• Home
  • News
  • Shows
  • Playlist
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Shows
  • Playlist
No Result
View All Result
No Result
View All Result

Bonnaroo 2019 Artist Spotlight: SOAK

Philip Obenschain by Philip Obenschain
May 18, 2019
in Bonnaroo, Shows
0
Bonnaroo 2019 Artist Spotlight: Caroline Rose
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Bonnaroo Artist | SOAK
Bonnaroo History | Newbie
Stage & Time | Friday | Who Stage | 7:15-8:00pm

SOAK-620

As we’ve been doing for the past several years now, we’re making it our mission to help you get acquainted with many of our favorites acts from from Bonnaroo‘s impressive 2019 lineup. As we dig through the entire schedule, we’ll highlight a spread of performers spanning across genres and stages (including the campground Plazas), big and small, new and old, to bring you some of the most interesting, lesser-known, or most highly-recommended among this year’s crop of artists. Though we’ll be jumping around, we’re loosely working our way through by day, and we’ll also be bringing you some special features and longer guides along the way, to help you plan your weekend before the fest. While these previews won’t span every performer, and might omit some more obvious must-see acts, we hope they’ll serve as a way to help you navigate Bonnaroo’s gargantuan lineup, and to make the most of your busy weekend on the farm!

Grab your tickets right here if you haven’t already, and keep reading to learn more in our Bonnaroo Artist Spotlight…

LEARN

Born Bridie Monds-Watson in Derry, Northern Ireland, singer-songwriter SOAK found breakout success while still in her teens, heralded as something of a young, UK phenom with the release of her stellar 2015 debut, Before We Forgot How to Dream. Monds-Watson’s musical path began a few years earlier, however, taking up guitar in her young teens and writing and recording demos in her bedroom, choosing the portmanteau SOAK in honor of her love for soul and folk. Those early tracks, and eventually some introductory EPs, managed to earn a young Bridie some serious industry attention, courted by numerous major labels before ultimately settling on tastemaking indie Rough Trade ahead of her debut, opting to drop out of music college at 17 in order to pursue a whirlwind of exciting opportunities, like tours with CHVRCHES and Tegan and Sara, as well as early television and festival appearances. Met with overwhelming critical acclaim, SOAK became one of the Mercury Prize’s youngest ever nominees, and her debut LP also earned the prestigious Choice Music Prize for Album of the Year, among other UK accolades, and press from the BBC as well as other various trendy media outlets.

Staying true to her folky indie roots, Before We Forgot How to Dream tackled feelings of teenage angst and wonder, the confinement and restlessness of only truly knowing the place you’re from, and wide-eyed and innocent mediations of exploring and understanding the world as you grow into it. Now 23, living in Manchester, and coming off of several years on the road, SOAK, who came out to her parents as a teen, and has spent much of her career championing LGBT causes as well (never the sole focus of her art itself, but also something inextricable given the oppression of the LGBT community in her deeply religious native Ireland), finds a darker, more mature, and more cohesive turn with this year’s brilliant sophomore LP, Grim Town. Though cheerier from a sonic standpoint, adopting a more synth-soaked, indie and dream pop, timeless palette, Grim Town navigates more contemplative, coming-of-age, and earnest subjects, tackling love, depression, anxiety, and social examination, wavering between genre and theme and landing as one of 2019’s best releases. It’s actually a bit of a shock that such a promising young artist is playing such an intimate stage, but SOAK is sure to be one of the biggest standout sets all weekend at Bonnaroo, and destined to be a major star. Don’t miss out!

 LISTEN | “B a noBody”

 WATCH | “Knock Me off My Feet” (Official Music Video)

CONNECT

More from SOAK | Site | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
More from Bonnaroo | Site | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Tickets

Tags: BonnarooBonnaroo 2019Nashville Music BlogSOAK

Related Posts

Diarrhea Planet to Reunite for Two Shows at Exit/In, Nov. 22 & 23
News

Diarrhea Planet to Reunite for Two Shows at Exit/In, Nov. 22 & 23

It's been four years since Diarrhea Planet, one of the greatest Nashville rock acts to ever exist, called it...

by Philip Obenschain
August 11, 2022
The 1975 to Play Municipal Auditorium Nov. 13
News

The 1975 to Play Municipal Auditorium Nov. 13

Announced earlier this summer along with the release of buzzy new single "Part of the Band," beloved, genre-bending English...

by Philip Obenschain
August 11, 2022
Tessa Violet to Play Eastside Bowl Sept. 12
Contests

[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Tessa Violet w/ Will Joseph Cook & daysormay | Sept. 12 @ Eastside Bowl

Though, early on, she found attention online as a vlogger and media personality under the moniker Meekakitty, for the...

by Philip Obenschain
August 11, 2022
Sheryl Crowe, Coin, Santigold, Moon Taxi, More to Play Live on the Green 2022!
News

Sheryl Crowe, Coin, Santigold, Moon Taxi, More to Play Live on the Green 2022!

It's been three long years since the last Live on the Green season, which, like so many fests around...

by Philip Obenschain
August 11, 2022
Next Post
Bonnaroo 2019 Artist Spotlight: Caroline Rose

Bonnaroo 2019 Artist Spotlight: Solange

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

We cover the best of Music City's local and touring artists. All Nashville and no country.

Get No Country In Your Inbox

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Shows
  • Playlist