"Scorpio Rising" is the high water mark on Soccer Mommy's debut album, Clean -- which we named one of the best albums of 2018 so far -- and today the song has gotten a music video to go along with it.
It's a meditative slow burn that suggests some alien interference. Allison appears like a hologram from outer space, smeary and washed out. She walks around an empty community hall and through a field like she's not even totally there, holding a microphone and doing karaoke to her own song. There's an idling car straight from the lyrics -- "Kissed you in the park/ We'll meet up after dark/ In your car with the backseat, southern summer" -- and it ends with Allison being blinded by the totality of the moon.
Soccer Mommy has also announced a new run of tour dates, including a few opening up for Kacey Musgraves on her North American tour. Watch the "Scorpio Rising" video (which was previously an Apple Music exclusive) and see the band's tour itinerary below.
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TOUR DATES
07/17/18 Petaluma, CA @ Mystic Theatre +
07/18/18 San Francisco, CA @ Slim's +
07/22/18 Wooyung, AUS @ Splendour in the Grass
07/25/18 Austin, TX @ Mohawk +
07/26/18 Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall +
07/27/18 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater +
07/28/18 Tulsa, OK @ Vanguard +
07/29/18 Kansas City, MO @ RecordBar +
07/31/18 Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre +
08/01/18 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge +
08/03/18 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre +
08/04/18 Seattle, WA @ Neptune +
08/05/18 Portland, OR @ Star Theatre +
08/31/18 Thornhill, UK @ Electric Fields Festival
09/01/18 Salisbury, UK @ End of the Road Festival
09/04/18 Birmingham, UK @ Hare & Hounds
09/05/18 Manchester, UK @ The Deaf Institute
09/07/18 Dublin, IE @ The Grand Social
09/08/18 Liverpool, UK @ Shipping Forecast
09/10/18 Nottingham, UK @ The Bodega
09/11/18 Bristol, UK @ Thekla
09/12/18 Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach
09/13/18 London, UK @ Scala
09/14/18 Ghent, BE @ Dok
09/17/18 Gothenburg, SE @ Oceanen
09/18/18 Stockholm, SE @ Melodybox
09/19/18 Copenhagen, DK @ Ideal Bar
09/19/18 9/22/18 Hamburg, DE @ Reeperbahn Festival
09/22/18 Amsterdam, NL @ Indiestadt
10/03/18 Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar $
10/04/18 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall $
10/05/18 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry $
10/07/18 Omaha, NE @ Reverb $
10/10/18 Ft. Collins, CO @ Downtown Artery $
10/12/18 Reno, NV @ Holland Project $
10/13/18-10/14/18 Oakland, CA @ Treasure Island Music Festival
10/16/18 Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom $
10/17/18 Tucson, AZ @ Hotel Congress
10/18/18 Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf $
11/07/18Reykjavik, Iceland @ Iceland Airwaves
11/29/18 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade Purgatory Stage
11/30/18 Durham, NC @ The Pinhook
12/01/18 Washington, DC @ Rock & Roll Hotel
12/05/18 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
12/07/18 Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
12/08/18 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
12/15/18 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
02/13/19 Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren Ķ
02/14/19 Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel Ķ
02/15/19 Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel Ķ
02/18/19 Portland, OR @ Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Ķ
02/19/19 Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre Ķ
+ w/ Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
$ w/ SASAMI
Ķ w/ Kacey Musgraves
Clean is out now via Fat Possum. Read our recent conversation between Soccer Mommy and Paramore's Hayley Williams.
