Mama, I’m Swollen

Rock · 2009 · 10 tracks · 40m

Mama, I’m Swollen

Angular indie rock grappling with the messy transition into adulthood. Tense, theatrical, and punctuated by brass and jagged guitar lines.

It's the perfect soundtrack for when you're thirty-something and still haven't figured anything out.

A restless, intellectualized anxiety that oscillates between quiet self-loathing and explosive theatricality.

Mama, I’m Swollen · vs · Cursive

Urban Night+0.8σ

Urban Night saturates this record a touch more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 40m

01

In the Now

2:34

02

From the Hips

3:55

03

I Couldn’t Love You

3:21

04

Donkeys

3:58

05

Caveman

3:23

06

We’re Going to Hell

4:52

07

Mama, I’m Satan

4:28

08

Let Me Up

4:46

09

Mama, I’m Swollen

3:20

10

What Have I Done?

6:10

Moments Worth Waiting For

The explosive, brass-inflected climax of We're Going to Hell where the tension finally snaps into a chaotic march.

The unsettling rhythmic lurch of Caveman that mimics the primitive, regressive themes of the lyrics.

The sprawling, six-minute finale What Have I Done? which dissolves into a haunting, repetitive existential inquiry.

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