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Soccer Mommy Shows Her ‘Bones,’ Plots Fall North American Tour
Ahead of the June 24 release of her next Loma Vista album, Sometimes, Forever, Soccer Mommy has dropped a new single, “Bones.” The song was originally written for an unnamed romantic comedy but frontwoman Sophie Allison decided to hold it back for Sometimes, Forever, which was produced by Oneohtrix Point Never’s Daniel Lopatin. “‘Bones’ is a song about struggling with the parts of yourself that you don’t like in a relationship,” she says. “It’s about wanting to become better for someone and feeling like you’re standing in your own way.” For the song’s accompanying video, Allison teamed with previous collaborator Alex Ross Perry for a performance-centric clip that also finds her strolling through a cemetery. [embedded content][embedded content] Adding to previously announced summer dates in...
Soccer Mommy Shares Latest Single ‘Unholy Affliction’
Soccer Mommy shared “Unholy Affliction” from her upcoming album, Sometimes, Forever. “Unholy Affliction” delves into a grimy, methodical space with textured instrumentals and unsettling vocals. Soccer Mommy continues to push the boundaries of her ’90s alt-rock-inspired music. Daniel Lopatin of Oneohtrix Point Never is producing the album. The collaboration between the two artists highlights the bold strides Sophie Allison has made in the development of her personal sound. As she becomes more popular, Allison seeks more subversive and experimental sounds that bring indie-rock into a new era. [embedded content][embedded content] “’Unholy’ was really fun in the studio because the end result was totally different from what we expected,” explains Allison. “Dan made this really cool sequence wit...
Soccer Mommy Shares Single ‘Shotgun’ From New Album Sometimes, Forever
Soccer Mommy has announced her new album Sometimes, Forever, with the showstopping new single ‘shotgun’ and its accompanying video. The song holds the same blunt, observational nature and homemade feel while expanding on her trademark style with a heavier, shoegaze-influenced sound. The song starts with the presence of a fast-moving, digital-sounding backdrop with lush, dreamy vocals. This pop-inspired element to the song compliments the whirring and distortion that appear subtly alongside (and more prominently later) on the track. The accompanying video shows what appears to be a childhood bedroom where Soccer Mommy plays her guitar and sings. Later the video breaks the fourth wall and the room is revealed to be a set. The color palette changes with the mood of the song, all within the ro...
Mastodon Release ‘Forged By Neron’ off Dark Nights: Death Metal Soundtrack
The Dark Nights: Death Metal Soundtrack, executive produced by Tyler Bates, sees Mastodon release “Forged By Neron” as the lead single off the collection. The soundtrack serves as a companion piece to the comics and graphic novels by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. Bates unites an array of artists across various genres—including Denzel Curry, Manchester Orchestra (who we just spoke with a few weeks ago), Chelsea Wolfe, IDLES and Soccer Mommy. The soundtrack will be released digitally by CD and Vista Loma Recordings on June 18 and physically on July 16. “We are super excited and honored to be part of the Dark Nights: Death Metal Soundtrack! We’ve all been fans of DC Comics and the Batman universe since we were kids, so it really means a lot for us to be able to add something t...
The 30 Best Albums of 2020
After a deluge of canceled or delayed tours, drive-in experiments, Bandcamp Fridays and bedroom livestreams, we’re finally here. Yay? It’s hard to celebrate much of anything in 2020. But one encouraging sign from the music industry has been the number of artists innovating on the fly — figuring out ways to sustain their careers through the madness. And as fans, at least we’ve had new albums to help us process our continuing semi-apocalypse. Having (mercifully) reached the end of this awful year, we have even more perspective on the functionality of a great record. The 30 we’ve assembled here have prompted us to dance, helped us grieve, made us laugh, or even just allowed us to escape into a transportive riff or soundscape. We assume they did the same for the artists themselves. Let us reme...
Soccer Mommy Shares Demo Version of ‘Royal Screw Up’
Soccer Mommy released her sophomore LP, color theory, way back in February, but today, she’s releasing an accompanying record aptly titled color theory (selected demos). From that collection, she’s released a new video for the demo version of the song, “royal screw up.” “I made this video by driving around and exploring a little bit of Nashville. Most of the footage is from my house or my favorite nearby nature spots,” Soccer Mommy, aka Sophie Allison, said in a statement. With clips of different parts of the city, the mosaic of home videos is so soothing that it will take you away from the frustrations of this past year. “royal screw up (demo)” is one of the six tracks that Allison dropped today (Nov. 13) in a collection called color theory (selec...
Health Enlist Soccer Mommy, The Soft Moon, 100 Gecs and More for Disco4:: Part I
After releasing numerous collaborations over the years, Health has curated those tracks into a new album, Disco4:: Part I. Not only does it offer previously recorded collaborations with Soccer Mommy, Perturbator and JPEGMAFIA, it introduces three new tracks with 100 gecs, The Soft Moon and Brothel. “In the past, each HEALTH LP has been accompanied by a corresponding remix record,” the band said in a statement. “This time, despite being called DISCO 4, in the interest of continuity, we offer you a collection of original collaborations with artists we admire. Also, FUCK 2020.” Along with the album announcement, the Los Angeles band also shared the new track “Cyberpunk 2.0 2.0.” Going along with the above sentiments, the Zev Deans-directed visual initially feels like some far-off futuristic t...
Hear Soccer Mommy’s Spacey Cover of the Cars’ ‘Drive’
Soccer Mommy adds a psychedelic touch to the Cars’ “Drive” with her new cover of the 1984 song. The recording, which caps off the Soccer Mommy & Friends Singles Series, finds Sophie Allison’s voice swimming over atmospheric, droning guitars and muted electronics. The flip-side of the track, available to stream at Bandcamp, is SASAMI’s acoustic rendition of System of a Down’s “Toxicity.” The net profits from the series will benefit Oxfam’s COVID-19 relief fund and National Bail Out, fighting both the coronavirus and police brutality/systemic racism. An anonymous Oxfam donor will match each dollar raised up to $5,000. “I’m really glad to get to release this cover of ‘Drive,’” Allison said in a statement. “It’s a song I’ve loved for a long time that I started covering pretty recentl...
The 30 Best Albums of 2020 (So Far)
On one hand, who can think about stuff as trivial as this? On the other, what else is there to do? If art was made to fill a cultural vacuum, well… now’s the fucking time, buddy. Hopefully, you’ve been binging every show, reading every book, repainting every bathroom you’ve been putting off. Hopefully, when (and if) we make it out of quarantine alive, we’ll be able to look forward to better things. For now, we still have music. Some of the great albums and EPs below demand your full and undivided attention. Some of them demand to intensify your workout or gaming session. Mostly they just sound good, and you should pair them with whatever activities music enhances for you. Even sleep; lord knows that could be improved upon. Others will keep you wide awake. If any of these albums make you th...
