Soccer Mommy has announced her new album ‘Evergreen’ and has shared the lead single ‘M’ – watch the video for the song below.
The Nashville singer-songwriter – real name Sophia Allison – has returned after a two-year absence and will release the follow-up to 2022’s ‘Sometimes, Forever’ via Loma Vista Recordings on October 25. You can pre-order it here.
‘M’ is a gentle, luscious track that showcases the warmth of Allison’s vocals, and you can watch the Anna Pollack-directed video for the song here:
It follows on from her recently released song ‘Lost’, which she shared last month and will be the opening track on the new album. Allison had been showcasing the song on her recent US tour dates.
“‘Lost’ feels like something new and something old at the same time,” she said of the track. “It’s a song that’s full of reflection and I wanted its production to really capture that feeling. I’m happy to have a chance to play it at these more intimate solo shows, because I think it really shines in that setting.”
Listen to ‘Lost’ here:
‘Evergreen’ was, according to a press release, created “in the wake of a profound and personal loss”, which has informed the intimacy and raw emotional content of the album.
She recorded the album in Atlanta’s Maze Studios alongside producer Ben H. Allen III (Deerhunter, Belle & Sebastian).
Soccer Mommy’s ‘Evergreen’ tracklisting is:
- ‘Lost’
- ‘M’
- ‘Driver’
- ‘Some Sunny Day’
- ‘Changes’
- ‘Abigail’
- ‘Thinking Of You’
- ‘Dreaming Of Falling’
- ‘Salt In Wound’
- ‘Anchor’
- ‘Evergreen’
In a four-star review of last album ‘Sometimes, Forever’, NME wrote: “The combination of these intensely confessional lyrics and the musical exercises in mood and atmosphere lends the album a balance between control and catharsis. Whether she’s exorcising demons or shaking hands with them, Allison explores in ever more depth how to channel that most potently. The reductive tags that may have previously been assigned to Soccer Mommy – sad, chill, nostalgic – have no foothold here. This is nuanced, purposeful songwriting from an artist growing in power.”
More recently, Allison brought out Phoebe Bridgers at a gig at the Mason Lodge in Los Angeles in June for a cover of Elliott Smith’s ‘The Biggest Lie’.
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