Ever since Cursive burst onto the music scene with their 1997 debut album, the band has consistentlyand continually churned out heady albums heralded by critics and fans alike. Wrestling with life's miseriesand mysteries, Mama, I'm Swollen is an album brimming with the universal, questioning the humancondition, social morality, and the "Peter Pan Syndrome" of grown men. Mama, I'm Swollen finds the band at it's literate, lyrical best. Musically, Cursive is as smart andsophisticated as ever, the songs' rousing, cerebral content complemented by moments alternately hushedand exhilarating, eerily moody and jaunty - moments that often occur within the very same song.