Adult Mom’s latest album, Natural Causes, channels indie rock heroes like Wednesday and The Beths, while recounting a battle with stage 4 breast cancer, from a first person point of view. “Doctor’s office across Mary’s Avenue / I sit cautiously and wish I could look at / a semblance of a view” Stevie Knipe sings on the acoustic song, “Benadryl.” “Why don’t they have any windows here? / Would it kill them to have something without a gray hue?”
“If this is where the dyin’ go, then / Perhaps they need to fit the dyin’ mood / and it’s no use.” The catchy, well-adorned songs on the album certainly don’t have the “dying mood,” but mortality and self-reflection emanates from each of the songs. It’s rare for somebody to have such bravery and focus, to get down their close…

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