Adult Mom

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May we all live long enough to savor our revenge. Since the release of their debut album a decade ago, indie-rock quartet Adult Mom has wholeheartedly grappled with pain, frustration, and disillusionment, all while offering koans to hopeful resilience. On Natural Causes, their fourth album, they embrace a new emotional register: rage that burns so bright you can light your way by it.

Stevie Knipe, the group's principal songwriter and lead vocalist, wrote the songs on Natural Causes from 2020 to 2023 during a period of both global tumult and personal upheaval. The album arrives in the wake of Knipe undergoing intensive treatment for cancer in their late twenties, an experience that brought them into direct confrontation with their own mortality. As they started writing songs from that vantage, they found they could stare down difficult memories of abuse and toxic relationships with a new ferocity.

"Feeling like you’re a prisoner in your own body to medical professionals makes you very sad, but also very angry. There were nights where I would have full tantrums. I felt like a 13-year-old just from the pure anger of it," says Knipe. "You revert to this childlike state of, This is not fair! It unlocks those other moments in your life when you were like, This is not fair."

Though Knipe has been out as queer and non-binary since Adult Mom's debut, their relationship to their identity, like many queer artists', has evolved and revealed itself in long waves. They came out as a lesbian after writing Adult Mom's lauded 2021 album Driver, and many of the songs on Natural Causes cut through the knots of compulsory heterosexuality and coerced gender normativity. Getting more deeply in touch with your own queerness can feel liberating and thrilling; it can also thaw out oceans of anger you never knew you had from all the times you had to stay alienated from yourself to survive.

"Thematically, I got more comfortable with getting darker," says Knipe. "I knew there were things I wanted to explore that I didn’t get to on Driver, like the traumatic side of trying to unravel all this learned straightness. There were things happening interpersonally where I was like, OK, now I need to really tackle the tough parts of this process."
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Top tracks

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You in June
Adult Mom
Natural Causes
03:16
Writer: Stevie Knipe / Composers: Stevie Knipe
05
I Make Boys Cry
Adult Mom
Sometimes Bad Happens
02:08
Composers: Stevie Knipe
01
Be Your Own 3am
Adult Mom
Momentary Lapse of Happily
02:10
Composers: Stevie Knipe
02
Survival
Adult Mom
Momentary Lapse of Happily
02:49
Composers: Stevie Knipe
01
Passenger
Adult Mom
Driver
03:16
04
Crystal
Adult Mom
Natural Causes
03:42
Writer: Stevie Knipe / Composers: Stevie Knipe
05
Tenderness
Adult Mom
Soft Spots
02:11
Composers: Stevie Knipe
03
Benadryl
Adult Mom
Natural Causes
03:03
Writer: Stevie Knipe / Composers: Stevie Knipe
02
21
Adult Mom
Natural Causes
03:13
Writer: Stevie Knipe / Composers: Stevie Knipe
03
Breathing
Adult Mom
Driver
03:14
03
Breathing (Live)
Adult Mom
Driver (Live from Headroom Studios)
03:03
Writer: Stevie Knipe / Composers: Stevie Knipe
02
Full Screen
Adult Mom
Soft Spots
02:37
Composers: Stevie Knipe
11
Wake
Adult Mom
Momentary Lapse of Happily
02:49
Composers: Stevie Knipe
04
Berlin
Adult Mom
Driver
03:20
04
Told Ya So
Adult Mom
Momentary Lapse of Happily
02:35
Composers: Stevie Knipe
09
Headline
Adult Mom
Natural Causes
03:50
Writer: Stevie Knipe / Composers: Stevie Knipe
01
Door Is Your Hand
Adult Mom
Natural Causes
03:38
Writer: Stevie Knipe / Composers: Stevie Knipe
02
Ode To One Night Stands
Adult Mom
Sometimes Bad Happens
02:40
Composers: Stevie Knipe

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  • Discography
Albums
℗ 2025 Epitaph
09-05-2025
Natural Causes
01
Door Is Your Hand
Adult Mom
Natural Causes
03:38
Writer: Stevie Knipe / Composers: Stevie Knipe
02
21
Adult Mom
Natural Causes
03:13
Writer: Stevie Knipe / Composers: Stevie Knipe
03
Benadryl
Adult Mom
Natural Causes
03:03
Writer: Stevie Knipe / Composers: Stevie Knipe
04
Crystal
Adult Mom
Natural Causes
03:42
Writer: Stevie Knipe / Composers: Stevie Knipe
05
Burned Off
Adult Mom
Natural Causes
03:39
Writer: Stevie Knipe / Composers: Stevie Knipe
06
Matinee
Adult Mom
Natural Causes
03:46
Writer: Stevie Knipe / Composers: Stevie Knipe
07
You in June
Adult Mom
Natural Causes
03:16
Writer: Stevie Knipe / Composers: Stevie Knipe
Access the complete album info (9 songs)
Epitaph
05-03-2021
Driver
01
Passenger
Adult Mom
Driver
03:16
02
Wisconsin
Adult Mom
Driver
02:50
03
Breathing
Adult Mom
Driver
03:14
04
Berlin
Adult Mom
Driver
03:20
05
Sober
Adult Mom
Driver
02:57
06
Dancing
Adult Mom
Driver
03:07
07
Adam
Adult Mom
Driver
01:48
Access the complete album info (10 songs)
Epitaph
05-03-2021
Driver (Live from Headroom Studios)
01
Passenger (Live)
Adult Mom
Driver (Live from Headroom Studios)
03:18
Writer: Stevie Knipe / Composers: Stevie Knipe
02
Wisconsin (Live)
Adult Mom
Driver (Live from Headroom Studios)
02:50
Writer: Stevie Knipe / Composers: Stevie Knipe
03
Breathing (Live)
Adult Mom
Driver (Live from Headroom Studios)
03:03
Writer: Stevie Knipe / Composers: Stevie Knipe
04
Berlin (Live)
Adult Mom
Driver (Live from Headroom Studios)
03:20
Writer: Stevie Knipe / Composers: Stevie Knipe
05
Sober (Live)
Adult Mom
Driver (Live from Headroom Studios)
02:49
Writer: Stevie Knipe / Composers: Stevie Knipe
06
Dancing (Live)
Adult Mom
Driver (Live from Headroom Studios)
02:56
Writer: Stevie Knipe / Composers: Stevie Knipe
07
Adam (Live)
Adult Mom
Driver (Live from Headroom Studios)
01:48
Writer: Stevie Knipe / Composers: Stevie Knipe
Access the complete album info (10 songs)
2018 Adult Mom
19-05-2017
Soft Spots (Demos)
01
Ephemeralness (Demo)
Adult Mom
Soft Spots (Demos)
02:19
Composers: Stevie Knipe
02
Full Screen (Demo)
Adult Mom
Soft Spots (Demos)
03:10
Composers: Stevie Knipe
03
J Station (Demo)
Adult Mom
Soft Spots (Demos)
02:47
Composers: Stevie Knipe
04
Patience (Demo)
Adult Mom
Soft Spots (Demos)
04:19
Composers: Stevie Knipe
05
Tenderness (Demo)
Adult Mom
Soft Spots (Demos)
02:46
Composers: Stevie Knipe
06
Same (Demo)
Adult Mom
Soft Spots (Demos)
03:29
Composers: Stevie Knipe
07
Steal The Lake From The Water (Demo)
Adult Mom
Soft Spots (Demos)
03:48
Composers: Stevie Knipe
Access the complete album info (9 songs)
2017 Adult Mom
19-05-2017
Soft Spots
01
Ephemeralness
Adult Mom
Soft Spots
02:15
Composers: Stevie Knipe
02
Full Screen
Adult Mom
Soft Spots
02:37
Composers: Stevie Knipe
03
J Station
Adult Mom
Soft Spots
02:32
Composers: Stevie Knipe
04
Patience
Adult Mom
Soft Spots
03:50
Composers: Stevie Knipe
05
Tenderness
Adult Mom
Soft Spots
02:11
Composers: Stevie Knipe
06
Same
Adult Mom
Soft Spots
03:16
Composers: Stevie Knipe
07
Steal the Lake From the Water
Adult Mom
Soft Spots
03:04
Composers: Stevie Knipe
Access the complete album info (9 songs)
℗ 2016 Audiotree Music
20-06-2016
Adult Mom on Audiotree Live
01
Be Your Own 3am (Audiotree Live Version)
Adult Mom
Adult Mom on Audiotree Live
02:10
Writer: Adult Mom / Composers: Adult Mom
02
I Think I'm Old Enough (Audiotree Live Version)
Adult Mom
Adult Mom on Audiotree Live
01:27
Writer: Adult Mom / Composers: Adult Mom
03
2012 (Audiotree Live Version)
Adult Mom
Adult Mom on Audiotree Live
03:03
04
I Make Boys Cry (Audiotree Live Version)
Adult Mom
Adult Mom on Audiotree Live
01:52
Writer: Adult Mom / Composers: Adult Mom
05
Sincerely Yours, Truly (Audiotree Live Version)
Adult Mom
Adult Mom on Audiotree Live
02:04
06
What's Another Lipstick Mark (Audiotree Live Version)
Adult Mom
Adult Mom on Audiotree Live
01:43
07
Ode to One Night Stands (Audiotree Live Version)
Adult Mom
Adult Mom on Audiotree Live
02:12
Writer: Adult Mom / Composers: Adult Mom
2015 Adult Mom
27-07-2015
Momentary Lapse of Happily
01
Be Your Own 3am
Adult Mom
Momentary Lapse of Happily
02:10
Composers: Stevie Knipe
02
Survival
Adult Mom
Momentary Lapse of Happily
02:49
Composers: Stevie Knipe
03
2012
Adult Mom
Momentary Lapse of Happily
03:05
Composers: Stevie Knipe
04
Told Ya So
Adult Mom
Momentary Lapse of Happily
02:35
Composers: Stevie Knipe
05
Sorry I Was Sorry
Adult Mom
Momentary Lapse of Happily
02:21
Composers: Stevie Knipe
06
Sun Theory
Adult Mom
Momentary Lapse of Happily
01:44
Composers: Stevie Knipe
07
What's Another Lipstick Mark
Adult Mom
Momentary Lapse of Happily
01:56
Composers: Stevie Knipe
Access the complete album info (13 songs)
EPs
2014 Adult Mom
22-07-2014
Sometimes Bad Happens
01
I Think I'm Old Enough
Adult Mom
Sometimes Bad Happens
01:37
Composers: Stevie Knipe
02
Ode To One Night Stands
Adult Mom
Sometimes Bad Happens
02:40
Composers: Stevie Knipe
03
Paws
Adult Mom
Sometimes Bad Happens
01:10
Composers: Stevie Knipe
04
Route '59
Adult Mom
Sometimes Bad Happens
01:49
Composers: Stevie Knipe
05
I Make Boys Cry
Adult Mom
Sometimes Bad Happens
02:08
Composers: Stevie Knipe
06
Theme Song
Adult Mom
Sometimes Bad Happens
01:07
Composers: Stevie Knipe
Singles
℗ 2025 Epitaph
10-02-2025
Door Is Your Hand
01
Door Is Your Hand
Adult Mom
Door Is Your Hand
03:38
Writer: Stevie Knipe / Composers: Stevie Knipe
Jessica Boudreaux, Adult Mom
02-06-2022
Cruel Summer
01
Cruel Summer
Jessica Boudreaux
Cruel Summer
03:09
Composers: Taylor Swift
Epitaph
28-02-2022
91
01
91
Adult Mom
91
03:04
Writer: Stevie Knipe / Composers: Stevie Knipe
Epitaph
12-02-2020
Berlin
01
Berlin
Adult Mom
Berlin
03:20
℗ 2018 Jam in the Van
15-04-2018
Jam in the Van - Adult Mom (Live Session)
01
Fullscreen (Live in Los Angeles, CA 2018)
Jam in the Van
Jam in the Van - Adult Mom (Live Session)
03:28
Writer: Stephanie Kathleen Knipe / Composers: Stephanie Kathleen Knipe
02
Sorry I Was Sorry (Live in Los Angeles, CA 2018)
Jam in the Van
Jam in the Van - Adult Mom (Live Session)
03:24
Writer: Stephanie Kathleen Knipe / Composers: Stephanie Kathleen Knipe
03
Tenderness (Live in Los Angeles, CA 2018)
Jam in the Van
Jam in the Van - Adult Mom (Live Session)
02:28
Writer: Stephanie Kathleen Knipe / Composers: Stephanie Kathleen Knipe
Featured in
Clowder Cabin
23-06-2022
On Top (feat. Adult Mom) [Remaster]
01
On Top (feat. Adult Mom) (Remaster)
Scratchy Blanket
On Top (feat. Adult Mom) [Remaster]
03:47
Writer: Shannon Keating / Composers: Shannon Keating
℗ 2018 Lauren Records
25-08-2018
Adult Mom Sings Walter Etc.
01
Stumptown Summer Heartthrob
Walter Etc.
Adult Mom Sings Walter Etc.
02:40
Composers: Dustin Hayes
02
April 41st
Walter Etc.
Adult Mom Sings Walter Etc.
02:26
Composers: Dustin Hayes