Description
DESCRIPTION
Bridie Monds-Watson (aka Soak) is a teenage singer-songwriter from Derry, Northern Ireland. The young performer has been writing and playing for the past several years, effectively documenting the woes and sorrows of adjusting to adulthood. In Before We Forgot to Dream, her debut album, Monds-Watson's vocal style fuses her feminine elegance with an anxious alienation that transcends the issues of a mere teenager. Whether it's "B a Nobody," which plays like the soundtrack for any typical teen talking on the phone about isolation and displacement, or "Blud," the heart-shattering truthful recognition of the complexities of her parent's divorce, these songs maintain a sense of stakes and urgency that is hard to brush off. Before We Forgot To Dream isn't just the penned doom and gloom of an angst ridden teen. "Sea Creature" has a catchy playfulness that is fresh in it's pop simplicity and "Garden" jangles through with the distinct Soak voice flying just above the underlying sadness. Hers is a unique voice expressing every way she knows how, not to mention every way she is learning.
Label:
Rough Trade – RTRADLP743
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, White
Country:
UK
Released:
02 Jun 2015
Genre:
Rock, Pop
Style:
Indie Pop
Tracklist
A1 "My Brain"
A2 B A Nobody
A3 Blud
A4 Wait
A5 Sea Creatures
A6 "A Dream To Fly"
A7 24 Windowed House
B1 Garden
B2 Shuvels
B3 Hailstones Don’t Hurt
B4 Reckless Behaviour
B5 "If Everyone Is Someone – No One Is Everyone"
B6 Oh Brother
WEA
