This week, Perth born creative force, St. South is bringing us her debut body of work in the form of a 10 track album Get Well Soon, an offering that delves introspectively and accessibly into the artists outlook and provides listeners with a chance to relate, relax and reflect amongst some elegantly layered music.
As a songwriter, singer, and producer, Perth’s St. South has worked tirelessly on the skills required to make the kind of nuanced and soulful electro she’s known for.
St. South’s sound is not just a study in technical self-reliance, it is an intimate portrait of an artist who lives life on one’s own terms. A bold statement, but by no means hyperbolic considering that everything St. South put out until now, has been “fully self-funded, self-released, and self-driven.”
Because of this, the music itself imbues a sense of intimacy, a closeness that has pulled in millions of listeners from all corners of the world.
On the surface, Get Well Soon reads as a break-up album, which as an event provides the backdrop, but isn’t the whole picture. At its core, it’s a self-care album, or as St. South says,“a soundtrack to self-empowerment.”
This sentiment is poignantly reflected throughout, which lyrically details the rough times but sonically, reassures the listener that it’s all going to be okay. To compound the emotional fallout of the breakup, St. South learned during the mixing of the record that a family member’s re-diagnosed cancer had become terminal.
Holding feelings of joy and sorrow around the new album required a certain kind of self-acceptance —the kind that says it’s ok to feel both, and ultimately, that is the message of Get Well Soon.
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St. South is the moniker for Australian electro soul bedroom artist Olivia Gavranich. She self-released her debut EP Nervous Energy in 2016, followed by Inure in 2017, which together garnered millions of streams, as well as TV placements with The Vampire Diaries and The Fosters.
On her debut full-length record, Get Well Soon, St. South continues to be revelatory, as she unfolds a story of grief, heartbreak and ultimately, self-love.
With an innate sense of style, a belief in herself which translates to instantly accessible music and an understanding of her genre, St. South has gone from strength to strength this year and we can’t wait to see what she comes up with next.
