For such a young artist SOAK still in her teens a confident, exuberant, ebullient performer. These are all traits which seem to effortlessly transfer to her studio projects.
New single ‘B A NoBody’ is out now, a gorgeous piece of songwriting with lyrics that display a rare sense of maturity. With her sweet voice and nagging melodic hooks, ‘B A NoBody’ isn’t perhaps the most obvious choice to gain the remix treatment.
However Woman’s Hour have stepped into the breach with a re-work which adds something truly new. SOAK’s vocals seem to fall into a bubblebath of synths, the Kendal band applying some gorgeous electronics to her sparse arrangement.Quite distinct from the original, it displays another potential direction for the Northern Irish singer to follow.
Silken-voiced 17-year-old singer-songwriter Soak (aka Bridie Monds-Watson, from Derry) has found her Cat Powerish crooning feted by Chvrches – who signed her to their Goodbye Records label ahead of her current deal with Rough Trade – and lauded as the next phase of Beach House-style chillwave.
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