Adult Swim Singles have shared a collaboration by Soccer Mommy and Kero Kero Bonito as the twenty-third entry in the 2021 program. “rom com 2021” is an update to Soccer Mommy’s recent standalone single “rom com 2004,” a guitar-driven indie-pop number that channeled via a fragmented and distorted production by Grammy-nominated producer BJ Burton (Low, Charli XCX, Bon Iver). Kero Kero Bonito have given the song a sugary facelift, replacing the original’s guitars with glossy keyboards in service of a decidedly poppy presentation. “We were very excited to be invited to work on ‘Rom Com 2021,’ state Kero Kero Bonito. “Our contributions were inspired by Bridget Jones’ Diary, late summer and UK Garage vocal manipulation.”
Soccer Mommy—a.k.a. Nashville native Sophie Allison—released her critically-acclaimed sophomore album color theory last year, earning countless accolades and year-end list nods. Today she announces a new one-off single entitled “rom com 2004,” produced by 5x Grammy-nominated producer and songwriter BJ Burton (Charli XCX, Bon Iver, Chance The Rapper, Empress Of, Miley Cyrus). Allison says of the track: “I wrote this song a while back and made a poppy demo for it. Then I told BJ to destroy it.”
Soccer Mommy recently announced her long-delayed U.S. headline tour in support of color theory.
Tour dates:
09/15 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse * [SOLD OUT]
09/16 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle * [SOLD OUT]
09/17 – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar * [SOLD OUT]
09/18 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer * [SOLD OUT]
09/19 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club * [SOLD OUT]
09/21 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel * [SOLD OUT]
09/22 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club * [SOLD OUT]
09/23 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club * [SOLD OUT]
09/25 – Montreal, QUE – Fairmount Theatre *
09/26 – Toronto, ONT – Phoenix Concert Theatre *
09/28 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop * [SOLD OUT]
09/29 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall * [SOLD OUT]
10/01 – Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom *
10/16 – Washington, DC – All Things Go Festival
10/18 – Charlotte, NC – Visulite Theatre ^
10/19 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn ^
10/21 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall ^
10/22 – Austin, TX – Emo’s East ^
10/23 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater ^
10/26 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom ^ [SOLD OUT]
10/27 – San Diego, CA – Music Box ^
10/28 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre ^ [SOLD OUT]
10/29 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore ^ [SOLD OUT]
10/31 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre ^ [SOLD OUT]
11/01 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall ^ [SOLD OUT]
11/02 – Boise, ID – The Olympic ^
11/04 – Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre ^
11/06 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room Lounge ^
11/07 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue ^
11/08 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre ^ [SOLD OUT]
The 2021 All Things Go Music Festival returns on Saturday October 16th and makes a major move to the 20,000 capacity Merriweather Post Pavilion venue. The festival continues their female-forward billing with this year’s headliner and Grammy Album Of The Year nominee, HAIM – in addition to St. Vincent , Charli XCX and LAUV at the top of the bill.
Those artists will be joined by a slew of up-and-coming artists — Girl In Red, Cautious Clay, Beach Bunny, Soccer Mommy, Gus Dapperton, Tkay Maidza, Jelani Aryeh, Role Model, Tai Verdes, Blue DeTiger, Isaac Dunbar and Del Water Gap — all taking over two stages at the iconic Merriweather Post Pavilion, making it one of the largest independent festival on the east coast.
The festival is known for their female-focused billing and equal representation in the music industry in general, for instance the Saturday of All Things Go 2018 spotlighted an all-female lineup specially curated in collaboration with Maggie Rogers and LPX (Lizzy Plapinger), both All Things Go friends, and Plapinger, a previous partner on the All Things Gold club nights in Washington DC.
Bachelor—the collaborative project of Jay Som’s Melina Duterte and Palehound’s Ellen Kempner—will release its debut album Doomin’ Sun on May 28th via Polyvinyl Record Co. (North America), Lucky Number (ROW) and Milk! Records (AUS/NZ). To celebrate the album release they have also announced Doomin’ Sun Fest, a massive livestream festival / telethon to benefit and uplift Seeding Sovereignty. The festival will take place on June 10 starting at 6pm ET., and will be followed by a virtual afterparty inside the 3D social game Hotel Hideaway.
Created as a chance to gather for “Community, Compassion, Climate, and Celebration,” Doomin’ Sun Fest will be FREE to attend, but donations to Seeding Sovereignty will be highly encouraged. The organization is an Indigenous-led collective working to radicalize and disrupt colonized spaces through land, body, and food sovereignty work, community building, and cultural preservation.
Melina & Ellen will live-host Doomin’ Sun Fest, which will culminate in the first ever Bachelor concert, shot and directed by Haoyan Of America with designer Richie Brown, powered by HIFI Labs. “Basically we just wanna have fun celebrating our album release, raise funds for Seeding Sovereignty, and get people excited about donating and opening their hearts to themes of the fest – the “4 C’s” as we call them – that are driving this endeavor,” note Ellen and Melina.
Featuring:
Adeline
Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief
Alexis from Sleigh Bells w/ Young Women Who Crush
Alynda Segarra (Hurray For The Riff Raff)
Andy Shauf
Anjimile
Bartees Strange
Beach Bunny
Becca Mancari
Benjamin Gibbard
Black Belt Eagle Scout
Boy Scouts
Brijean
Christelle Bofale
Claud
Courtney Barnett
Faye Webster
Fime
Frankie Cosmos
Hand Habits
Japanese Breakfast
Jeff Rosenstock
Jeff Tweedy
Jessi Frick of Father Daughter Records
Jose James + Taali
Julia Jacklin
Julien Baker
Kero Kero Bonito
KR from Decolonize UnConference
Lala Lala
Long Beard
Lucy Dacus
Luna Li
Madeline Kenney
Madison McFerrin
Mannequin Pussy
Manu Grace
MICHELLE
Miloe
Pendant
Quinn Christopherson
Rozzi
Sasami
Sen Morimoto
Shamir
Soccer Mommy
Soft Glas
Sylvan Esso
Tagalikha
Tank & the Bangas
Tasha
Tegan and Sara
Thao
Tune-Yards
Vagabon
Soccer Mommy — a.k.a. Nashville native Sophie Allison – released her critically-acclaimed sophomore album color theory last year. Today she has announced her long delayed US headline tour in support of the record. Starting in September 2021 the tour stops at some of the biggest venues Allison has headlined to date, including New York’s Brooklyn Steel on September 21 and Los Angeles’ Fonda Theatre on October 28. With the exception of a few venue changes and new additions many of the shows were postponed from March 2020 and all previously purchased tickets will be honored. Squirrel Flower will provide support on the first leg and Emily Reo will support the second. Tickets go on sale Friday (4/30) at 12pm ET.
Following the release of color theory, Allison earned mass acclaim, with performances opening for Bernie Sanders, numerous upcoming headline dates sold-out months in advance, confirmed festival slots at the likes of Glastonbury, and her late-night debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The album made it’s AAA Top 20 debut after release, was #1 NACC Top 200 for 4-weeks running, and debuted on the following Billboard charts: #1 Top New Artist Albums, #1 Alternative New Artist Albums, #4 Current Alternative Albums, #4 LP Vinyl Albums, #6 Current Rock Albums, #16
Top Current Albums and in the Billboard Top 200.
Additionally, with touring at a halt for the entire music industry, Soccer Mommy found remarkably inventive ways to stay busy during quarantine. She released a deluxe binder version of color theory which you can get HERE along with a demos EP of selected album tracks which you can listen to HERE. Last summer, raising money for National Bail Out & Oxfam’s COVID-19 Relief Fund, Allison released the Soccer Mommy & Friends Singles Series featuring Jay Som, Beabadoobee, SASAMI and MGMT’s Andrew VanWyngarden/Gentle Dom. She also joined forces with Actress & Unknown Mortal Orchestra, who remixed two color theory tracks. Listen to “crawling in my skin (Actress Remix)” HERE + “circle the drain (UMO Remix)” HERE. She shared an interview and performance via GRAMMY Museum® which can be seen HERE. Combining her love of video games and performing, Soccer Mommy held a digital concert on the online gaming platform Club Penguin Rewritten, with 10,000+ attendees (who all had to make their own penguin avatars to attend). So many fans logged on originally that the game’s server *literally* crashed and the event had to be rescheduled. Soccer Mommy also kicked off the NPR Tiny Desk At Home Series, performed on Pitchfork’s IG Live series, and released her very own Zoom backgrounds images. Soccer Mommy then embarked on another tour, of sorts: an 8-bit music video tour, hitting some of the cities she was meant to perform in on tour prior to lockdown.
Spin Magazine