I know I didn't make a 2024 list - but if I had, Evergreen by Soccer Mommy would have been one of the top 2 albums on it (Romance by Fontaines D.C. would have been the other) and probably #1.
However, Soccer Mommy released an EP in 2025 - Evergreen (stripped) that had stripped down versions of a lot of those songs. THAT was good enough to earn an honorable mention on my Wicked25 last year. I did an online listening party with Soccer Mommy the day before its release, where we listened to Evergreen and Evergreen (stripped) and I gotta say, that was a musical highlight of the year.
For contrast, this is the original Evergreen version of "Abigail".....
.... and this is the Evergreen (stripped) version.
There are a LOT of available live versions of this song, so I chose the easiest to hear - the one she did for Triple J.
No word on whether or not she's doing any stripped shows.
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