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Origin | Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, U.S. |
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Years active | 2006–present |
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Website | thefrontbottoms |
The Front Bottoms are an American rock band from Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, formed in 2006. They are currently a duo consisting of lead vocalist and guitarist Brian Sella and drummer Mat Uychich. During live performances, they are currently accompanied by touring members, including guitarist and backing vocalist AJ Peacox, bassist and backing vocalist Natalie Newbold, and bassist, guitarist and backing vocalist Erik Kase Romero.
Their music has also been described as rock, indie rock, folk punk and, according to Sella, indie pop or acoustic pop.[ citation needed ] Lyrically, their music has also been described as being adjacent to midwest emo. [1]
The group formed in 2006 in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. [2] [3] In August 2007, after Brian Sella (vocals, guitar, lyricist) finished his first year of college, he and childhood friend Mathew Uychich (drums) began playing together under the name The Front Bottoms. Soon after, Uychich's brother, Brian Uychich, (keyboard, vocals) began sitting in on their practices. Brian asked to join the band, playing an old keyboard he found in the Uychich family attic. This completed the original lineup, with which the first two albums and EP were recorded. [4] The band's name is a euphemism for vagina. Frontman Sella said of it, "This is our name. If you don't like it then you don't like it." [5]
On June 17, 2014, the band released a six-song EP, Rose. [6] The EP was named for Mathew Uychich's grandmother Rosemary, who is depicted in the cover art. The music video for "Twelve Feet Deep" shows the band, along with audience members at a live show, wearing masks of Rosemary's face as depicted on the album cover. [7]
On April 18, 2015, Run for Cover and Bar/None Records released two songs by the band, and two songs by rapper GDP on Liberty and Prosperity, a split EP. [8]
In June 2015, it was announced they had signed to the label Fueled by Ramen. [9] The Front Bottoms released their third studio album Back on Top on September 18, 2015, via Fueled by Ramen.
On March 7, 2016, they released a new song, "Noodle Monster", on the Fueled by Ramen YouTube Channel. [10] On June 26, 2016, Pitchfork released a music video for the song "Ginger" from Back on Top. The video was directed by Marlon Brandope and shot in Cranston, Rhode Island. [11]
In an interview in February 2018, Sella confirmed the release of the Ann EP, the second in the 'Grandma series'. The EP was released on May 18, 2018, via Fueled by Ramen, and a music video for its final song, "Tie Dye Dragon", was released on March 16. [12]
In 2019, former guitarist Ciaran O'Donnell, who played with the band from 2012 to 2017, was accused of sexually assaulting a fan. [13] [14]
On December 20, 2019, they released the song "Camouflage" and an accompanying music video. This was followed by the song "Everyone Blooms" and its video on April 17, 2020.
On July 3, 2020, the band announced their album In Sickness & in Flames and released the song "Montgomery Forever" with its video. [15] On August 14, 2020, they released the song "Fairbanks, Alaska", [16] and the album on August 21, 2020. [17] Reviews of In Sickness and in Flames, were mixed. Reviewing for NME, Samantha Maine praises the band's work, calling the album "a sharp and unflinching collection that harks back to the magic of their 2011 self-titled debut. The New Jersey folk-punk band took a creative risk with 2017's synth-packed 'Going Grey', and 'In Sickness & In Flames' finds them returning to more familiar territory, confirming their ability to mine millennial angst with verve." [18] Pitchfork Media reviewer Julia Gray, on the other hand, argues, "The album is twee and punk and neither of those things. It's understandable that the Front Bottoms, a band whose legacy revolves around post-adolescent growing pains, have lost some of the spark that fueled their first six albums." [19]
On September 2, 2022, the band released the Theresa EP with five re-recorded versions of unreleased fan favorites and oldies that serve as the third installment of the band's popular Grandma EP series. [20]
The band also released two new music videos for two new songs, one on June 8, 2023, called Punching Bag, and one on July 13, 2023, called Emotional. Both songs were from the upcoming album, “You Are Who You Hang Out With”, which released on August 4, 2023. The album was met with mostly positive reviews. Many reviews identified the pop undertones, critic Quinn Gill noted that some fans feel as though the band is out of its golden age, but followed by writing “the duo has proven that it would rather try a million new things than grow stagnant”. [21]
Sella has stated that the band's influences are Blink-182, Say Anything, Bright Eyes and New Jersey itself.[ citation needed ] [22] The band is also influenced by Senses Fail and other mid-2000s pop-punk bands. [22]
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Current touring members
Former touring musicians
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||
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US [24] | US Alt [25] | US Indie [26] | US Rock [27] | ||
I Hate My Friends |
| – | – | – | – |
My Grandma vs. Pneumonia |
| – | – | – | – |
The Front Bottoms |
| – | – | – | – |
Talon of the Hawk |
| 181 | – | 30 | 47 |
Back on Top |
| 32 | 6 | – | 10 |
Going Grey |
| 47 | 6 | – | 8 |
In Sickness & in Flames |
| – [upper-alpha 1] | – | – | – |
You Are Who You Hang Out With |
| – | – | – | – |
Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||
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US [24] | US Indie [26] | US Rock [27] | ||
Brothers Can't Be Friends |
| – | – | – |
Slow Dance to Soft Rock |
| – | – | – |
Summer of Steroids |
| – | – | – |
Rose |
| 195 | 28 | 47 |
Liberty and Prosperity(with GDP) |
| – | – | – |
Needy When I'm Needy |
| – | – | – |
Ann |
| – [upper-alpha 2] | – | – |
Devinyl Splits No. 12(with Kevin Devine) |
| – | – | – |
Ukulele Versions |
| – | – | – |
IS&IF Demos |
| – | – | – |
Theresa |
| – | – | – |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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US Alt [29] | |||
"Cough it Out" | 2015 | – | Back on Top |
"West Virginia" | – | ||
"Help" | – | ||
"Laugh Till I Cry" | – | ||
"Summer Shandy" | – | ||
"Get Numb" | 2017 | – | Non-album single |
"Vacation Town | – | Going Grey | |
"Peace Sign" | 2018 | 36 | |
"End of Summer (Now I Know)" | – | Non-album single | |
"Allentown" (Manchester Orchestra) | – | ||
"Camouflage" | 2020 | – | In Sickness & in Flames |
"Everyone Blooms" | – | ||
"Voodoo Magic" | 2021 | – | Non-album single |
"Loverboy" | – | ||
"More Than it Hurts You" | 2022 | – | Theresa |
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