Stand-out tracks on Clean for me however are "Cool", "Your Dog", "Skin" and "Scorpio Rising". There's so much open space on this album to really hear and sit with the lyrics. Sophie Allison doesn't hide behind eccentric production or emphatic drums, she sings simply and candidly, and the familiarity rings strong throughout. Sophie paints pictures with her words and tells familiar stories under the guise of metaphor, like the depiction of her lover becoming a wild animal in "Still Clean". As lightly as her voice sings these words, the grit bites through in her lyrics.   

Clean is short but so, so sweet. Whatever mood I'm in when I start listening to it just disappears and I'm left feeling calm and content by the end. As a studio debut, it's a memorable first look into the mind of Sophie Allison and seeing it translated into the coming-of-age soundscape of Soccer Mommy is almost dreamlike. It's easy to compare Soccer Mommy to other artists that have come before, but I suspect that she'll be setting herself apart from her peers a little more with future material.

This is that road trip music you listen to with your friends, by yourself, rain or sun, whatever the weather; it seems to fit the mood. The kind of music that'll bring memories to the forefront of your mind that you thought were completely lost. As well as presenting all of that to the listener, Sophie Allison (Soccer Mommy) takes a retrospective, story-telling approach on quite a few of the songs on the album, making for a vivid picture and a memorable lyrical performance. I'm glad I got to have a listen to this because I'm sure that it's an album I'll be coming back to. Even though some of the songs on this are re-works of older already released songs, I still think it's worth having a listen to her older Bandcamp releases, Songs For The Recently Sad, Songs From My Bedroom and For Young Hearts as well. I'm just sad I discovered too late to catch her tour shows in London.