After four performances in Dublin, Davey went to the countryside and commenced writing the songs which would later feature on her debut album.

[3] Public service broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann's reviewer Harry Guerin said Something Ilk was "high on presence and very low on filler" and gave it three out of five stars.

[7] BBC Manchester was less pleased and left negative comments which compared the sound of the album to Cerys Matthews and Polly Jean Harvey.

[9] Davey claimed not to "know my arse from my elbow when I signed for them" and "despised" performing those songs in a live arena.

[9] Despite this, the Irish Independent described her as "very talented—far more so than [Gemma] Hayes" but regretted that she had "failed to find an audience for her fine debut Something Ilk".