If it feels like people have been tipping SOAK—known to her family as Bridie Monds-Watson—as someone to watch for a long time, that’s because her peculiar talents were entirely apparent from a preposterously young age. She first started turning heads in her native Derry-Londonderry at the age of 14, and was quickly spotted by ±«Óãtv Foyle, ±«Óãtv Northern Ireland and ±«Óãtv Introducing, all entranced by her mature ability to weave translucent tales from her personal life and set them to a gently plucked guitar.
Zane Lowe soon became very interested, especially after she released 2014’s Blud EP on Goodbye Records (the label run by Chvrches), for which she played all the instruments, and a she delighted a home crowd for ±«Óãtv Introducing at the Derry-Londonderry Big Weekend in 2013. She then reached the final 15 in the ±«Óãtv Sound of 2015 poll, toured with George Ezra, and signed an album deal with Rough Trade records. And then there was Sea Creatures, a song she’d be playing almost since the start, and her first to make the Radio 1 A List, swiftly followed by her remarkable Live Lounge cover of Drown by Bring Me The Horizon. And she's STILL only 18.
If it feels like people have been tipping SOAK—known to her family as Bridie Monds-Watson—as someone to watch for a long time, that’s because her peculiar talents were entirely apparent from a preposterously young age. She first started turning heads in her native Derry-Londonderry at the age of 14, and was quickly spotted by ±«Óãtv Foyle, ±«Óãtv Northern Ireland and ±«Óãtv Introducing, all entranced by her mature ability to weave translucent tales from her personal life and set them to a gently plucked guitar.
Zane Lowe soon became very interested, especially after she released 2014’s Blud EP on Goodbye Records (the label run by Chvrches), for which she played all the instruments, and a she delighted a home crowd for ±«Óãtv Introducing at the Derry-Londonderry Big Weekend in 2013. She then reached the final 15 in the ±«Óãtv Sound of 2015 poll, toured with George Ezra, and signed an album deal with Rough Trade records. And then there was Sea Creatures, a song she’d be playing almost since the start, and her first to make the Radio 1 A List, swiftly followed by her remarkable Live Lounge cover of Drown by Bring Me The Horizon. And she's STILL only 18.
