| "Abigail" | ||||
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| Single by Soccer Mommy | ||||
| from the album Evergreen | ||||
| Released | October 22, 2024 | |||
| Studio | Maze Studios (Atlanta, Georgia) | |||
| Genre | Indie rock [1] | |||
| Length | 3:08 | |||
| Label | Loma Vista | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Sophia Regina Allison | |||
| Producer(s) | Ben H. Allen III | |||
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"Abigail" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Soccer Mommy. The song was released on October 22, 2024, through Loma Vista Recordings, as the fourth single from her fourth studio album Evergreen . The song is a serenade to Abigail, a non-playable villager in the farming video game Stardew Valley . Soccer Mommy's Sophia Allison wrote the song as a writing exercise during a relatively fallow period. The song was produced by Ben H. Allen III and recorded at his Atlanta studio.
The song is a serenade to Abigail, a purple-haired [2] non-playable villager in the video game Stardew Valley . The song directly references several aspects of the character's hobbies—hanging out in a graveyard, her propensity for chocolate cake [3] —as Allison begs for her hand in marriage. Allison had been working on her fourth album, Evergreen, and had hit a wall and began to struggle with writer's block. Though not an avid gamer, Allison was fond of Stardew Valley in particular, having even streamed it online in the past. [4] Abigail was her favorite character in the game to marry, and she began writing the song as an ode to her as part of a writing exercise. [5] Upon conclusion, she enjoyed the love song so much that she decided to include it on Evergreen, as she felt it fit sonically and thematically with its style. [6] The uptempo [7] song opens with an arresting snare roll and proceeds across dreamy electric keys. [8]
The song's music video depicts Soccer Mommy in the game itself, marrying Abigail in the game's retro pixel style. [3] [9] The clip was directed by Leonel Montero.
Danielle Chelosky at Stereogum called it a "sweeping ballad", [10] Hanif Abdurraqib, writing in the New Yorker , complimented its carefree tone in comparison to the visceral melancholy that runs through Evergreen. [8] Matthew Pywell in DIY praised its fantastical and imaginative feel, especially on Evergreen: "It feels completely standalone, as suddenly we're catapulted into a technicolour world which wouldn't have looked out of place on 2020's Color Theory ." [11] Eric Bennett of Paste viewed it as "an immediate highlight. [...] it's both a soaring indie-rock jam and a charming nod to something that brings Allison comfort amid life's harder moments." [1]