[ATTENDED: September 20, 2025] Soccer Mommy
I saw Soccer Mommy in 2021 and again earlier this year in January. I didn’t need to see her again, but I was really excited that she was on the bill and I was excited for my wife to see her as well because they previous show was great. And the weather was perfect for this set.
It’s a standard set up: Sophie Allison (who is Soccer Mommy) plays guitar and sings. She has a fantastic four piece behind her–Rollum Haas: drums, Nick Widener: bass, Julian Powell: guitar and Rodrigo Avendano: guitar/keys. The band is really good and they bring these songs to life live in a more powerful way than on the album.
The setlist varied a bit from January but in a shorter set she played all of the hits. And there is something really fun about being outside on a gorgeous day with a great musician playing songs just fifteen feet away from you.
She opened with Circle the Drain (every time I’ve seen her I’ve been surprised that she leads off with her hits). And she followed it with Driver, which is on of my favorite songs of the year. I love how heavy the verses were and then how soft the chorus was. It sounded great live.
She told us that her song Abigail is about the character of Abigail in Stardew Valley. My wife loves Stardew and was quite tickled to hear that that’s what the song was about (she didn’t know the song). It’s a slower song which Sophie said she wrote when she was having some writer’s block. But it proved to be a delightful song.
I’ve also really liked her song Shotgun. And the bass sounded especially good live. Such a satisfying set.
Her songs are quiet spacious and open and they work really well in the midday sun. Songs like Dreaming of Falling just float around in the air beautifully. Even Cool which is a bit heavier has a gentle floating quality in the chorus.
The set was mostly songs from her new album which makes sense more or less–I’d have thought she’s put in a few more bangers, but she writes really cool guitar lines like on Salt in Wound and as I said, they sound good in this setting.
She ended with Your Dog, which is one of her older songs (and a favorite of mine). She made a jokey big deal out of keeping the lyrics radio friendly (I don’t wanna be your fucking dog) and she did it (little dog).
It was a really fun set and it was fun to see her twice in a year.
| 2025 XPN Fest | 2025 | 2021 |
| circle the drain ¥ | Abigail € | bloodstream ¥ |
| Driver € | circle the drain ¥ | circle the drain ¥ |
| Abigail € | Driver € | royal screw up ¥ |
| Bones § | Bones § | Last Girl © |
| Shotgun § | Shotgun § | stain ¥ |
| Dreaming of Falling € | Dreaming of Falling € | crawling in my skin ¥ |
| Cool © | Cool © | Cool © |
| M € | Thinking of You € | lucy ¥ |
| Lost € | Some Sunny Day € | gray light ¥ |
| Salt in Wound € | M € | night swimming ¥ |
| Your Dog (with radio friendly lyrics) © | Lost € | Still Clean © |
| crawling in my skin ¥ | Dagger (Slowdive cover) | |
| royal screw up ¥ | yellow is the color of her eyes ¥ | |
| Salt in Wound € | encore | |
| Your Dog © | Your Dog © | |
| encore | Scorpio Rising © | |
| Changes € | ||
| Don’t Ask Me § |
€ Evergreen (2024)
§ Sometimes, Forever (2022)
¥ Color Theory (2020)
© Clean (2018)
RIVER STAGE:
Soccer Mommy
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Soccer Mommy
Molly Tuttle
Shar van Etten and the Attachment Theory
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