Soccer Mommy, aka Sophie Allison, has announced her second album.
Entitled color theory, the announcement comes with a video for the lead single circle the drain. Produced by Atiba Jefferson, the four-minute visual was shot in Palm Springs and features pro-skateboarders Sean Malto, Jake Anderson, Curren Caples, and Nicole Hause.
The LP will serve as the follow-up to her 2018 debut Clean. According to the press release, color theory sees Allison confront ongoing mental health and familial challenges she has faced since childhood. The album explores three central, interlinking themes: blue – a representation of sadness and depression; yellow, which symbolises physical and emotional illness; and the colour grey for darkness, depression and loss.
On the album, Allison said, “I wanted the experience of listening to color theory to feel like finding a dusty old cassette tape that has become messed up over time, because that’s what this album is: an expression of all the things that have slowly degraded me personally.”
“The production warps, the guitar solos occasionally glitch, the melodies can be poppy and deceptively cheerful. To me, it sounds like the music of my childhood distressed and, in some instances, decaying.”
color theory was produced by Gabe Wax, who also produced Clean, and was mixed by Lars Stalfors (Mars Volta, HEALTH, St Vincent). The artist has also announced a run of US, European and UK tour dates for 2020. Check out the new artwork and tracklist below, and watch the video for circle the drain above.
Tracklist
1. bloodstream
2. circle the drain
3. royal screw up
4. night swimming
5. crawling in my skin
6. yellow is the color of her eyes
7. up the walls
8. lucy
9. stain
10. gray light
US tour dates
16-22 March – Austin, TX @ SXSW
26 March – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
27 March – Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
28 March – Washington, DC @ 930 Club
31 March – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
3 April – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
4 April – Boston, MA @ Paradise
7 April – Montreal, QC @ L’Astral
8 April – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix
9 April – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
11 April – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
17 April – St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall
18 April – Madison, WI @ Majestic
19 April – Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
22 April – Denver, CO @ Gothic
24 April – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Commonwealth Room
25 April – Boise, ID @ Deathproof Coffee
26 April – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
27 April – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
29 April – San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore
30 April – Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda
1 May – San Diego, CA @ The Stage Room at UCSD
2 May – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
3 May – Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
5 May – Austin, TX @ Emo’s East
6 May – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
7 May – Dallas, TX @ Granada
9 May – Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom
European and UK tour dates
4 June – Oslo, Norway @ Parkteatret
5 June – Stockholm, Sweden @ Slaktkyrkan
6 June – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Hotel Cecil
8 June – Hamburg, Germany @ Molotow
9 June – Berlin, Germany @ Frannz Club
11 June – Koln, Germany @ Bumann & Sohn
13 June – Brussels, Belgium @ La Botanique
15 June – Paris, France @ Petit Bai
16 June – Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2
18 June – London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
19 June – Bristol, UK @ Trinity
20 June – Birmingham, UK @ The Castle & Falcon
22 June – Leeds, UK @ Belgrave Music Hall
23 June – Glasgow, UK @ Stereo
24 June – Manchester, UK @ Gorilla