Grim Town

Grim Town is the second studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter SOAK. It was released on 26 April 2019 under Rough Trade Records.[11]

Grim Town
Studio album by
SOAK
Released26 April 2019 (2019-04-26)
Length53:49
LabelRough Trade
SOAK chronology
Before We Forgot How to Dream
(2015)		 Grim Town
(2019)
Singles from Grim Town
  1. "Knock Me Off My Feet"
    Released: 10 January 2019[1]
  2. "Everybody Loves You"
    Released: 3 October 2018[2]
  3. "Valentine Shmalentine"
    Released: 7 February 2019[3]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Clash7/10[6]
DIY[7]
Exclaim!7/10[8]
Paste7.4/10[9]
Pitchfork7.3/10[10]

Critical reception

Grim Town received generally favorable reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 12 reviews.[4]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."All Aboard"1:29
2."Get Set Go Kid"4:19
3."Everybody Loves You"3:20
4."Knock Me Off My Feet"3:08
5."Maybe"4:31
6."Fall Asleep/Backseat"3:27
7."Crying Your Eyes Out"4:01
8."I Was Blue, Technicolour Too"3:59
9."Déjà Vu"3:12
10."Scrapyard"2:46
11."Valentine Shmalentine"4:01
12."YBFTBYT"2:35
13."Life Trainee"3:54
14."Missed Calls"5:01
15."Nothing Looks the Same"4:06

Charts
Chart Peak
position
Irish Albums (IRMA)[12] 66
Scottish Albums (OCC)[13] 64
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[14] 20
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References
  1. Martin, Montana (10 January 2019). "SOAK Announces Sophomore Album, Releases New Single". Paste. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  2. "Everybody Loves You — Single by SOAK on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  3. "Valentine Shmalentine — Single by SOAK". iTunes. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  4. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  5. Donelson, Marcy. "Grim Town - SOAK". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  6. Roseblade, Nick (23 April 2019). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  7. Finn, Rachel. "DIY Magazine Review". DIY. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  8. Michael, Jonathan (25 April 2019). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  9. Manno, Lizzie (29 April 2019). "Paste Magazine Review". Paste. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  10. Berman, Stuart (19 April 2019). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  11. Schatz, Luke (11 January 2019). "SOAK announces new album, Grim Town". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  12. "Irish-charts.com – Discography SOAK". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  13. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  14. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
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