# Soccer Mommy

Sophia Regina Allison (born May 27, 1997), better known by her stage name Soccer Mommy, is an American singer-songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. She has four studio albums to her name; her latest album, Evergreen, was released on October 25, 2024.

## Early life and education

Born in Zürich, Switzerland, in 1997 to Michelle (an elementary school teacher) and John Allison (a neuroscientist), Sophie Allison grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, where her parents had moved the family when she was a toddler. She attended Nashville School of the Arts, a specialty high school where she studied guitar and participated in the school's swing band.
Having been playing guitar since the age of 6, Allison began creating her own music. Avril Lavigne's 2004 album Under My Skin was the first album she ever owned. She began posting home-recorded songs to Bandcamp as Soccer Mommy in 2015, during the summer when she was about to leave for college. She then attended New York University (NYU), where she studied music business and English at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. While in college, Allison played her first show as Soccer Mommy at the community art space Silent Barn in Bushwick, Brooklyn, and shortly after landed a recording contract with Fat Possum. She dropped out of college after two years in 2017 to return to Nashville and pursue her music career.

## Career
### Early releases (2015-2019)

Allison's first full-length album as Soccer Mommy, For Young Hearts, was released in 2016 on Orchid Tapes. Her second album, Collection, was released in 2017 on Fat Possum Records. Her debut album proper, titled Clean, was released on March 2, 2018.
She has toured with Stephen Malkmus, Mitski, Kacey Musgraves, Jay Som, Slowdive, Frankie Cosmos, Liz Phair, Phoebe Bridgers and others. She joined Paramore and Foster the People on the first half of their 2018 summer tour. Soccer Mommy opened for Vampire Weekend in the fall. She also opened for a few shows for Wilco in the fall of 2019.

### Recent years (2020-present)

In February 2020, Allison played at one of Bernie Sanders' presidential rallies and endorsed his 2020 presidential campaign.
Allison's second full-length album Color Theory was released in 2020 through Loma Vista Recordings. Allison's third full-length album Sometimes, Forever was released in 2022, also through Loma Vista. Allison's fourth full-length album Evergreen was released on October 25, 2024, once again through Loma Vista.

## Musical style and influences

Emma Bowers of Nylon stated "Sophie Allison has built a career on her capacity to mesh turn of the millennium grunge-pop and the tender, confessional songwriting of the late 2010s with uncanny sincerity and precision." Her compositions are described as "hooky" and "angular." Allison herself has stated that her music is influenced by pop music and that she strives for catchy elements in her songs, and her style is also noted for its "[1990s] alt-rock ethos." Sonically, her albums have been described as "atmospheric" and "guitar-centric." Jenn Pelly of Pitchfork said "Even when Allison’s strummy music evokes a coffee house open-mic, though, there’s an edge to it."
Allison is known for her confessional, "conversational" lyrics, which have been described as "quietly tormented". Themes explored by Allison in her songs include lovesickness, self-doubt, adolescence and grief. Mike Katzif of NPR said "In many Soccer Mommy songs, Allison sings with a captivating sense of yearning as she ruminates on the wounded ache of love, the uncertainty of youth and restless wanderlust." Jenn Pelly of Pitchfork said "her hazy singing can be conversational and appealingly flat. She sounds like a person you might know."
Allison cites musicians Natalie Imbruglia, Mitski, Slowdive, the Chicks, Taylor Swift and Avril Lavigne, as well as the cities of Nashville and New York, as influences.

## Discography
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected information :
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | US | US Alt. | US Heat. | US Rock | AUS Hit. | SCO | UK |
| Clean | Released: March 2, 2018 Label: Fat Possum Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | — |
| Color Theory | Released: February 28, 2020 Label: Loma Vista, Concord Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming | 142 | 7 | 2 | 22 | — | 52 | — |
| Sometimes, Forever | Released: June 24, 2022 Label: Loma Vista, Concord Formats: LP, CD, digital download, streaming | 137 | 14 | 1 | — | 7 | 14 | 95 |
| Evergreen | Released: October 25, 2024 Label: Loma Vista, Concord Formats: Digital download, streaming | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||||||

### Demo albums

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | US Heat. | US Indie |
| For Young Hearts | Released: June 17, 2016 Label: Orchid Tapes Formats: Digital download | 5 | 30 |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Details |
| Collection | Released: August 4, 2017 Label: Fat Possum Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download |
| Soccer Mommy & Friends Singles Series | Released: July 2, 2020 Label: Loma Vista, Concord Formats: Digital download |

### Extended plays

| Title | Details |
| Songs for the Recently Sad | Released: September 25, 2015 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download |
| Songs from My Bedroom | Released: December 11, 2015 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download |
| Songs from My Bedroom (pt. 2) | Released: January 26, 2016 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download |
| Soccer Mommy on Audiotree Live | Released: October 10, 2017 Label: Audiotree Music Formats: Digital download |
| Karaoke Night | Released: September 15, 2023 Label: Loma Vista Format: LP CD, digital download, streaming |

### Singles

List of singles :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | US AAA | UK Sales | Album |
| "Last Girl" / "Be Seeing You" | 2017 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Allison" | 2017 | — | — | Collection |
| "Inside Out" | 2017 | — | — | Collection |
| "Your Dog" | 2018 | — | — | Clean |
| "Cool" | 2018 | — | — | Clean |
| "Scorpio Rising" | 2018 | — | — | Clean |
| "Mass Grave" (with Health) | 2018 | — | — | Disco4: Part I |
| "Henry" / "I'm on Fire" | 2018 | — | 10 | Non-album singles |
| "Blossom (Demo)" / "I'll Be Seeing You" | 2019 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Feed" | 2019 | — | — | The Turning (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
| "Lucy" | 2019 | — | — | Color Theory |
| "Yellow Is the Color of Her Eyes" | 2019 | — | — | Color Theory |
| "Circle the Drain" | 2020 | 18 | — | Color Theory |
| "Bloodstream" | 2020 | — | — | Color Theory |
| "Crawling in My Skin" / "Circle the Drain" | 2020 | — | — | Color Theory |
| "Rom Com 2004" | 2021 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Rom Com 2021" (with Kero Kero Bonito) | 2021 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Shotgun" | 2022 | 13 | — | Sometimes, Forever |
| "Unholy Affliction" | 2022 | — | — | Sometimes, Forever |
| "Bones" | 2022 | — | — | Sometimes, Forever |
| "Newdemo" | 2022 | — | — | Sometimes, Forever |
| "Lose You" (with Bully) | 2023 | 13 | — | Lucky for You |
| "Soak Up the Sun" | 2023 | — | — | Karaoke Night |
| "I'm Only Me When I'm with You" | 2023 | — | — | Karaoke Night |
| "Lost" | 2024 | — | — | Evergreen |
| "M" | 2024 | — | — | Evergreen |
| "Driver" | 2024 | 32 | — | Evergreen |
| "Abigail" | 2024 | — | — | Evergreen |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||||

### Music videos

| Title | Year | Director |
| "Allison" | 2017 | Harry James Clifford |
| "Inside Out" | 2017 | Harry James Clifford |
| "Your Dog" | 2018 | Weird Life Films |
| "Cool" | 2018 | Ambar Navarro |
| "Scorpio Rising" | 2018 | Jonny Look |
| "Yellow Is the Color of Her Eyes" | 2019 | Alex Ross Perry |
| "Circle the Drain" | 2020 | Atiba Jefferson |
| "Bloodstream" | 2020 | Bella Clark and Haven Butler |
| "Rom Com 2004" | 2021 | Fustic Studio |
| "Shotgun" | 2022 | Kevin Lombardo |
| "Bones" | 2022 | Alex Ross Perry |
| "Feel It All the Time" | 2022 | Zav Magasis |
| "Abigail" | 2024 | Leonel Montero |