Adult Child by Buick Audra

ADULT CHILD, the fourth album from Nashville-based songwriter/vocalist/guitarist Buick Audra, is a concept record about identity, estrangement, and trying to outrun one’s lineage. The title references a shorthand term Audra has long used to denote her personal background. The nine-track body of work allows listeners into her world of squaring off with self-doubt, wondering if repeating familial patterns is inevitable, and navigating relationships outside of the family structure that mirror familiar dynamics.

Audra acted as producer and built ADULT CHILD across sessions at two Nashville locations: Sound Emporium Studio A, and her own Fort Knockout Studio. She is joined by Jerry Roe, Lex Price, and Kris Donegan on six of the tracks, and applies a more scaled-back approach on the other three. Kurt Ballou (Converge) mixed the album.

The album is designed to be self-portraiture in song, a sonic collage. The artwork follows the music’s lead and was all rendered by Audra using Polaroids, layering techniques, and her own handwriting.

Tracklist

1.	The Worst People Win
2.	Questions for the Gods of Human Behavior	3:23

3.	Yellow
4.	One-Step Close-Up
5.	Birthdays & Bullshit
6.	It All Belonged to Me
7.	Losing My Courage
8.	Firstborn
9.	A List

Credits

releases June 13, 2025

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Written & produced by Buick Audra
Recorded by Justin Francis & Buick Audra
Mixed by Kurt Ballou at GodCity, Salem MA
Mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege, Portland OR

All songs Buick Audra Music (BMI)

Buick Audra – guitars & vocals
Kris Donegan – guitars
Jerry Roe – drums, percussion, & synths
Lex Price - bass

Art direction & photography by Buick Audra

TRACKING DETAILS:
Band tracks on 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, & 8 engineered by Justin Francis at Sound Emporium Studio A, Nashville TN
Tracks 3, 7, & 9 engineered by Buick Audra at Fort Knockout, Nashville TN
All vocals engineered by Buick Audra at Fort Knockout
Synths engineered by Jerry Roe
Assistant engineering at Sound Emporium by Skyler Chuckry & Joanna Finley

THANKS:
My thanks to Jerry for everything, which includes loving me through bouts of self-loathing that almost make me unable to do this, and for too many other things to list (but I love you and thank you); to Lex for being a pal and my first call, always; to Kris for playing ebow and all sorts of other shit because it makes me happy; to Justin for tracking so beautifully; to Joanna and Skyler for holding it down; to Kurt for being the one to make it big, and knowing what my voice can do; to Brad for being the last one to handle the work—and for doing it so well. My immense gratitude to Juanita Copeland and Sound Emporium for believing in what I do and always giving me a special, safe place to do it. Eternal thanks to Steve Albini for holding the line when I needed it; it helps me every day, and this record was no exception. In that same vein, thanks to Arthur Klein, Roger Mulford, and Doug Sax. I keep you all with me. Thanks to Julie for bearing witness. As always, I thank my younger selves for staying alive, showing me what I needed to see when it was time to make the work, and helping me forget when that was necessary, too.

I don’t believe in dedicating albums to specific people anymore, because every time I have, they’ve left my life and then I’m stuck with a bad choice and a whole goddamned record to show for the loss. It’s embarrassing. But if I DID believe in it (WHICH I DO NOT), I would dedicate this to Bo, the only one over there who has ever been able to truly see me, and whose strength and talent has always appeared unobstructed, to me.

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