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Soccer Mommy adds a psychedelic touch to the Cars' "Drive" with her new cover of the 1984 song. The recording, which caps off the Soccer Mommy & Friends Singles Series, finds Sophie Allison's voice swimming over atmospheric, droning guitars and muted electronics. The flip-side of the track, available to stream at Bandcamp, is SASAMI's acoustic rendition of System of a Down's "Toxicity." The net profits from the series will benefit Oxfam's COVID-19 relief fund and National Bail Out, fighting both the coronavirus and police brutality/systemic racism. An anonymous Oxfam donor will match each dollar raised up to $5,000. “I’m really glad to get to release this cover of 'Drive,'" Allison said in a statement. "It’s a song I’ve loved for a long time that I started covering pretty recently. It was nice to get to record one last thing in the studio before everything shut down." Soccer Mommy kicked off the Friends series in May alongside Jay Som and followed by teaming with Beabadoobee and Gentle Dom (MGMT's Andrew VanWyngarden). In late February, Allison released her second studio LP, color theory, which SPIN named one of the year's 30 Best Albums So Far. The songwriter, who performed at a Bernie Sanders digital event in April, recently issued an "8-Bit Music Video Tour."

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Hear Soccer Mommy’s Spacey Cover of the Cars’ ‘Drive’

The 35 Greatest Rock and Roll TV Moments Before the ’90s

Nada Surf’s Matthew Caws Has a Sweet Story About Working With Ric Ocasek

Stephen Colbert Pays Tribute to The Cars’ Ric Ocasek: “His Music Was the Soundtrack of My High School”

Ric Ocasek’s Cause of Death Was Heart Disease

Ric Ocasek Was Recovering “Very Well” From Surgery When He Suddenly Died

Weezer, Courtney Love, Billy Corgan, The Killers, and More React to Ric Ocasek’s Death

The Cars’ Ric Ocasek Dead at 75

The Modern Lovers: Our 1986 Feature, Funny How Love Is

Rock Hall of Fame 2018: The Cars Play Their Hits, Are Honored by Brandon Flowers

The Cars – “Shake It Up” (Demo Version)

Nina Simone, Bon Jovi, The Cars, and More Inducted Into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Cars – “They Won’t See You” (Northern Studios Version)

Car Seat Headrest Pull Album a Week Before Release Due to Cars Interpolation

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2016: Who’s Gonna Get In?

Blame the Knack: 8 Essentials of the Fake New Wave Feeding Frenzy

Weezer Cover Cars’ Classic “You Might Think”

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The Cars, ‘Move Like This’ (Hear)

So Many New Albums! Okkervil River + 14 More

WATCH: The Cars Are Back!

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The Cars Reunite, Record New Album

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