Driver (album)
Driver is the third full-length studio album by American bedroom pop act Adult Mom, released by Epitaph Records on March 5, 2021.
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Released | March 5, 2021 | |||
Studio | Headroom, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | |||
Genre | Bedroom pop | |||
Length | 30:05 | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Epitaph | |||
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Reception
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
All songs written by Stevie Knipe.
- "Passenger" – 3:16
- "Wisconsin" – 2:50
- "Breathing" – 3:14
- "Berlin" – 3:20
- "Sober" – 2:57
- "Dancing" – 3:07
- "Adam" – 1:48
- "Regret It" – 4:17
- "Checking Up" – 2:37
- "Frost" – 2:39
Personnel
Adult Mom
- Olivia Battell – drums, percussion
- Allegra Eidinger – lead guitar
- Stevie Knipe – rhythm guitar, keyboards, vocals, production
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
References
- "Driver by Adult Mom Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. n.d. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
- June, Sophia (March 8, 2021). "Adult Mom: Driver Album Review". Albums. Pitchfork Media. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
- Dolan, Jon (March 5, 2021). "Album Review: Adult Mom, 'Driver'". Music. Rolling Stone. ISSN 0035-791X. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
External links
- Driver at Discogs (list of releases)
- Driver at MusicBrainz (list of releases)