Driver (Adult Mom album)

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Driver
A photograph of youth lounging on a car on a desolate road
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 5, 2021 (2021-03-05)
StudioHeadroom, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
GenreBedroom pop
Length30:05
LanguageEnglish
LabelEpitaph
Producer
Adult Mom chronology
Some Covers
(2019)
Driver
(2021)
Driver (Live from Headroom Studios)
(2021)

Driver is the third full-length studio album by American bedroom pop act Adult Mom, released by Epitaph Records on March 5, 2021.

Reception[edit]

Driver received positive reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. It has a weighted average score of 80 out of 100, based on four reviews.[1] Writing for Pitchfork Media, Sophia June gave this album a 7.3 out of 10 for "layered arrangements and a renewed sense of confidence" with "lyrics so honest they border on awkward" and "a knack for storytelling that feels real".[2] In Rolling Stone, Jon Dolan scored Driver 4 out of 5 stars, calling it "a coming-of-age indie pop masterpiece... with bright production and songs that carefully and vividly map out an early-twenties travelogue full of crisis, memory, hope, and the kind of intense moments that feel almost debilitatingly hard-hitting at that age".[3]

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by Stevie Knipe.

  1. "Passenger" – 3:16
  2. "Wisconsin" – 2:50
  3. "Breathing" – 3:14
  4. "Berlin" – 3:20
  5. "Sober" – 2:57
  6. "Dancing" – 3:07
  7. "Adam" – 1:48
  8. "Regret It" – 4:17
  9. "Checking Up" – 2:37
  10. "Frost" – 2:39

Personnel[edit]

Adult Mom

Additional personnel

  • Johanna Baumann – assistant engineering
  • Hank Byerly – assistant engineering
  • Nick “Scoops” Dardaris – engineering
  • Erik Freedman – assistant engineering
  • Zena Kay – pedal steel guitar on “Passenger” "Regret It" and “Frost”
  • Kylie Lotz – backing vocals on “Passenger”
  • Alex Melendez – assistant engineering
  • Jackie Milestone – engineering
  • Ava Mirzadegan – backing vocals on “Adam”
  • Danny Murillo – engineering
  • Kyle Pulley – bass guitar, chorus guitar on “Sober”, engineering, mixing, production
  • Ryan Schwabe – mastering
  • Luke Volkert – synthesizer arpeggio on “Sober”, Roland TR-808 programming on “Sober”
  • Emma Witmer – backing vocals on "Frost" and “Wisconsin”
  • Clara Zornado – backing vocals on "Regret It"

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Driver by Adult Mom Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. n.d. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  2. ^ June, Sophia (March 8, 2021). "Adult Mom: Driver Album Review". Albums. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  3. ^ Dolan, Jon (March 5, 2021). "Album Review: Adult Mom, 'Driver'". Music. Rolling Stone. ISSN 0035-791X. Retrieved June 26, 2023.

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