{{short description|American indie-pop band}} {{Infobox musical artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Stevie Knipe | honorific_suffix = | image = Adult Mom @ Black Squirrel Books.jpg | image_size = | image_upright = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per WP:DOB --> | birth_place = | origin = Purchase, New York | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) --> | death_place = | genre = Bedroom pop, lo-fi, shoegaze | occupation = | instrument = | years_active = 2012–present<ref name="stereogum1">{{cite web|last1=Rettig|first1=James|title=Band To Watch: Adult Mom|date=19 May 2015|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1802600/band-to-watch-adult-mom-survival-stereogum-premiere/franchises/band-to-watch/|publisher=Stereogum|accessdate=21 February 2017}}</ref> | label = Tiny Engines <br/> Epitaph Records | website = {{URL|https://adultmom.bandcamp.com/}} | module = | module2 = | module3 = }}
'''Adult Mom''' is an indie rock band founded by musician '''Stevie Knipe'''.<ref name="Stevie">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/adultmomband/status/1172932231876292608|title=adult mom @adultmomband|publisher=Twitter|date=14 September 2019|accessdate=18 September 2019}}</ref> Initially a solo project, Adult Mom has now expanded into a full band including guitarist Allegra Eidinger, bassist Lily Mastrodimos, and drummer Olivia Battell.<ref name="stereogum1"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://rocknloadmag.com/adult-mom-announces-new-album-natural-causes/ |publisher=Rock 'n' Load |title=Adult Mom Announces New Album 'Natural Causes' |date= |access-date=May 16, 2025}}</ref> They have released four full-length albums and multiple EPs, most recently 2025's ''Natural Causes'' on Epitaph Records.<ref name="natural-causes">{{Citation |publisher=Epitaph Records |title=Adult Mom – Natural Causes |url=https://www.epitaph.com/artists/adult-mom/release/natural-causes |access-date=May 15, 2025}}</ref>
==History== Stevie Knipe started playing the guitar when they were fifteen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adult Mom |url=https://www.retrogrademagazine.com/blog/2018/7/23/adult-mom |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326023315/https://www.retrogrademagazine.com/blog/2018/7/23/adult-mom |archive-date=2019-03-26 |access-date=2019-03-26 |website=Retrograde Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> Adult Mom began in 2012 in Knipe's bedroom, where they recorded an EP and released on Bandcamp titled ''Bedroom Recordings''.<ref name="stereogum1" /> Knipe attended State University of New York at Purchase, where they studied anthropology<ref name="noiseyvice" /> and began writing music.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-20 |title=Adult Mom's Bedroom Pop Is Bigger And More Tender On 'Soft Spots' |url=https://uproxx.com/music/adult-mom-interview/ |access-date=2019-03-26 |website=UPROXX}}</ref> The following year, Knipe released two EP's, one titled ''bstmommy'' and the other titled "Mom's Day".<ref>{{cite web|title=HEAR HEAR! – ADULT MOM|url=http://kickingthehabit.nl/2013-06-10/hear-hear-adult-mom|publisher=Kicked the Habit|accessdate=21 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222193744/http://kickingthehabit.nl/2013-06-10/hear-hear-adult-mom|archive-date=22 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In August 2014, Knipe released a mini-album titled ''i fell in love by accident''.<ref name="imposemagazine"/> In July 2014, Knipe released another EP titled ''Sometimes Bad Happens''. The EP was listed at number four on Rolling Stone's "10 Best Cassettes of 2014" list.<ref name="rollingstone">{{cite web|last1=Sheffield|first1=Rob|title=10 Best Cassettes of 2014|date=29 December 2014|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/10-best-cassettes-of-2014-20141229/adult-mom-sometimes-bad-happens-20141229|publisher=Rolling Stone|accessdate=21 February 2017}}</ref> Adult Mom was also part of a split alongside Cyberbully Mom Club and i tried to run away when i was 6.<ref name="imposemagazine">{{cite web|last1=Moreland|first1=Quinn|title=ADULT MOM, "PAWS"|url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/adult-mom-paws-mp3|publisher=Impose Magazine|accessdate=21 February 2017}}</ref>
In 2015, Knipe released their first album on Tiny Engines titled ''Momentary Lapse of Happily''.<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web|last1=Geffen|first1=Sasha|title=Adult Mom Momentary Lapse of Happily|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20850-momentary-lapse-of-happily/|publisher=Pitchfork|accessdate=21 February 2017}}</ref><ref name="stereogum">{{cite web|last1=Rettig|first1=James|title=Stream Adult Mom Momentary Lapse Of Happily|date=28 July 2015|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1819419/stream-adult-mom-momentary-lapse-of-happily/mp3s/|publisher=Stereogum|accessdate=21 February 2017}}</ref> Their second album with Tiny Engines, entitled ''Soft Spots'', was released on May 19, 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1941462/stream-adult-mom-soft-spots/music/album-stream/|title=Stream Adult Mom Soft Spots|date=2017-05-16|work=Stereogum|access-date=2017-05-22}}</ref>
Six months after the release of ''Soft Spots'', on November 9, 2019, Knipe published a series of tweets accusing Tiny Engines of withholding three years' worth of royalty payments. Tiny Engines ultimately repaid them and subsequently agreed to return the masters for both records released by the label.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/record-labels/8549643/tiny-engines-adult-mom-interview-indie-labels|title=How the Plight of Beleaguered Label Tiny Engines Could Bring New Solutions to Indie Rock|date=2020-01-30|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref>
Their third full-length album ''Driver'', which was produced by Stevie Knipe and Kyle Pulley at Headroom Studios in Philadelphia, was announced for release on March 5, 2021, via Epitaph Records.<ref>{{Citation|last=Records|first=Epitaph|title=Adult Mom – Driver|url=https://www.epitaph.com/artists/adult-mom/release/driver/|language=en|access-date=2021-02-15}}</ref> It received a rating of 7.3 from Pitchfork.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pitchfork|first=Media|date=2021|title=Pitchfork Driver Review|website=Pitchfork|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/adult-mom-driver/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308061637/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/adult-mom-driver/ |archive-date=2021-03-08 }}</ref> Also in March 2021, Adult Mom was featured in Guitar World Magazine, in which Stevie Knipe and Allegra Eidinger "discuss driving forward with intention and welcoming their pop sensibilities".<ref>{{Cite web|author1=Cheri Amour|date=2021-03-03|title=Adult Mom: "We looked at the songs as buildings and where we could put certain structures"|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/adult-mom-we-were-looking-at-the-songs-as-buildings-and-where-we-could-put-certain-structures|access-date=2022-01-07|website=guitarworld|language=en}}</ref>
On May 9, 2025, Adult Mom released their fourth full-length album, ''Natural Causes'', again via Epitaph Records.<ref name="natural-causes" />
== Musical style == Adult Mom's music has been characterized as "intimate, self-conscious indie pop," drawing comparisons to Frankie Cosmos. Themes explored in the band's lyrics include early adulthood.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adult Mom Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More {{!}}... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/adult-mom-mn0003409899 |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref>
Frontperson Stevie Knipe's cancer treatment, changing sexuality, and the isolation of COVID pandemic lockdowns informed the writing of ''Natural Causes''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=April 15, 2025 |title=Adult Mom—"Benadryl" |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2304322/adult-mom-benadryl/music/ |access-date=May 15, 2025 |publisher=Stereogum}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Adult Mom – Natural Causes bio |url=https://adultmomband.com/s/Adult-Mom-Natural-Causes-bio.pdf |access-date=May 15, 2025 |publisher=Adult Mom}}</ref>
Knipe cites Alanis Morissette, The Cranberries, Rilo Kiley, and Bright Eyes as musical influences.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-07-28 |title=Adult Mom survives on their own terms – Features |url=http://www.imposemagazine.com/features/adult-mom-survives-on-their-own-terms |access-date=2019-03-26 |website=Impose Magazine |language=en}}</ref> Their early musical interests also include The Jonas Brothers, Britney Spears, and The Spice Girls.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davies |first=Rachel |date=2017-03-20 |title=Rookie » Adult Mom: Full Screen |url=https://www.rookiemag.com/2017/03/adult-mom-full-screen/ |access-date=2019-03-26 |website=www.rookiemag.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Personal life== Knipe is genderqueer and uses ''they/them'' pronouns.<ref name="noiseyvice">{{cite web|last1=Domenighini|first1=Annalise|title=Be Your Own 3 AM: An Interview with Adult Mom|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/be-your-own-3-am-an-interview-with-adult-mom/|publisher=Vice|access-date=21 February 2017}}</ref>
Knipe was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021, and they underwent treatment that included a double mastectomy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://coffee-for-two.com/2025/04/18/this-weeks-model-adult-mom-benadryl/ |publisher=Coffee for Two |last=Seeger |first=Dan |title=This Week's Model — Adult Mom, “Benadryl” |date=April 18, 2025 |access-date=May 15, 2025}}</ref>
== Band members == * Stevie Knipe – songwriting, guitar, vocals * Olivia Battell – drums<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://audiotree.tv/session/adult-mom|title=Adult Mom|website=Audiotree|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-14|archive-date=2020-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512055159/https://audiotree.tv/session/adult-mom|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Allegra Eidinger – lead guitar<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://epitaph.com/artists/adult-mom/bio|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127233810/https://www.epitaph.com/artists/adult-mom/bio|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 27, 2023|title=Adult Mom Bio}}</ref>
==Discography== '''Albums''' *''Momentary Lapse of Happily'' (2015, Tiny Engines) *''Soft Spots'' (2017, Tiny Engines) *''Driver'' (2021, Epitaph)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rettig, James |date=February 23, 2021 |title=Adult Mom – "Checking Up" |work=Stereogum |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2117135/adult-mom-checking-up/music/ |access-date=February 24, 2021}}</ref> *''Natural Causes'' (2025, Epitaph) '''EPs''' *''bedroom recordings'' (2012) *''i fell in love by accident'' (2013) *''bstmommy'' (2013) *''mom's day'' (2013) *''Sometimes Bad Happens'' (2014)
==See also== * LGBT culture in New York City * List of LGBT people from New York City * NYC Pride March
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