Soak

Originally set to take place last May, Northern Irish singer-songwriter Birdie Monds-Watson, better known as Soak, finally took to the famed stage of Whelan’s in Dublin last Tuesday night for the penultimate show of her tour in support of her latest album, ‘If I Never Know You Like This Again’.

SOAK brought their blend of indie folk and dream pop to Oporto Bar in Leeds tonight, in support of Independent Venues Week. It shows the importance to of venues like this. A few dozen people crammed into an intimate venue like this really is what live music is all about

It’s not uncommon for relative unknowns to sneak onto the nomination sheet but for someone so young (she was 18 at the time) to be sitting at the top table of British and Irish music was unheard of.

Union Chapel’s historical interior full of decorative stained glass proved to be the ideal setting for an evening that consisted mainly of dreamy soul and folk songs from Soak’s debut album Before We Forgot How to Dream.

Soak Live In Concert In Ireland

She is a teenager who has been skateboarding longer than she’s played guitar yet writes world-weary songs loaded with adult acumen.

The next 2 years have seen her impress Chvrches enough to be the first act to release a track on their singles label perform Glastonbury record an album for Rough Trade and be named on the prestigious taste-making BBC Sound of 2015 longlist.