Bridie Monds-Watson is back with a lovely new SOAK song today, "Death Valley Fridge Magnet" finds Monds-Watson in that boygenius-era indie singer-songwriter zone: smooth yet emotionally charged, building up from airy acoustics and plaintive piano to a shimmering, fuzz-drenched finale. "Never, never, never gonna let you forget," Monds-Watson sings, their vocals like a faint beam of light amidst the music's intensifying churn.
"Death Valley Fridge Magnet" is SOAK's first song in four years, since 2022's If I Never Know You Like This Again. Monds-Watson shared this statement about the track:
When I wrote "death valley fridge magnet," I was feeling incredibly lost in my life. I’d started having vocal issues and thought my time in music was coming to an end. I think I was trying to make sense of myself and the direction I was headed by painting a picture of the world from where I was standing. In doing so I realised how precious and treasured my friendships are and how my friends remind me of who I am faster than anything else. Even if that’s a two minute long conversation at a truck stop in the middle of nowhere, America, it doesn’t take much and it all adds up.
Listen below.
