Soccer Mommy performs a Tiny Desk concert. Credit: Bob Boilen/NPR hide caption
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Sophie Allison's third album as Soccer Mommy, Sometimes, Forever, is a study in contrasts: focused, intimate writing paired with wild production that whips her songs into squalls of distortion and delay. Sophie Hur/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
MUNA self-titled album tops this week's shortlist of the best albums out on June 24. Isaac Schneider/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
New Music Friday: The best releases out June 24
Clockwise from upper left: Angel Olsen, Arooj Aftab, Perfume Genius, Soccer Mommy Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Marcus King (by Jamie Stow), Molly Tuttle (by Emily DeHart), Ondara (by Galea McGregor) WXPN hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Soccer Mommy, Hana Vu, Noah Georgeson and Devendra Banhart, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, F.S. Blumm and Nils Frahm Courtesy of the artists hide caption
New Mix: Soccer Mommy, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Nils Frahm, More
Top row left to right: Palehound, Soccer Mommy, Jay Som; Bottom row left to right: Caroline Spence, Joseph Shabason, Lucy Dacus Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Soccer Mommy plays a Tiny Desk Home concert. NPR/NPR hide caption
Soccer Mommy inside the World Cafe Performance Studio. Galea McGregor/WXPN hide caption
Soccer Mommy On World Cafe
When recording her latest album Color Theory, Sophie Allison used everything from floppy disk samples, to drum machines, to bubble sound effects to create the sound she wanted. Brian Ziff/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Soccer Mommy On 'Color Theory': 'I Want To Keep Growing Until I Hit The Ceiling'
Soccer Mommy On 'Color Theory': 'I Want To Keep Growing Until I Hit The Ceiling'
Pop Smoke's Meet the Woo 2, released less than two weeks before his death, is one of the best albums of the month. Joseph Okpako/WireImage/Getty Images hide caption
"Simmer," the first single from Paramore singer Hayley Williams' solo album, is one of the best songs of the month. Lindsey Byrnes/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Khruangbin and Leon Bridges, M. Ward, Soccer Mommy, David Dondero, Dan Deacon Courtesy of the artists hide caption
New Mix: Dan Deacon, Soccer Mommy, M. Ward, Khruangbin And Leon Bridges, More
Wye Oak's "Fortune" is one of NPR Music's top 16 songs of the month. Kendall Bailey Photography/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: (Sandy) Alex G, Leonard Cohen, Soccer Mommy, Fran, Chastity Belt Courtesy of the artists hide caption
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"It's relatable to any girl who's moved away from home and had to start a new life somewhere," Soccer Mommy's Sophie Allison says of Dixie Chicks' "Wide Open Spaces." Natalia Mantini/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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This playlist is for you, your friends and the guy you tell yourself you'll stop seeing but never do. Samantha Clark/NPR hide caption