SOAK - Before We Forgot How To Dream
8/10
19 year old Northern Irish SOAK fills the gap in the market left since bands like Daughter gave us their spine-chilling songs with her debut album ‘Before We Forgot How To Dream’. Sea Creatures is wonderfully upbeat, contrasting with her usual cool and smooth sound. A highlight is single B a noBody, the song captures a desire to stand out in the world, which is something SOAK most definitely achieves as an artist. Songs like Garden are overshadowed by punchier tracks - 24 Windowed House has an underlying and methodical beat, oozing strength and solidarity. Still, a unique feature of Before We Forgot How To Dream is the minute long instrumental songs throughout, reminiscent of the various interludes on alt-J’s An Awesome Wave, that give a tranquil and serene aura that encompasses the whole album perfectly.
SOAK is definitely an artist to watch, and with an appearance at Radio 1’s Big Weekend along with the release of this album, she is bound to go far in a short space of time.
8/10
