Sophie Allison: Last News

Soccer Mommy has said that artists “shouldn’t have to disclose very personal, private shit” to get people to listen to their music.The artist, real name Sophie Allison, released her fourth studio album ‘Evergreen’ last year – the long-awaited follow-up to 2022’s ‘Sometimes, Forever’.Discussing the record in a new interview with Rolling Stone, Allison shared her thoughts on the pressure placed on artists to delve into their personal lives in their music. “People want to talk about these kinds of things but if you need help, nobody has the understanding for that,” she told the publication.“Mental health problems in the music world have become something that people talk about a lot, but any time I’ve talked about it, I don’t feel good about it personally,” she continued.

Soccer Mommy has announced a run of UK and European tour dates, set to kick off later this year. Find ticket details below.The new run of shows arrive on the heels of Soccer Mommy – also known as Sophie Allison – sharing her latest LP ‘Sometimes, Forever’ in 2022, then dropping the follow-up EP ‘Karaoke Night’ last year.All set to take place later this summer, the newly-announced tour comprises six live performances across the UK, followed by three stops in cities across Europe.Kicking off on June 28, the tour will start with a headline slot at the Papillon venue in Southampton, and continue two days later (June 30) with a performance at the Outbreak Festival in Manchester.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Given that Taylor Swift is the most popular pop star on the planet — or maybe because of that — there’s been a surprising paucity of covers of her hundreds of tunes by other name-brand artists over the years. Making a dent in that dearth, now, is Soccer Mommy, who has just released her version of a deep cut that is a fan favorite among hardcore Swifties, “I’m Only Me When I’m With You.” “I really wanted to cover this song because it’s one of my favorites from Taylor’s first album,” Soccer Mommy — aka Sophie Allison — said in releasing the tune.

Soccer Mommy has shared a Taylor Swift cover and announced new covers EP ‘Karaoke Night’.Sophie Allison’s new EP will land on September 22 via Loma Vista and also feature versions of tracks by Slowdive, R.E.M. and Pavement, alongside a recently released cover of Sheryl Crow’s ‘Soak Up The Sun’.To announce the EP, Soccer Mommy has covered Taylor Swift track ‘I’m Only Me When I’m With You’, and said: “I really wanted to cover this song because it’s one of my favourites from Taylor’s first album.“I listened to that record so much when I was a kid and I think it had a lot of influence on me then.”Listen to the cover and see the tracklist for ‘Karaoke Songs’ below.1. ‘Here’ (Pavement cover)2. ‘Soak Up The Sun’ (Sheryl Crow cover)3. ‘Dagger’ (Slowdive cover)4. ‘I’m Only Me When I’m With You’ (Taylor Swift cover)5. ‘Losing My Religion’ (R.E.M. cover)The new EP follows Allison’s most recent studio album, ‘Sometimes, Forever’, which arrived last summer.Last year, she also released a demo version of the song ‘Darkness Forever’, which featured a nod to Taylor Swift by dubbing it ‘Sophie’s Version’.

Soccer Mommy – also known as Sophie Allison – has shared a cover of Sheryl Crow’s ‘Soak Up The Sun’. Check it out below.The track is the lead single taken from the American singer-songwriter’s fourth studio album, ‘C’mon, C’mon’, which was released in 2002.It was also the track that saw the musician begin to steer into more pop territory, and depict the struggles of having a “crummy job” and no financial security, yet able to maintain a positive outlook as she declares “I’m gonna soak up the sun”.Allison has spoken out about her admiration for Crow in the past.

Bully has shared her new single ‘Days Move Slow’ and announced details of her fourth album ‘Lucky For You’.The artist, also known as Alicia Bognanno, revealed that the track was written after the passing of her dog Mezzi.“As someone who has spent the majority of my life feeling agonisingly misunderstood, there is no greater gift than experiencing true unconditional love and acceptance,” said Bully. “I waited my whole life for the bond and irreplaceable companionship I had with Mezzi.

Bully (aka Alicia Bognanno) has teamed up with Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Allison) for her latest single, ‘Lose You’.In a press release, Bognanno said of the collaborative effort: “When ‘Lose You’ came about it was the first time I’ve considered having someone else sing on a Bully song. I love Sophie’s voice and have always admired everything she does so to me it was a no brainer.

The New York Times and Serial Productions have announced a new three-part audio mini-series titled We Were Three. Described in a press release as “an intimate look at a family in the aftermath of the pandemic,” it’s hosted by This American Life producer Nancy Updike and scored by the inimitable Sophie Allison (aka Soccer Mommy).

EJ Panaligan editor Sophie Allison, better known as Soccer Mommy in the music world, has always been fascinated with mixing beauty and ugliness in her songwriting. On Aug. 22, Allison sat down with Los Angeles Times pop music critic Mikael Wood at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles for an extensive conversation about how this method plays into her latest studio album, “Sometimes, Forever,” before playing a stripped-back guitar set of songs from the record. “Mixing things like love and all of these romantic feelings with harsher ideas, I think that’s come out in both my lyrics and the way that the production has gone,” Allison said during the conversation. “When I was 17 recording stuff in my bedroom, I don’t think it was going that way, but as I started doing albums, I got to play with that more.”

Soccer Mommy has shared a “Simlish version” of ‘Shotgun’ as part of the new ‘High School Years’ expansion pack for The Sims 4.The original song appears on the Nashville singer-songwriter’s third studio album ‘Sometimes, Forever’, which came out in June.“Can’t believe u can hear shootbleng (aka shotgun) in sims now,” Soccer Mommy – real name Sophie Allison – tweeted to announce the updated edition. “My life has truly come full circle.”The track is accompanied by a Sims-inspired video that sees a virtual Allison play guitar and sing ‘Shotgun’ in Simlish (the fictional language featured in the long-running game series) around her house.Announced in June, the ‘High School Years’ expansion for The Sims 4 means that players can now attend classes and after-school teams, socialise with friends in the cafeteria, and decorate their lockers.The update also explores teenagers’ lives outside of the school gates, with students being able to spend time with their friends in other locations, go on dates, or get up to some mischief.“High school is a time of self-discovery! Find the confidence to ask your crush out or the guts to skip class,” said EA.Soccer Mommy, meanwhile, recently spoke to NME at Governors Ball 2022 about the different approach she took to making her latest record in comparison to her previous album, ‘Color Theory’.In a four-star review of ‘Sometimes, Forever’, NME wrote: “The reductive tags that may have previously been assigned to Soccer Mommy – sad, chill, nostalgic – have no foothold here.

Soccer Mommy have shared a dark new cover of R.E.M’s ‘Losing My Religion’ – listen to it below.Sophie Allison shared the cover as part of Deezer’s new ‘InVersions 90s Project’, which includes 16 cover songs of classic tracks from the nineties. Others taking part in the project include Arya Starr, who covered TLC’s ‘No Scrubs’, and Priya Ragu covering Ace Of Base’s ‘All That She Wants.’Speaking about the cover, Allison said: “There are so many bands and artists from the ’90s that inspire me personally.

Soccer Mommy spoke to NME backstage at Governors Ball 2022, and discussed the different approach she took to making ‘Sometimes Forever’ in comparison to her previous album, ‘Color Theory’and the band’s that inspired album’s sound.Watch our full interview above.Less than two weeks before its release, Sophie Allison explained how she and her band created a “vast” sound for their third record, and why she felt comfortable with a more stripped-back approach this time around.“I started recording music by doing it myself and it was very much about going until it’s done,” she said. “With ‘Color Theory’ specifically, we wanted to make it poppy at certain points and make it have all these transitions, that came in, in the post-live take.

Soccer Mommy has released the new single ‘Bones,’ and announced new tour dates in the US and acoustic in-store shows in the UK.The track, which follows previous singles ‘Shotgun’ and ‘Unholy Affliction,’ received a music video directed by Alex Ross Perry. In the video, the Nashville singer performs a warehouse-bound rendition of the track, interspersed with a trip to the cemetery.‘Bones’ is the latest to be lifted from Soccer Mommy’s forthcoming album, ‘Sometimes, Forever’, which was produced by Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never) and is set for release on June 24.

Next month Soccer Mommy will release new album Sometimes, Forever. So far from the Oneohtrix Point Never-produced album we have heard "Shotgun" and "Unholy Affliction." Today comes "Bones" alongside a video directed by Alex Ross Perry.

Soccer Mommy has performed live on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon for the first time this week, playing her recent single ‘Shotgun’ on Tuesday night (April 26).The performance saw Sophie Allison playing the alongside her four-piece backing band – guitarist Jules Powell, keyboardist/guitarist Rodrigo Avedano, bassist Nick Widener and drummer Rollum Haas. ‘Shotgun’ served as the lead single from Soccer Mommy’s third studio album, ‘Sometimes, Forever’, which is set for release this coming June.Watch the performance of ‘Shotgun’ below:Since the release of ‘Shotgun’ and the announcement of ‘Sometimes, Forever’ back in March, Soccer Mommy has released a second single from the album, entitled ‘Unholy Affliction’.

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Soccer Mommy has shared her new single ‘Unholy Affliction’ – you can listen to the track below.The song is the latest to be taken from Sophie Allison’s upcoming new album ‘Sometimes, Forever’, which is set for release on June 24 via Loma Vista and is the follow-up to 2020’s ‘Color Theory’.The latest preview of the new record, which has been produced by Daniel Lopatin, aka Oneohtrix Point Never, has been released today (April 20) in the form of ‘Unholy Affliction’.You can hear Soccer Mommy’s new track ‘Unholy Affliction’ below.The track follows on from ‘Sometimes, Forever”s lead single ‘Shotgun’, which arrived last month.“‘Shotgun’ is all about the joys of losing yourself in love,” Allison said in a statement at the time. “I wanted it to capture the little moments in a relationship that stick with you.”Soccer Mommy will embark on a UK and European tour in August and September in support of ‘Sometimes, Forever’.

Soccer Mommy has announced details of her new album ‘Sometimes, Forever’ – listen to lead single ‘Shotgun’ below and buy tickets for the tour here.Produced by Daniel Lopatin of Oneohtrix Point Never, ‘Sometimes, Forever’ is Nashville singer-songwriter Sophie Allison’s third full-length album.First single ‘Shotgun’ is an angsty indie gem, with plenty of surf-rock guitars and Allison’s wistful, emotion-filled vocals. Speaking of the track, Allison said: “‘Shotgun’ is all about the joys of losing yourself in love.

Wilco have concluded their Sky Blue Sky festival in Mexico with guest appearances from Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus and Spoon frontman Britt Daniel during their headlining set.The band brought out Malkmus to sing lead vocals on a cover of Pavement’s 1994 single ‘Cut Your Hair’, a song Wilco have covered several times over the years. Daniel, meanwhile, was enlisted on vocals and acoustic guitar during a performance of ‘Kamera’, lifted from Wilco’s 2001 album ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’.

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