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The Lincoln Theatre is proud to present the Skagit County debut of Soccer Mommy with an intimate, solo performance on our stage.Under the stage name Soccer Mommy, Sophie Allison has always written candidly about her life, making her one of indie rock's most interesting and beloved artists of the last decade.
Allison has used Soccer Mommy's songs as a vehicle to sort through the thoughts and encounters that inevitably come with the reality of growing up. After all, Soccer Mommy began as a bedroom-to-Bandcamp exercise with teenage Allison posting her plaintive songs as demos. Over the years, though, she has often enhanced that sound, using the endless production possibilities, newly at her fingertips, to outstrip singer-songwriter stereotypes. The records would start with songwriting's kernels of truth, and she would then imagine all the unexpected shapes they could take. Every Soccer Mommy record has felt like a surprise.
On Soccer Mommy’s fourth album, the tender but resolute Evergreen, Allison is again writing about her life. But that life’s different these days: Since making her previous album, 2022's Sometimes, Forever, Allison experienced a profound and also very personal loss. New songs emerged from that change, unflinching and sometimes even funny reflections on what she was feeling. (Speaking of funny, this is a Soccer Mommy album, so there's an ode to Allison’s purple-haired wife in the game Stardew Valley, too.)
These songs were, once again, Allison's way to sort through life, to ground herself. She wanted them to sound that way, too, to feel as true to the demos -- raw and relatable, unvarnished and honest -- as possible. The songwriting would again lead where the production would follow. Nothing overindulgent, everything real.
Opening the show is Bellingham's Kacey Lind, from the band Arcana. Influenced by alternative rock and indie music, Kacey blends introspective lyricism with sparkly, textural guitar chords. Her solo music focuses on delivering poignant melodies to the audience, while opening up about her internal thoughts and struggles.
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712 S 1st St, Mount Vernon, WA, United States, Washington 98273
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