Before We Forgot How To Dream

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AlbumJun 01 / 201514 songs, 41m 41s
Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop
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The Irish singer-songwriter Bridie Monds-Watson's first album she's released as SOAK is a polished debut, but what's most interesting about it lurks beneath that shine.

Bridie Monds-Watson is in possession of a potent and distinct voice.

Irish singer and songwriter SOAK begins their debut album with the words "A teenage heart/Is an unguided dart," and they ought to know -- SOAK (real name Bridie Monds-Watson) was just 18 years old when Before We Forgot How to Dream was released.

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When you're young and shy, you have to get creative in order to get your thoughts out into the world. In the case of a 13-year-old Irish art...

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There's nothing the Brits like more than hyping one of their own. It's a trait that explains why so few U.K. bands make it past album number two-by the time they've delivered a follow up, fickle tastemakers have already moved on to the latest hot piece of

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Music Review: SOAK - Before We Forgot How To Dream

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Review of Soak's new album 'Before We Forget How To Dream.' Her debut full-length comes out on June 2nd via Rough Trade Records. The lead single is "Blud."

It doesn’t quite have the spark that some of her early EPs did, but the debut album by this Derry singer-songwriter has some fine moments