Sometimes, Forever will act as a follow-up to 2020’s critical success that was color theory. The critical success of that album confirmed Soccer Mommy to be slightly more than the bedroom indie staple that her other albums like Clean may have led us to believe. In a conversation with NME, Soccer Mommy – this time less popularly known by her offstage name Sophie Allison – commented that ‘Bones’ was initially drafted to be a part of a rom-com. But since the song’s creation, Allison decided to keep it for herself. When questioned about the song’s meaning she explained it was basically, “about struggling with the parts of yourself that you don’t like in a relationship.” Before lightening the mood a little with, “It’s about wanting to become better for someone and feeling like you’re standing in your own way.”

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Allison will also be taking the new tunes to a few UK in-store gigs shortly after the release of the album. Fans in Leeds, Liverpool, Brighton, and Bristol could get some of the earliest tastes of the new sounds this June before the tour kicks off in the states in October. It was also announced that the pre-sale for the rest of the tour (which unfortunately already kicked off this morning (May 19^th)) would donate a portion of its proceeds to Planned Parenthood. While the presale has already come and gone, the remainder of the tickets go on sale tomorrow morning (May 20^th) at 10am. You can try and bag yourself a few here. With additional support on the US leg from a pair of Canadian artists – Singer-songwriter Helena Deland, and indie rock outfit TOPS – the UK’s support slots are yet to be filled.

See below the full list of Soccer Mommy’s UK tour dates below:

20/6 – Crash – Leeds
21/6 – Jacaranda – Liverpool
25/6 – Resident – Brighton
26/6 – Rough Trade – Bristol (Matinee)
31/8 – Rescue Rooms – Nottingham
1/9 – Chalk – Brighton
3/9 – Trinity – Bristol
20/9 – O2 Ritz – Manchester
21/9 – Tramshed – Cardiff
22/9 – O2 Forum – London
23/9 – The Castle & Falcon – Birmingham
24/9 – Queen Margaret Union – Glasgow

The band’s frontman Dan Reynolds commented on the obvious Thriller influence, “It definitely served as the inspiration for the ‘Bones’ video,” he adds, “I’ve always loved that ‘Thriller’ was both scary and playful. I didn’t know as a kid if I wanted to watch it again or not for fear of the ensuing nightmares, but I always came back for more with my eyes half-closed. The idea of punishing Wall Street with a zombie infection felt like an enjoyable time. And it was.”

The single was set to be released last month, but the massive success of their previous single “Enemy” (which has production credits from GRAMMY-nominated, East Atlanta-based rapper J.I.D) led to a bit of a break while the single amassed its 1.6 BILLION cumulative streams across the planet. Its feature in Riot Games’ series “Arcane” undoubtedly had a hand in this, but pinning the song’s success entirely on this would just be crass… people love Imagine Dragons. The tune is currently sat at No. 5 at Top 40, No. 7 at Hot AC and No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

As mentioned before, the album is due on June 1^st (you can find pre-order information here), which puts the release date slap-bang in the middle of their expansive world tour which will see the band hit stadiums all over the US and European festival circuit. There is, as of yet, 1 UK date on the tour. You can grab tickets for Imagine Dragons at Milton Keynes’ Stadium MK here.