggage is reportedly one-part solo album and one-part collaborative effort with a series of vocalists, emcees and musicians. I’ve managed to write about four album singles:

Cormack’s latest South of France single, the Greg Laut co-produced “Sugar Rush” is a saccharine sweet, coquettish and breezy bop that features Grace DeVine’s ethereal cooing floating over a trippy and blissed-out, psych pop-influenced groove. “Sugar Rush” continues a remarkable run of summery and escapist pop that showcases Cormack’s unerring knack for funky grooves and catchy hooks.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: JOVM Mainstays South of France Shares Breezy and Introspective “Little Thoughts”

Led by Denver-based singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and creative mastermind Jeff Cormack, South of France is an indie pop project that sees Cormack and collaborators specializing in a groovy, beat-driven take on escapist, vacation pop. 

With South of France, Cormack has had his work featured in a number of smash-hit TV shows like Bojack Horseman and Shameless while receiving praise from American Songwriter, NPR, Rolling Stone and others. The Denver-based project has also opened for a list of acclaimed acts including Portugal. The Man, Young The Giant, Flaming Lips, Michigander and others.

Cormack’s forthcoming South of France album My Spirit Animal, My Baggage is reportedly one-part solo album and one-part collaborative effort with a series of vocalists, emcees and musicians. The album will feature two previously released singles:

  • “Universal Order,” a a heady yet accessible synthesis of psych pop, world music and hip-hop that’s crowd-pleasing and summery that also features Bilingual (Francophone/Anglophone) emcee Big Samir, who is one-half of The Reminders delivers a swaggering verse for the song’s hallucinogenic bridge and break. 

  • “Something That You Said” a lysergic, blissed out bit of Tame Impala-like pop that serves s a lush and woozy bed for  Big Samir and CRL CRRLL to trade swaggering bars and dreamily soulful falsetto vocals. 

  • “Weekend Lover” is a blissed-out lysergic tune featuring a propulsive and rubbery groove, lush and swirling shoegazer-like textures and ethereal vocals from longtime collaborator, Little Trips‘ Greg Laut that’s a warm and nostalgic blast of summer

The album’s latest single “Little Thoughts” continues a run of material sounds as though it draws from Currents-era Tame Impala, JOVM mainstays POND and GUM with the song anchored around a lush and woozy production featuring enormous 808-like thump, skittering beats, bursts of spacey sounds, strummed guitar and buzzing video game-like synths paired with dreamy falsetto vocals. And yet, “Little Thoughts” fittingly may be the most introspective song off the album to date.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: South of France Teams Up with Little Trips’ Greg Laut on Breezy and Lysergic “Weekend Lover”

Led by Denver-based singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and creative mastermind Jeff Cormack, South of France is an indie pop project that sees Cormack and collaborators specializing in a groovy, beat-driven take on escapist, vacation pop. 

With South of France, Cormack has had his work featured in a number of smash-hit TV shows like Bojack Horseman and Shameless while receiving praise from American Songwriter, NPR, Rolling Stone and others. The Denver-based project has also opened for a list of acclaimed acts including Portugal. The Man, Young The Giant, Flaming Lips, Michigander and others.

Cormack’s forthcoming South of France album My Spirit Animal, My Baggage is reportedly one-part solo album and one-part collaborative effort with a series of vocalists, emcees and musicians. The album will feature two previously released singles:

  • “Universal Order,” a a heady yet accessible synthesis of psych pop, world music and hip-hop that’s crowd-pleasing and summery that also features Bilingual (Francophone/Anglophone) emcee Big Samir, who is one-half of The Reminders delivers a swaggering verse for the song’s hallucinogenic bridge and break.

  • “Something That You Said” a lysergic, blissed out bit of Tame Impala-like pop that serves s a lush and woozy bed for Big Samir and CRL CRRLL to trade swaggering bars and dreamily soulful falsetto vocals. 

My Spirit Animal, My Baggage‘s latest single “Weekend Lover” is a blissed-out lysergic bop featuring a propulsive, rubbery groove paired with lush, swirling textures, twinkling keys and ethereal vocals from longtime collaborator Little Trips‘ Greg Laut. While being a warm and breezy summery blast, “Weekend Lover” may arguably be the trippiest yet most hook-driven song of the forthcoming album to date.

Single Review by William Ruben Helms

New Audio: South of France Teams up with BIg Samir and CRL CRRLL on Woozy and Swaggering “Something That You Said”

Led by Denver-based singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer Jeff Cormack,  South of France is an indie pop project that sees Cormack and his collaborators specializing in a groovy, beat-driven take on escapist, vacation pop.

South of France has had material featured in smash-hit TV shows like Bojack Horseman and Shameless — and they’ve received praise from American Songwriter, NPR, Rolling Stone and others. Adding to a growing profile, South of France has opened for a number of acclaimed acts including Portugal The Man, Young The Giant, Flaming Lips, Michigander and a lengthy list of others. 

Cormack’s latest South of France single “Something That You Said” is a lysergic and blissed out bit of pop featuring a supple and propulsive bass line, skittering hi-hat driven drum patterns, spaced out and atmospheric synths and electronics paired with incredibly catchy hooks. The production serves as a lush and woozy bed for Big Samir and CRL CRRLL to trade swaggering bars and dreamily soulful falsetto vocals.

While sounding like a mischievous take on Tame Impala, “Something That You Said” will appear on Cormack’s forthcoming album My Spirit Animal, My Baggage, an album that’s one part solo album, one part collaborative effort with a series of vocalists, emcees and more. “‘Something That You Said,” as Cormack says “is a great example of how fun these collaborations are getting. Everyone is really having fun with these songs and I’m really enjoying pushing the production into new places while keeping it fun and trying not to over complicate it.”