In her new single “Cool,” Soccer Mommy’s Sophie Allison is busy admiring from afar: “I wanna know like her you,” she sings, “I wanna be that cool.” But the jokes pretty much on us, because we’ve been thinking that about the Nashville musician for a while now. We first caught her at The Sinclair on a they’ll-be-talking-about-this-tour-for-years bill with Jay Som and Stef Chura, and became fully entranced last month when Soccer Mommy played Great Scott with Phoebe Bridgers. Allison’s the damn coolest, and continues to show why: The Ambar Navarro-directed video for “Cool” was inspired by ’90s teen movies, and the song is a hazy ode to chilled alt-rock and guitar-pop of that era (cme for the visuals, stay for that shoegaze-y outro). “Cool” is off Clean, Soccer Mommy’s acclaimed debut LP on Fat Possum, and she’ll show it off on the road through 2018 on headlining tours and runs with Speedy Ortiz and Liz Phair (local appearances: May 1 at Great Scott and June 6 with Phair at The Sinclair). Touring with Speedy Ortiz and Liz Phair? We wanna be that cool. Featured Soccer Mommy photo by Kelsey Hart.
Soccer Mommy Live Dates:
March 27: Lexington, KY @ The Burl *
March 28: Bloomington, IN @ The Bishop *
March 29: Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern * SOLD OUT
March 30: Davenport, IA @ The Raccoon Motel *
March 31: Minneapolis, MN @ Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater * SOLD OUT
April 3: Spokane, WA @ The Bartlett *
April 4: Seattle, WA @ Barboza *
April 5: Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge *
April 7: San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill * SOLD OUT
April 9: San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar *
April 10: Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo * SOLD OUT
April 11: Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar *
April 13: Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Jr. *
April 14: San Antonio, TX @ 502 Bar *
April 15: Dallas, TX @ Three Links *
April 26: Columbus, OH @ Rumba Cafe $
April 27: Lansing, MI @ The Pike Room at The Crofoot $
April 28: Toronto, ON @ Longboat Hall at Great Hall $
April 29: Montreal, QC @ Quai Des Brumes $
May 1: Boston, MA @ Great Scott $ SOLD OUT
May 2: Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere (main room)
May 3: Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
May 4: Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade NYC SOLD OUT
May 5: Washington, DC @ Black Cat %
May 7: Norfolk, VA @ Charlie’s American Cafe %
May 8: Durham, NC @ The Pinhook %
May 9: Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade %
May 27: George, WA @ Sasquatch Festival
June 4: Minneapolis, MN @ Turf Club #
June 6: Boston, MA @ The Sinclair #
June 7: Brooklyn, NY @ National Sawdust #
June 9: Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle #
August 31: Scotland, UK @ Electric Fields Festival
September 4: Birmingham, UK @ Hare & Hounds
September 5: Manchester, UK @ Deaf Institute
September 7: Dublin, Ireland @ Grand Social
September 8: Liverpool, UK @ The Shipping Forecast
September 10: Nottingham, UK @ Bodega
September 11: Bristol, UK @ Louisiana
September 13: London, UK @ Scala
September 14: Gent, Belgium @ Dok
September 17: Gothenburg, Sweden @ Oceanen
September 18: Stockholm, Sweden @ Melodybox
September 19: Copenhagen, Denmark @ Ideal Bar at Vega
* with Madeline Kenney
# with Liz Phair
$ with Long Beard
% with Speedy Ortiz