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2020 studio album by Soccer Mommy
Color Theory
Released February 28, 2020 (2020-02-28 ) Studio Alex the Great Recording (
Nashville, Tennessee )
Genre
Length 44 :08
Label
Loma Vista
Producer Gabe Wax
Clean (2018)
Color Theory (2020)
Soccer Mommy & Friends Singles Series (2020)
"Lucy" Released: September 19, 2019
"Yellow Is the Color of Her Eyes" Released: November 19, 2019
"
Circle the Drain " Released: January 14, 2020
"Bloodstream" Released: February 25, 2020
"Crawling in My Skin" Released: October 30, 2020
Color Theory (stylized in all lowercase) is the second studio album by American
indie rock singer-songwriter
Soccer Mommy , released on February 28, 2020 by
Loma Vista Recordings .
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Color Theory was met with critical acclaim from critics. At
Metacritic , which assigns a
normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an
average score of 81, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on 22 reviews.
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All tracks are written by Sophie Allison
Color Theory track listingTitle 1. "Bloodstream" 5:37 2. "
Circle the Drain " 4:40 3. "Royal Screw Up" 4:07 4. "Night Swimming" 4:16 5. "Crawling in My Skin" 4:17 6. "Yellow Is the Color of Her Eyes" 7:15 7. "Up the Walls" 2:44 8. "Lucy" 4:56 9. "Stain" 3:00 10. "Gray Light" 3:16 Total length: 44:08
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.
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Musicians
Sophie Allison – vocals, songwriting (all tracks); acoustic guitar (1–4, 7, 8), electric guitar (1–6, 8–10),
EPS 16 (3, 4),
Prophet (5, 6, 10),
Mellotron ,
Wurlitzer (6); keyboard (8),
Juno (9)
Rodrigo Avendaño – piano,
SH-101 , Prophet (1);
SP-404 (2), electric guitar (5, 8), organ (7), keyboard (8)
Julian Powell – electric guitar (1–8, 10), Wurlitzer (1),
twelve-string guitar (2), piano (3, 4), acoustic guitar (5)
Gabe Wax – SH-101 (1, 2), Prophet (1, 5, 6), EPS 16 (1, 5), Juno (2, 3), SP-404, percussion (2); electric guitar (3, 6), conga, ambience (3); background vocals (3, 6, 10), bass (4, 7),
OP-1 (5), Wurlitzer (7, 10), shaker (7), keyboard (8), organ, drum programming (10)
Graene Goetz – bass (1–3, 5, 6, 8, 10),
MicroKORG (2)
Ryan Elwell – drums (1–3, 5–8)
Brett Resnick –
pedal steel guitar (6, 10)
Mary Lattimore – harp (6)
Jackson Foraker – twelve-string guitar (7)
Production and artwork
Gabe Wax – production, recording
Boone Wallace – recording assistant
Lars Stalfors – mixing
Joe LaPorta – mastering
Joe Nino-Hernes – vinyl cutting
Brian Ziff – photography
Lordess Foudre – package design
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"Soccer Mommy Announces New Album color theory, Shares New Song: Listen" .
Pitchfork . Retrieved February 5, 2020 .
^ Shaffer, Claire (February 3, 2020).
"Soccer Mommy Faces Down the Darkness" .
Rolling Stone . Retrieved February 5, 2020 .
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Exclaim! . Retrieved February 29, 2020 .
^ Hann, Michael (February 28, 2020).
"Soccer Mommy: Color Theory review – grief and depression given glorious voice" .
The Guardian . Retrieved February 29, 2020 .
^ Bray, Elisa; O'Connor, Roisin; Yuill, Bessie (February 27, 2020).
"Album reviews: Caribou, Princess Nokia and Soccer Mommy" .
The Independent . Retrieved February 29, 2020 .
^ Aston, Martin (March 2020). "Soccer Mommy: Color Theory".
Mojo . No. 316. p. 92.
^ Mylrea, Hannah (February 27, 2020).
"Soccer Mommy – 'Color Theory': a deeply moving account of personal pain set to warm lo-fi pop" .
NME . Retrieved February 29, 2020 .
^ Greene, Jayson (February 28, 2020).
"Soccer Mommy: color theory" .
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^ Cooper, Leonie (March 2020). "Soccer Mommy: Color Theory".
Q . No. 408. p. 122.
^ Martoccio, Angie (March 2, 2020).
"Soccer Mommy Channels Sweet, Nineties-Steeped Sadness on 'Color Theory' " .
Rolling Stone . Retrieved March 6, 2020 .
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Hodgkinson, Will (February 28, 2020).
"Soccer Mommy: Color Theory review — American indie star's exercise in self‑loathing is ever so loveable" .
The Times . Retrieved February 29, 2020 .
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"Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100" .
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