Almost in rebellion of how motley it was, the follow-up 2017’s ultra polished and popfocussed Going Grey was notably understated. The band has subsequently issued the EP “Rose” released in June 2014 again on Bar/None Records. The Front Bottoms are an indie rock band from Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. 2015’s Back On Top saw them throw everything and the kitchen sink into one big, overblown musical smoothie of pop, rock, funk, punk, balladry and even a little tropical flare. The album earned a critical response from the musical press and spawned the video and single “Twin Sized Mattress”. The Front Bottom’s released their fourth full-length album “Talon of the Hawk” in May 2013, inspired by the character Hawk from the David Lynch TV series “Twin Peaks”. The band made a name for themselves for their extensive touring, enlisting the help of bassist and backing vocalist Tom Warren and guitar, trumpet and keyboard player Ciaran O’Donnell to do so. In 2011 the band signed with independent New Jersey label Bar/None Records, who issued their eponymously-titled label debut in September of that year. Pneumonia” in 2009 and the EP “Slow Dance to Soft Rock”, Brian Uychich left the Front Bottoms to focus on his education. After releasing their second DIY album “My Grandmother vs. The band supported the releases, initially with local shows around New Jersey, before working their way along the East Coast, playing anywhere that would have them. In 2007 the EPs “This is Ours but You Can Have It” and “You’re My Boyfriend Now” were released, along with a year later their debut studio album “I Hate My Friends". And maybe halfway through it has more to do with me killing him. Before long Uychich’s brother, also named Brian, joined the band playing keyboard. I have this dream that I am hitting my dad with a baseball bat. They had been writing songs since sixth grade and first performed together at their high school talent show, playing an original song and a Modest Mouse cover. And you won't be able to get enough of it. He sounds whiny, helpless, and emotional. Brian Sella, lead singer, doesn't exactly have the voice you would expect as a singer. After finishing his first year of college, vocalist, guitarist and lyricist Brain Sella, along with childhood friend and drummer Mathew Uychich, began playing together under the moniker The Front Bottoms. The Front Bottoms offer one of the most confusing and varying thoughts one could possibly have when hearing them.
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