Following a series of DIY Bandcamp recordings and last year’s Collection, Clean is Nashville-based Sophie Allison’s journey out of her bedroom and into the studio with a full band. “I’d never made a full album before, just EPs and random tracks thrown together. I wanted it to be a lot more cohesive than the rest of the stuff that came before,” explains Allison. “I wanted to make something that was a full piece of my life, that addressed similar themes and held together as a whole.” The result is Clean, an album that presents Soccer Mommy as a singular artist, wise beyond her years, with an emotional authenticity of her own.
Clean is an emotional album, heavy on growth, isolation, and change, but balanced by a lightness of touch, and with hooks to spare. The signature warmth of Allison’s voice coupled with her growth as a lyricist crystallises themes of identity, jealousy, and the desire to be someone else. Clean - the cohesive record Allison dreamt of making - is a true step forward, a strong and mature album from an artist just coming into her power.
Release: March 2nd, 2018, Fat Possum via Inertia
Words: Inertia
Clean is an emotional album, heavy on growth, isolation, and change, but balanced by a lightness of touch, and with hooks to spare. The signature warmth of Allison’s voice coupled with her growth as a lyricist crystallises themes of identity, jealousy, and the desire to be someone else. Clean - the cohesive record Allison dreamt of making - is a true step forward, a strong and mature album from an artist just coming into her power.
Release: March 2nd, 2018, Fat Possum via Inertia
Words: Inertia
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