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(L-R) Snail Mail\u2019s Lindsey Jordan and Sophie Allison of Soccer Mommy. Credit: c\/o Sophie Allison<\/p>\n(L-R) Snail Mail\u2019s Lindsey Jordan and Sophie Allison of Soccer Mommy. Credit: c\/o Sophie Allison<\/p>\n
Over the summer, Earthlings saw Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune align in the morning sky. Thirteen months earlier, a similar six-planet alignment swapped Venus for Mars. The skies don\u2019t get to see that kind of theater often.<\/p>\n
Another rare celestial occurrence happened last June when Soccer Mommy and Snail Mail announced a co-headlining tour with two Florida stops<\/a>, including one in Tampa this weekend. <\/p>\n Fans of the beloved rock bands had waited over a decade for the announcement and have apparently been a little shellshocked and ridiculously reverent about it, too.<\/p>\n \u201cToo respectful,\u201d Lindsey Jordan, who founded Snail Mail<\/a> in 2015, told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. The 27-year-old was talking about a new generation of indie-rock fans who notice her outside the venue but refuse to bother her.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re too shy, or they think it\u2019s shitty, a boundary pushing imposition, but what it really is is a part of the job,\u201d Jordan said, adding that they would totally make the ask. \u201cDon\u2019t just stare at me. I\u2019ll walk away. I\u2019m happy to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n On a Zoom call with Creative Loafing Tampa Bay after a soundcheck in Wisconsin last Friday, Jordan wouldn\u2019t speak for her tourmate, but promised she herself does not bite. \u201cSophie will bite. It\u2019s crazy,\u201d she laughed.<\/p>\n \u201cI will give you the signature. You\u2019re just gonna get bitten,\u201d Sophie Allison replied, cracking up.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not surprising to see the duo, which came up together playing the house show scene in Nashville, in a great mood. For as much as fans have been wishing for the 19-stop tour that started late last month, Jordan and Allison, 29, have waited just as long.<\/p>\n The two are real life best friends, and not having the pressure of making new friends with tourmates is just one of the perks of this run where they\u2019re both pals with the openers, too. \u201cEverything is super open and everybody wants to hang out. It\u2019s great,\u201d Allison, who also started her band in 2015, said.<\/p>\n Jordan agreed, adding that it\u2019s nice to be on the road with people that don\u2019t make her nervous. \u201cSometimes I feel like I\u2019m just gonna be a really like ugly version of myself, or like they\u2019re gonna get sick of me or something, or I\u2019m gonna get sick of them,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n Not even close with Allison. Jordan said music friendships can be deeper than ones that are outside of the industry.<\/p>\n There\u2019s not a lot of handwringing when it comes to the work of being on tour either. Snail Mail is supporting Ricochet, which dropped in March, and Soccer Mommy<\/a> is between albums, having recently released a one-off single, \u201cRings of Saturn,\u201d which she told CL should not be an indication of the sound on any new full-lengths.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s in the direction, maybe,\u201d Allison said. \u201cIt was more kind of a chance to experiment with some new stuff, with a different type of sound, and just take a song that would just not get made otherwise, and try to make something fun with it.\u201d<\/p>\n Rings Of Saturn by soccer mommy<\/a><\/p>\n They alternate slots each night and play a few covers together: \u201cVapour Trail\u201d by Ride, and one from Liz Phair.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m thinking about learning a new one. So there might be more coming,\u201d Allison said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got another one too that\u2019s in the books. That comes along with a surprise appearance,\u201d Jordan promised.<\/p>\n In between that practice though, is just hanging out.<\/p>\n They see movies together on off days. \u201cPrimetime\u201d got a screening, but Jordan missed \u201cOther Mommy\u201d because she was taking care of her American Eskimo dog Pip, who is on tour with her.<\/p>\n On the call, they both nerded out over Allison\u2019s advanced copy of the new Jane Schoenbrun book \u201cPublic Access Afterworld,\u201d and mentioned that they saw the director and author a few days ago.<\/p>\n \u201cI really want a signed copy,\u201d Jordan said.<\/p>\n \u201cYou probably got one, too,\u201d Allison replied, alluding to the green room gift bag from Madison bookseller A Room of One\u2019s Own.<\/p>\n \u201cI hope so,\u201d Jordan added.<\/p>\n The PS5 Jordan used to lug on tour has been retired after some controllers were damaged, so she\u2019s rocking the Steam Deck instead. Allison, for her part, is taking a break from \u201cStardew Valley\u201d and playing \u201cFields of Mistria\u201d instead.<\/p>\n Their only regret, perhaps, is that the tour won\u2019t find them together on the greatest holiday in the calendar year.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m playing a Halloween show like a fucking idiot,\u201d Jordan joked. \u201cGotta send Pip to college.\u201d<\/p>\n At the end of the day, Jordan and Allison are just happy to be on the road, and at work, together, celebrating with a fanbase that\u2019s pretty much just as supportive.<\/p>\n \u201cI actually feel like we have known each other for a really long time,\u201d Jordan noted, looking at Allison. \u201cThis. This is my friend.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI like having friends,\u201d Allison added. \u201cI don\u2019t like making them.\u201d<\/p>\n Ricochet by Snail Mail<\/a><\/p>\n Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n Follow us:\u00a0Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n This article appears in Oct. 15 \u2013 21, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n \t![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792254214_499_image.webp\")
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