Soda Blonde

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Soda Blonde
Origin Dublin
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Years active2019 (2019)–present
Members
Website sodablonde.com

Soda Blonde are an Irish alt-pop band from Dublin, formed in 2019 by former members of Little Green Cars. [1]

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Career

Soda Blonde was founded in 2019 by former members of Little Green Cars. [2] They released two EPs and in 2021 their debut album Small Talk, which was nominated for the Choice Music Prize. [3] [4]

Their second album Dream Big was released in September 2023 [5] to critical acclaim, [6] [7] [8] later ranked by the Irish Independent as Number 1 on their list of "Best Irish Albums of 2023". [9]

Personnel

Discography

EPs
Albums

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