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)
Genre
Length53:49
LabelRough Trade
Soak chronology
Before We Forgot How to Dream
(2015)		 Grim Town
(2019)		 If I Never Know You Like This Again
(2022)
Singles from Grim Town
  1. "Everybody Loves You"
    Released: 3 October 2018[3]
  2. "Knock Me Off My Feet"
    Released: 10 January 2019[4]
  3. "Valentine Shmalentine"
    Released: 7 February 2019[5]
  4. "Déjà Vu"
    Released: 8 March 2019
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Clash7/10[8]
DIY[9]
Exclaim!7/10[1]
Paste7.4/10[10]
Pitchfork7.3/10[2]

Critical reception

Grim Town received generally favourable reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 12 reviews.[6]

Track listing
Grim Town 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

"Knock Me Off My Feet" was used in the Amazon Original Series Invincible Episode 6 "You Look Kinda Dead", In which Mark and Amber take a tour of Upstate University and have an impromptu date.

Charts
Chart performance for Grim Town
Chart (2019) Peak
position
Irish Albums (IRMA)[12] 66
Scottish Albums (OCC)[13] 64
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[14] 20

References
  1. Michael, Jonathan (25 April 2019). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  2. Berman, Stuart (19 April 2019). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  3. "Everybody Loves You — Single by SOAK on Apple Music". iTunes. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  4. Martin, Montana (10 January 2019). "SOAK Announces Sophomore Album, Releases New Single". Paste. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  5. "Valentine Shmalentine — Single by SOAK". iTunes. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  6. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  7. Donelson, Marcy. "Grim Town - SOAK". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  8. Roseblade, Nick (23 April 2019). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  9. Finn, Rachel (26 April 2019). "DIY Magazine Review". DIY. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  10. Manno, Lizzie (29 April 2019). "Paste Magazine Review". Paste. 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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