About
SOAK has won widespread praise, and comparisons ranging from Laura
Marling to Cat Power, for her textured tales of adolescence, family and
friendship. Still just 18 years old, Bridie Monds-Watson has been performing
in her home of Derry since the age of 14, where she’d split her time between
studying, the local skate-park, and her burgeoning songwriting (touring in the
school holidays, and launching Derry’s City of Culture hours before a GCSE
exam). Then, in 2014 she became the first signing to CHVRCHES’ singles
label, releasing the beautiful ‘Blud’ and touring with the likes of George Ezra
and Tegan & Sara. In the same summer that most of her friends got their ALevel
results, SOAK penned an album deal with Rough Trade Records and
aired the beautiful ‘B a noBody’.
Her forthcoming album will cement Bridie Monds-Watson’s ascent from a raw talent to a unique artistic voice for 2015 (“a vivid portrait of teenage deep-thinking…intricate, ambiguous psychodramas” Guardian)
