Soccer Mommy talks about her new album 'Evergreen,' grief, and her favorite new horror movies
ophie Allison is at the wheel of her Toyota Venza, a quarter-sized translucent crystal dangling from her rearview mirror. Cruising through Nashville’s Berry Hill area, she decelerates to gaze at a suburban house framed by artfully landscaped flowers. “I used to get so annoyed with my mom,” she says. “She would be driving and she’d slow down and be like, ‘This house is so pretty. That bird in that tree is so pretty.’ And I’d be like, ‘Drive, bitch!’ And now, that’s me.
While Allison has been known to experiment sonically — dabbling in everything from distorted synths to floppy discs on her past albums — she strips it all down on, with only some cozy flutes and string arrangements to lean on. For the first time, she’s putting her strongest weapon at the forefront: Her voice.Evergreen
“Driver” is a rare rock song that treats long-term love as something worth singing about — as dramatic in its way as any reckless crush. “I am constantly getting lost. I’m constantly missing turns,” she tells me, extending the relationship-as-car metaphor. “And it’s so different when somebody can move through it with you, and not judge you for it.”She continues: “I love watching disastrous love stories, but that’s not what we actually want out of our lives.
She sips her prized beverage and picks at a blueberry muffin, describing the gorgeous trail we’re about to hit at the nearby Radnor Lake. There will be herons, she says, but don’t mistake her for a birder. “It’s cool, but I don’t give a shit about that,” she says. “Maybe one day when I’m older.” Later, when I ask about marriage and children, she gives a similarly open response, possibly indicating that these topics have been on her mind lately.
Seeing one majestic coastal bird triggers a memory for Allison. “My mom would be here, sending a zoomed-in photo,” she recalls, breaking out in laughter. “And I’m like, ‘That is the worst picture I’ve ever seen! He’s not even that far away!’” , Allison prefers not to go into detail about the experiences behind it.
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