SOCCER MOMMY SHARES NEW SONG BLOODSTREAM
PERFORMED AT BERNIE SANDERS RALLY THIS WEEKEND AND ANNOUNCES LATE NIGHT TV DEBUT ON JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! THIS WEDNESDAY
SOPHOMORE ALBUM COLOR THEORY OUT FRIDAY
TORONTO, ON – February 24, 2020 – On Friday, Soccer Mommy – twenty-two-year-old, Sophie Allison, – will release her triumphant and highly-anticipated sophomore album, color theory. Leading up to its release later this week, she shares one final song off of the record today, the album opener, bloodstream, alongside a Bella Clark-animated video. Additionally, Soccer Mommy announces that she will make her late-night debut this Wednesday, February 26, on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Tune in at 11:35 p.m. ET/10:35 p.m. CT, and check out bloodstream here.
Sophie Allison on color theory, “I want the record to feel like a relic from the past that’s been damaged and degraded with age, because it kind of represents the problems that I've developed as I've grown up, and how they've changed me. The album centers around three different sections that are signified by three colors: blue, yellow, and gray.
Blue symbolizes sadness and depression. the songs in this section are bloodstream, circle the drain. royal screw up, and night swimming; these all represent different parts of sadness/depression. The next section yellow, which symbolizes sickness - both physical and mental. These songs are crawling in my skin, yellow is the color of my eyes, and up the walls. this section is about my anxiety, my mother’s terminal illness, paranoia, and how all of those things have affected my relationships with people. the third and final section is gray, which represents darkness, emptiness, and loss. these songs (lucy, stain, and gray light) are about a fear of death, inner demons, and trauma.
color theory circles around these main three themes, but it is also about youth and aging, and how these problems develop and affect you as you grow up.”
Soccer Mommy has been touring non-stop for the past few years, opening for the likes of Kacey Musgraves, Vampire Weekend, Paramore, Wilco and Liz Phair, selling out countless headline shows, making her festival debuts at Coachella, Governor’s Ball, Primavera Sound, and even performing at a Bernie Sanders rally in Houston this past weekend. She recently announced a huge international tour, starting in a few weeks in North America and stopping at some of the biggest venues Allison has ever headlined, including New York’s Brooklyn Steel on April 3 and Los Angeles’ Fonda Theatre on April 30. Select dates are already sold out, so get your tickets now. See below to find a show near you, and get your tickets here.
Written mostly while on tour and recorded in Allison’s hometown of Nashville at Alex The Great, color theory was produced by Gabe Wax (who also produced Clean), mixed by Lars Stalfors (Mars Volta, HEALTH, St. Vincent), and features the live Soccer Mommy band on studio recording for the first time, with a live take at the foundation of almost every track. The resulting album is a masterpiece that paints an uncompromisingly honest self-portrait of an artist who, according to 100+ publications, already released one of the Best Albums of 2018 and the 2010s, and is about to release an early favoUrite of 2020.
color theory is out this Friday, February 28 via Loma Vista Recordings. Pre-order color theory on tri-color vinyl with exclusive poster + sticker sheet, CD, cassette, and digital download here.
Read more on color theory here; The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly.
UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
03/16 - 03/22 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
03/26 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse*
03/27 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle*
03/28 - Washington, DC @ 930 Club*
03/31 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer*
04/03 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel*
04/04 - Boston, MA @ Paradise* SOLD OUT
04/05 - Boston, MA @ Paradise*
04/07 - Montreal, QC @ L'Astral*
04/08 - Toronto, ON @ Phoenix*
04/09 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop*
04/11 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall* SOLD OUT
04/17 - St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall^
04/18 - Madison, WI @ Majestic^
04/19 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave^
04/22 - Denver, CO @ Gothic^
04/24 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Commonwealth Room^
04/25 - Boise, ID @ Deathproof Coffee^
04/26 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom^
04/27 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos^
04/29 - San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore^
04/30 - Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda^
05/01 - San Diego, CA @ The Stage Room at UCSD^
05/02 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom^
05/03 - Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf^
05/05 - Austin, TX @ Emo's^
05/06 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall^
05/07 - Dallas, TX @ Granada^
05/09 - Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom^
05/17 - Guadalajara, MX @ Corona Capital Festival
06/04 - Oslo, Norway @ Parkteatret
06/05 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Slaktkyrkan
06/06 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Hotel Cecil
06/08 - Hamburg, Germany @ Molotow
06/09 - Berlin, Germany @ Frannz Club
06/11 - Koln, Germany @ Bumann & Sohn
06/12 - Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret Festival
06/13 - Brussels, Belgium @ La Botanique
06/15 - Paris, France @ Petit Bain
06/16 - Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2
06/18 - London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
06/19 - Bristol, UK @ Trinity
06/20 - Birmingham, UK @ The Castle & Falcon
06/22 - Leeds, UK @ Belgrave Music Hall
06/23 - Glasgow, UK @ St. Luke’s
06/24 - Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
06/25 - Leicester, UK @ O2 Academy Leicester
06/28 - London, UK @ Finsbury Park
06/30 - Dublin, IE @ Trinity College
07/02 - Barcelona, SP @ Vida Festival
07/17 - Louisville, KY @ Forecastle Festival
08/02 - Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival
*w/ Tomberlin
^w/ Emily Reo
Listen/Watch circle the drain here
Listen/Watch lucy here
Listen/Watch yellow is the color of her eyes here
Listen/Watch bloodstream here
