Soak (singer)

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Soak
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Soak at the Way Back When festival, 2015
Background information
Birth nameBridie Monds-Watson
Born (1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 29)
Derry, Northern Ireland
Genres Indie folk, dream pop
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active2013–present
Labels Rough Trade
Website soakmusic.co.uk

Bridie Monds-Watson, better known by their stage name Soak, is a singer-songwriter from Derry, Northern Ireland. [1] Soak's music has been described as 'a vivid portrait of teenage deep-thinking' by The Guardian . [2] They released their debut studio album Before We Forgot How to Dream in May 2015. "Soak" is a phonetic portmanteau of "soul" and "folk".

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Career

In November 2014, they [3] were revealed as one of the acts on the BBC Sound of 2015 long list. [4] On 20 January 2015, they released their debut single, "Sea Creatures". [5] They released their debut studio album Before We Forgot How to Dream on 29 May 2015, which won the Irish Choice Music Prize Album of the Year 2015 on 3 March 2016 at the annual awards ceremony held in Vicar Street, Dublin. On 25 January 2022, Soak announced that their third album If I Never Know You Like This Again would be released on 20 May and debuted the single "Last July". [6]

Personal life

Soak is non-binary, [7] and uses they/them pronouns. [3]

Discography

Albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
IRE
[8] 		UK
[9]
Before We Forgot How to Dream 1937
Grim Town
  • Released: 26 April 2019
  • Label: Rough Trade
  • Format: Digital download, CD, vinyl
66—
If I Never Know You Like This Again
  • Released: 20 May 2022
  • Label: Rough Trade
  • Format: Digital download, CD, vinyl
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Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Blud" [10] 2014Before We Forgot How to Dream
"B a noBody" [11]
"Sea Creatures" [12] 2015
"Digital Witness" [13] Non-album single
"Reckless Behaviour" [14] Before We Forgot How to Dream
"I Can't Make You Love Me/Immigrant Song" [15] 2016Non-album single
"Everybody Loves You" [16] 2018Grim Town
"Knock Me Off My Feet" [17] 2019
"Valentine Shmalentine" [18]
"Déjà Vu" [19]
"Last July"2022If I Never Know You Like This Again
"Swear Jar" [20]
"Lunch at Dune" (with Gordi) [21] 2024Lunch at Dune
YearTitleOther artist(s)Album
"Country Air" [22] 2019None MOOMINVALLEY (Official Soundtrack)

Awards and nominations

YearOrganisationAwardNominatedResult
2015 Hyundai Mercury Prize Before We Forgot How to DreamNominated [23]
2015 Oh Yeah Northern Ireland Music Prize Before We Forget How to DreamWon [24]
2015 RTÉ Choice Music Prize Before We Forget How to DreamWon [25]

References

  1. ↑ "Not so wet behind the ears". Irish Examiner . 21 February 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "One to watch: SOAK". The Guardian . 27 January 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 "SOAK SOAK SOAK on Instagram: "happy pride! sending lots of love and support out into the world 🌈 now seems as good a time as any to say my preference is they/them…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "SOAK makes BBC Sound Of 2015 longlist". RTÉ. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  5. ↑ iTunes - Music - Sea Creatures - Single by SOAK
  6. ↑ Aubrey, Elizabeth (30 January 2022). "Soak unveils details of next album and shares new single, 'Last July'". nme.com. NME.
  7. ↑ EDITOR (29 April 2022). "SOAK reflects on coming out, finding their voice and recentering their sound". divamag.co.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Discography Soak". irish-charts.com.
  9. ↑ "SOAK". Official Charts Company.
  10. ↑ Day, Laurence (15 April 2015). "SOAK shares the video for the proper release of "Blud"". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  11. ↑ "Soak announces new single, 'B a noBody'". DIY. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  12. ↑ "Sea Creatures - Single by SOAK on Apple Music". iTunes. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  13. ↑ "Digital Witness - Single by SOAK on Apple Music". iTunes. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  14. ↑ "Reckless Behaviour - Single by SOAK on Apple Music". iTunes. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  15. ↑ "I Can't Make You Love Me / Immigrant Song - Single by SOAK on Apple Music". iTunes. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  16. ↑ "Everybody Loves You - Single by SOAK on Apple Music". iTunes. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  17. ↑ Clarke, Patrick (10 January 2019). "SOAK reveals new single 'Knock Me Off My Feet' plus details of second album 'Grim Town'". NME . Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  18. ↑ "Valentine Shmalentine - Single by SOAK on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 18 April 2019.[ dead link ]
  19. ↑ Kenneally, Cerys (8 March 2019). "SOAK delivers dreamy banger "Déjà Vu"". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  20. ↑ "Future Releases on Triple A (AAA) Radio Stations". AllAccess. Archived from the original on 6 June 2022.
  21. ↑ "Gordi and SOAK Strengthen Irish-Aussie Relations on Joint Single 'Lunch at Dune'". Rolling Stone Australia . 18 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  22. ↑ "MOOMINVALLEY (Official Soundtrack) by Various Artists". iTunes . 19 April 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  23. ↑ "Mercury Prize 2015 shortlist". BBC . Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  24. ↑ "Soak wins Northern Ireland Music Prize". independent.ie. Irish Independent. 15 November 2015.
  25. ↑ "Teenage kicks: SOAK wins Choice Music Prize". RTÉ. 4 March 2016.
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