Album Reviews
Album reviews: Soda Blonde dreaming big with urbane, unsettling pop songs
The Irish band’s second album features a collection of tunes that veer from stark and vulnerable to ambitious and audacious
Soda Blonde, Dream Big (Overbite)
What makes Irish band Soda Blonde so unique is that while they dream big (as the title of their second album has it), they don’t scupper their chances of commercial success by hammering listeners over the head with portentous themes. Rather, they are true to the heart of things: little gestures that mean something, emotional slights that dig deep, generosity and meanness of spirit, the day-to-day (and the night-to-night) of ...
