A concert performance photograph by Alexis Thompson showing Soccer Mommy plays Orpheum in Tampa, Florida on Oct. 18, 2026. Captured in a low-angle medium shot, musician Sophie Allison (Soccer Mommy) plays a sparkling purple electric guitar on stage near a microphone stand. She wears a dark-and-white horizontal-striped short-sleeve t-shirt with arm tattoos visible under dim, dramatic stage lighting accented by bright background spotlights.
Soccer Mommy plays Orpheum in Tampa, Florida on Oct. 18, 2026 Credit: Alexis Thompson/Creative Loafing Tampa Bay

The stars aligned last Sunday night, and Florida weather cooperated, as Snail Mail and Soccer Mommy finally arrived in Tampa with a co-headlining tour a decade in the making. The bands—fronted by best friends Lindsey Jordan and Sophie Allison—took to Orpheum’s backstage after an opening set from Scarlet Rae, and for a few hours everything was perfect. 

Credit: Alexis Thompson/Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
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A concert performance photograph by Alexis Thompson showing Snail Mail plays Orpheum in Tampa, Florida on Oct. 18, 2026. Captured in a medium close-up shot against a dark stage background, musician Lindsey Jordan (Snail Mail) plays a cherry red Gibson SG electric guitar attached to a lime green strap. She wears an unbuttoned light blue dress shirt over a dark top and touches her light brown hair with her right hand while looking toward the audience under bright white stage spotlighting.
Snail Mail plays Orpheum in Tampa, Florida on Oct. 18, 2026. Credit: Alexis Thompson/Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
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This article appears in Oct. 15 – 21, 2026.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...