The Front Bottoms

The self-titled and Talon Of The Hawk have been removed by request from their label.

The Front Bottoms are a two-piece acoustic/indie/pop/dance/folk/punk/yougetthepoint band from Bergen County, New Jersey that formed in 2006. They used to be a three-piece, but after switching their third member (a keyboard player) two times, they settled with keeping two members and playing with touring musicians. They put out most of their albums themselves, until they signed to Bar/None Records, which put out their past two albums. Their debut with Bar/None contained the songs from a previous EP titled Slow Dance To Soft Rock (which I don't have the individual album of) and what would have been their next self-released EP titled Grip 'n' Tie, which was never released since the songs ended up on the self-titled album.

This band has an amazing sound. They write some insanely catchy songs that tend to be upbeat in sound (usually because of the drums), but not always in subject matter, which touch upon personal matters, but don't do so in a dramatic, heart-on-the-sleeve way. The lyrics tend to be little stories and anecdotes, and are simply told as if they were campfire songs or stories (albeit sometimes very depressing ones) The songs are mostly acoustic guitar-driven in addition to the drums and vocals, though their earlier material features keyboard and their recent stuff features a ton of instrumentation, like bass and trumpet in addition to other odd instruments. Vocally, Brian Sella is quite quirky, which can be both a good and bad thing depending on who's listening. I personally love it, of course, and think it matches the band's personable sound and aesthetic perfectly. For some reason, his tone kind of reminds me of Tom DeLonge (blink-182), though the stylings of the two are very different. Maybe there's a hint of Jeff Rosenstock (Bomb the Music Industry!) in there too, but Brian's really got a voice of his own.

I love this band, and would probably say that they are one of my personal favourite modern bands. So I would highly, highly recommend anybody checking them out, because they are unbelievably good, and just keep getting better. Seriously, this band can do no wrong. Enjoy.

Brothers Can't Be Friends (2008)

1. Carry Me Down The Street

2. I Wrote A Book

3. Jim Bogart

4. Molly

5. Not Yet

6. So Sick We're Dead

7. The Winds

8. The Bells

Note: Not the official track list order

I Hate My Friends (2009)

1. You Wouldn't Be Laughing

2. Lipstick Covered Magnet

3. Lonely Eyes

4. Taking My Uzi To The Gym

5. Current Events

6. Pale Beneath The Tan (Squeeze)

7. Push-Ups

8. Twelve Feet Deep

9. Be Nice To Me

10. If You're Happy

 

My Grandma Vs. Pneumonia (2009)

1. Flying Model Rockets

2. The Wrong Way

3. Just As Big Twice As Swollen

4. Christians Vs. The Indians

5. The Distance That I Fell

6. The Supply Of Power (La La La)

7. So Sick We're Dead

8. The Cops

9. Water-gun-knife

10. More Than It Hurts

11. Hello World

12. I Wrote A Book

2009 Sampler (2010)

1. Christians Vs. Indians

2. Flying Model Rockets

3. More Than It Hurts You

The Front Bottoms (2011)

1. Flashlight

2. Maps

3. Looking Like You Just Woke Up

4. Mountain

5. Rhode Island

6. The Beers

7. Father

8. Swimming Pool

9. The Boredom Is the Reason I Started Swimming. It's Also the Reason I Started Sinking

10. Bathtub

11. Legit Tattoo Gun

12. Hooped Earings

Talon Of The Hawk (2013)

1. Au Revoir (Adios)

2. Skeleton

3. Swear To God The Devil Made Me Do It

4. Twin Size Mattress

5. Peach

6. Santa Monica

7. The Feud

8. Funny You Should Ask

9. Tattooed Tears

10. Lone Star

11. Back Flip

12. Everything I Own

Rose (2014)

1. Flying Model Rockets

2. Lipstick Covered Magnet

3. Twelve Feet Deep

4. Jim Bogart

5. Be Nice To Me

6. Awkward Conversations

GDP/The Front Bottoms (2015)

1. GDP - Limousine

2. GDP - Parking Garage

3. The Front Bottoms - Wolfman

4. The Front Bottoms - Handcuffs

Cough It Out/West Virginia (2015)

1. Cough It Out

2. West Virginia

Back On Top (2015)

1. Motorcycle

2. Summer Shandy

3. Cough It Out

4. HELP

5. Laugh Till I Cry

6. Historic Cemetery

7. The Plan (Fuck Jobs)

8. Ginger

9. 2YL

10. West Virginia

11. Plastic Flowers

Needy When I'm Needy (2016)

1. Joanie

2. Tighten Up

Going Grey (2017)

1. You Used To Say (Holy Fuck)

2. Peace Sign

3. Bae

4. Vacation Town

5. Don't Fill Up On Chips

6. Grand Finale

7. Trampoline

8. Raining

9. Far Drive

10. Everyone But You

11. Ocean

Ann (2018)

1. Today Is Not Real

2. Somebody Else

3. I Think Your Nose Is Bleeding

4. Pale Beneath The Tan (Squeeze)

5. Lonely Eyes

6. Tie Dye Dragon

In Sickness & In Flames (2020)

1. everyone blooms

2. camouflage

3. jerk

4. the truth

5. montgomery forever

6. the hard way

7. leaf pile

8. new song d

9. Fairbanks, Alaska

10. love at first sight

11. bus beat

12. make way

Theresa (2022)

1. More Than It Hurts You

2. The Bongo Song

3. Hello World

4. The Supply Of Power

5. The Winds

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