Today, Soccer Mommy announced the follow-up to her 2020 album Color Theory. The forthcoming LP Sometimes, Forever, which is out June 24, is produced by Oneohtrix Point Never's Daniel Lopatin. The first look at the new album is the single "Shotgun" with an accompanying video by Kevin Lombardo.
The new track opens with a grungy melodic guitar and snappy drums. Sophie Allison's hushed, satiny vocals detail the thrill of a sweet relationship. "Uppers and my heart never meshed / I hated coming down / But this feels the same without the bad things," she sings on the opening verse. Visceral images of fogged windows, menthol breath, and a room dirtied with beer bottles and ice cream cartons transport us into the middle of a relationship that makes Soccer Mommy feel like a "bullet in a shotgun ready to sound." Galaxies away from Color Theory's somber tone, "Shotgun" allows Allison to flex her skilled songwriting in an entirely different hue.
“‘Shotgun’ is all about the joys of losing yourself in love,” Allison said in a press statement. “I wanted it to capture the little moments in a relationship that stick with you.”
Watch the video for "Shotgun" below, and pre-order Sometimes, Forever here.
