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Photo – Anna Pollack

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Praise for SOCCER MOMMY

“Sophie Allison has been putting out a remarkably consistent string of albums that showcase her own melodic and melancholic take on ’90s-influenced rock.” – The New York Times

“This is a very considered and purposeful record…there’s a gentleness in this music…I hear intricacy and I hear restraint…She has scaled [the songs] down to meet the messages of the music, but to me they are quite beautiful and complicated.” – NPR Music

“the record features strings and lush production that add a grand scope to Allison’s heartache.” – Vulture

“It’s simple, effective, and a testament to Soccer Mommy’s staying power as a rock artist” – Billboard

“a genuine rocker, with Sophie Allison turning up the volume…bound to stay in your head for days.” – Rolling Stone

“she’s as atmospheric and poignant as ever”  – GRAMMY.com

“Sophie Allison returns to her bedroom pop roots on her upcoming Soccer Mommy entry.” – Pitchfork

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Photo – Anna Pollack

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Nashville’s beloved indie icon Soccer Mommy (the project of singer and songwriter Sophie Allison – she/her) today unveils her staggering new album Evergreen (Loma Vista Recordings), following its final teaser ‘Abigail’ shared this week, a captivating and dreamy ode to Allison’s purple-haired wife in the game Stardew Valley – released alongside its ConcernedApe-inspired music video. A sonic return to the organic roots of her song-craft recast on a cinematic scale, Evergreen animates Allison’s experience with loss through soundscapes that can conjure a sad-eyed daydream or an ecstatic weekend escape, and also features the singles ‘Lost’, ‘M’ and ‘Driver’. Listen to Evergreen HERE.

Sophie Allison has always written candidly about her life, making Soccer Mommy one of indie rock’s most interesting and beloved artists of the last decade. Allison has used Soccer Mommy’s songs as a vehicle to sort through the thoughts and encounters that inevitably come with the reality of growing up. After all, Soccer Mommy began as a bedroom-to-Bandcamp exercise with teenage Allison posting her plaintive songs as demos. Over the years, though, she has often enhanced that sound, using the endless production possibilities, newly at her fingertips, to outstrip singer-songwriter stereotypes. The records would start with songwriting’s kernels of truth, and she would then imagine all the unexpected shapes they could take. Every Soccer Mommy record has felt like a surprise.

On Soccer Mommy’s fourth album, the tender but resolute Evergreen, Allison is again writing about her life. But that life’s different these days: Since making her previous album, 2022’s Sometimes, Forever, Allison experienced a profound and also very personal loss. New songs emerged from that change, unflinching and sometimes even funny reflections on what she was feeling. These songs were, once again, Allison’s way to sort through life, to ground herself. She wanted them to sound that way, too, to feel as true to the demos—raw and relatable, unvarnished and honest—as possible. The songwriting would again lead where the production would follow. Evergreen is the absorbing result, an 11-track seesaw of articulate feeling that suggests Allison is driving you through the streets of her native Nashville, the Tennessee sun bright as she plays you a tape of songs she cut to document those very dark days. 

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Songwriting has always been Allison’s way to sort through life and ground herself, so – as she crafted this album in the wake of a profound and personal loss – it felt important to keep these songs raw and relatable, unvarnished and honest. By opting for more organic production and shining a spotlight on her songwriting, she did just that. Evergreen is a sonic return to Soccer Mommy’s roots, but recast on a cinematic scale with the help of acoustic guitars, lush strings and flutes. Nothing overindulgent, everything real. Allison’s intention for Evergreen was “to feel like you’re laying outside, eyes closed, the sun is on you, and you can feel the warmth & flowers & trees,” an appreciation that even in your darkest place a sunny day can wash over you and lift your spirits.

Evergreen was created by Allison in Atlanta’s Maze Studios with producer Ben H. Allen III (Deerhunter, Animal Collective, Youth Lagoon, Belle and Sebastian) – with the record beginning its life before she really knew she was writing it, as emotions began to pour in-between sessions for Sometimes, Forever (2022) that Allison knew didn’t need the complex electronic textures of that album. This became the working directive for capturing Evergreen – serving those moments, framing them without obfuscating the burdens or gifts that anchored them, to let the lyrics and moods speak for themselves. Working alongside Allen, she told him she wanted to elide synthesisers and digital flourishes this time, favouring acoustic guitars, rich drums, and interweaving flutes. As the layers and ideas mounted, Allen and Allison focused on peeling them back, on leaving subtle touches that never crowded the sentiments. The songs retain the spirit of the demos, candid and direct. 

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TOUR DATES

Wed 22 Jan – Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA * 
Thu 23 Jan – The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC *
Fri 24 Jan – Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC *
Sat 25 Jan – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA *
Mon 27 Jan – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC *
Thu 30 Jan – Brooklyn Steel – Brooklyn, NYC *
Sun 2 Feb – Théâtre Beanfield – Montreal, QC ^
Tue 4 Feb – The Concert Hall – Toronto, ON ^
Wed 5 Feb – The Majestic Theatre – Detroit, MI ^
Thu 6 Feb – Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL ^
Sat 8 Feb – Headliners Music Hall – Louisville, KY ^
Tue 18 Feb – Saturn – Birmingham, AL %
Wed 19 Feb – Tipitina’s – New Orleans, LA %
Thu 20 Feb – The Studio at The Factory – Dallas, TX %
Fri 21 Feb – White Oak Music Hall – Houston, TX %
Sat 22 Feb – Radio/East – Austin, TX %
Mon 24 Feb – Meow Wolf – Santa Fe, NM %
Tue 25 Feb – Rialto Theatre – Tucson, AZ %
Thu 27 Feb – The Wiltern – Los Angeles, CA %
Fri 28 Feb – The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA %
Mon 3 Mar – The Showbox – Seattle, WA %
Tue 4 Mar – Vogue Theatre – Vancouver, BC %
Wed 5 Mar – Crystal Ballroom – Portland, OR %
Fri 7 Mar – Treefort Music Hall – Boise, ID %
Sat 8 Mar – The Depot – Salt Lake City, UT %
Mon 10 Mar – Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO %
Wed 12 Mar – The Truman – Kansas City, MO %
Thu 13 Mar – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN %
Fri 14 Mar – Delmar Hall – St.Louis, MO %
Sat 15 Mar – Brooklyn Bowl – Nashville, TN %
Sat 26 Apr – Lisboa ao Vivo – Lisbon, PT
Sun 27 Apr – Sala Copernico – Madrid, ES
Mon 28 Apr – Sala Apolo 2 – Barcelona, ES
Wed 30 Apr – Papiersaal – Zurich, CH
Thu 1 May – Fri-Son – Fribourg, CH
Fri 2 May – Legend – Milan, IT
Sat 3 May – Ampere – Munich, DE
Sun 4 May – Artheater – Cologne, DE
Tue 6 May – Chalk – Brighton, UK
Wed 7 May – SWX – Bristol, UK
Thu 8 May – Hackney Church – London, UK
Fri 9 May – Project House – Leeds, UK
Sun 11 May – Vicar Street – Dublin, IE
Tue 13 May – SWG3 TV Studio – Glasgow, UK
Wed 14 May – New Century Hall – Manchester, UK
Fri 16 May – Le Trabendo – Paris, FR
Sat 17 May – London Calling Festival – Amsterdam, NL
Tue 20 May – Nochtspeicher – Hamburg, DE
Wed 21 May – Lido – Berlin, DE
Thu 22 May – Klub Hybrydy – Warszawa, PL

* support from  L’Rain 
^ support from Tomberlin
% support from Hana Vu 

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Soccer Mommy – Evergreen
out today (Loma Vista Recordings) | Listen

TRACK LIST

Lost
M
Driver
Some Sunny Day
Changes
Abigail
Thinking of You
Dreaming of Falling
Salt In Wound
Anchor
Evergreen

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