{"id":4646,"date":"2025-07-18T05:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T05:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/4646\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T05:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T05:12:08","slug":"soccer-mommy-covers-pavements-gold-soundz-for-like-a-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/4646\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer Mommy Covers Pavement’s ‘Gold Soundz’ for ‘Like a Version’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tSoccer Mommy<\/a> (a.k.a. Sophie Allison) has shared a stellar rendition of <\/a>Pavement<\/a>\u2018s \u201cGold Soundz\u201d as part of her recent appearance on Like a Version<\/a>, the long-running covers segment from Australian radio station triple j<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\n\tRecorded during Allison\u2019s recent Australian tour in June, the two-song set began with a standard original, which in this case was \u201cAbigail,\u201d<\/a> the final single from Soccer Mommy\u2019s 2024 album Evergreen.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe cover portion of the set saw Allison and her band turn their attention to 1994, sharing a bittersweet version of \u201cGold Soundz\u201d \u2013 the second single from Pavement\u2019s second LP, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI chose this song \u2019cause I love Pavement,\u201d Allison said in a post-performance interview<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m a huge Pavement fan. I\u2019ve actually covered another Pavement song before, but I just always really liked this one and I thought it fit my voice nicely.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI think it\u2019s just really catchy. It gets stuck in your head,\u201d she added. \u201cIt has a nice melody and nice guitar parts. I really like the jangliness of the guitars in this song. I think that\u2019s what drew me to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIndeed, Allison has certainly shown her love of Pavement in the past. In 2022, Soccer Mommy was invited to perform<\/a> at Pavements 1933 to 2022<\/a>, the indie rock outfit\u2019s New York City pop-up museum, where she shared covers of \u201cHere,\u201d \u201cGold Soundz,\u201d and \u201cSpit on a Stranger.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe following year, Soccer Mommy\u2019s Karaoke Night EP featured covers of Taylor Swift, Slowdive, Sheryl Crow, and R.E.M., while opening with a recorded rendition of Pavement\u2019s \u201cHere.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI do love Pavement,\u201d Allison continued. \u201cI really, really love Pavement. I first \u200adiscovered Pavement when I was in high school, and that\u2019s kind of when I got really into them, and especially Slanted and Enchanted was my favorite album. But I\u2019ve just always really liked them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt was one of those bands that I got into in high school and never grew out of, and particularly there\u2019s a little bit of a renaissance right now with them kind of touring again and doing stuff together. So I think that\u2019s why it\u2019s fresh in the mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPavement have been sporadically active since their 2022 reunion, with a run of international tour dates taking place since. More recently, they\u2019ve also been the subject of the aptly-titled Pavements<\/a>, an experimental semi-fictional biopic directed by Alex Ross Perry which was officially released in June.<\/p>\n

\n\tFor his part, Perry has expressed his love of Soccer Mommy\u2019s nascent cover, commenting on triple j\u2019s Instagram post<\/a> of the track, \u201cI extremely support this.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHaving first launched in 2004, the Like a Version series has gone from being a near-impromptu acoustic affair to featuring larger studio productions. Numerous artists have taken part over the past two decades, with the likes of Billie Eilish, Childish Gambino, Arctic Monkeys, and more reinventing classic tracks in the process.<\/p>\n

\n\tView Soccer Mommy\u2019s cover of Pavement\u2019s \u2018Gold Soundz\u2019 below.<\/p>\n