Soccer Mommy Announces New Album Sometimes, Forever, Shares “Shotgun”: Stream

Soccer Mommy has announced a new album called Sometimes, Forever. The third LP from Sophie Allison arrives June 24th via Loma Vista, while first single “Shotgun” is available to stream now.

After working with indie producer Gabe Wax for 2018’s Clean and 2020’s color theory, Soccer Mommy enlisted Daniel Lopatin, the electronic producer behind Oneohtrix Point Never, for Sometimes, Forever. The album picks up where color theory left off, blending lush synths with Allison’s perennial fixation with 2000s pop. The record gets its title from the concept that neither sorrow nor happiness is permanent — that our strongest emotions feel like they’ll last forever, but quickly get brushed aside by something new. 

“Sorrow and emptiness will pass, but they will always come back around — as will joy,” Allison said of the album’s theme. “At some point you’re forced to say, I’ll just have to take both.” 

First single “Shotgun” takes these conflicting feelings in stride, pairing a dark, tense fuzz guitar riff with a whooshing, singalong chorus. Even the lyrics shadow this juxtaposition, as Allison bemoans a lover’s coffee and menthol-stained breath before conceding, “Whenever you want me I’ll be around/ I’m a bullet in a shotgun, waiting to sound.”

Allison explained “Shotgun”‘s sense of devotion in a statement. “‘Shotgun’ is all about the joys of losing yourself in love,” she said. “I wanted it to capture the little moments in a relationship that stick with you.” The track comes with a fourth wall-breaking video by Kevin Lombardo, where Allison performs the song from her bedroom — which is quickly revealed to be a set.

Soccer Mommy is currently in the midst of a US tour in support of color theory, but come June, she’ll mark the release of Sometimes, Forever with a tour of the UK and Europe. You can find all of the artist’s tour dates below, and grab tickets via Ticketmaster.

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Sometimes, Forever Tracklist:
01. Bones
02. With U
03. Unholy Affliction
04. Shotgun
05. newdemo
06. Darkness Forever
07. Don’t Ask Me
08. Fire in the Driveway
09. Following Eyes
10. Feel it All the Time
11. Still

Soccer Mommy 2022 Tour Dates:
03/23 — Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live! ^
03/25 — Asbury Park, NJ @ The Stone Pony ^
03/26 — New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall ^
03/27 — Providence, RI @ Fete Music Hall ^
03/28 — Woodstock, NY @ Colony Woodstock ^
03/30 — Montreal, QC @ L’Astral ^
03/31 — Toronto, ON @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre ^
04/01 — Detroit, MI @ The Eastern ^
04/02 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre ^
04/04 — Columbus, OH @ The Athenaeum ^
04/05 — Louisville, KY @ Headliners Music Hall ^
04/07 — Bloomington, IN @ The Bluebird ^
04/08 — Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom ^
04/09 — Iowa City, IA @ Mission Creek Festival
04/10 — Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater ^
04/30 — Memphis, TN @ Beale Street Music Festival
05/14 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Block Party
06/12 — New York, NY @ Governors Ball Festival
06/24 — Margate, UK @ Leisure Festival
06/28 — Dublin, Ireland @ Trinity College *
06/30 — Vilanova i la Geltru, Spain @ Vida Festival
08/12 — Seattle, WA @ Day In Day Out Festival
08/31 — Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms
09/01 — Brighton, UK @ Chalk
09/03 — Bristol, UK @ Trinity
09/05 — Köln, UK @ Bumann & Sohn
09/06 — Hamburg, DE @ Molotow
09/08 — Stockholm, SE @ Slaktkyrkan
09/09 — Oslo, NO @ John Dee
09/10 — Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen
09/12 — Berlin, DE @ Frannz Club
09/13 — Bremen, DE @ Lagerhaus
09/15 — Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoet
09/16 — Nijmegen, NL @ Merleyn
09/17 — Brussels, BE – Rotonde @ Botanique
09/18 — Paris, FR @ Petit Bain
09/20 — Manchester, UK @ O2 Ritz
09/21 — Cardiff, UK @ Tramshed
09/22 — London, UK @ O2 Forum
09/23 — Birmingham, UK @ The Castle & Falcon
09/24 — Glasgow, UK @ Queen Margaret Union

* = w/ HAIM
^ = w/ Peel Dream Magazine

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