Soak

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<i>Soak</i>, the fourth studio album from indie four-piece Black Honey finds their forthright frontwoman Izzy Bee Phillips newly sober and combing through the tangles of the tumultuous two-year period that preceded the record with unflinching honesty. Set against a backdrop of cinematic, scene-setting production, <i>Soak</i> invites you into a muzzy sonic interpretation of Phillips’ experience with addiction and her clear-eyed observations from outside of that sphere of reference. “Have you ever kissed a psycho?” she quips on lead single “Psycho,” and it’s unclear whether the question is being posed to the audience, an unknown third party or Phillips herself. These ambiguous framings recur throughout <i>Soak</i>, as on the title track which rails against the projection of false confidence or “Carroll Avenue,” a sneering swipe at the voyeuristic downsides of fame set to ominou, inevitable guitar chords—exactly who is being railed against and sneered at is up for interpretation. .

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