the front bottoms

thread dedicated to my favorite band whom others will potentially find annoying or unnecessary but i looooooove them. they are often compared to the mountain goats which i don't get at all except in that it is a dude playing acoustic guitar with lyrics that convey a very individual perspective. i've included them in the emo/pop-punk thread too bc of the bands they tend to tour with, but they don't really fit there either. their new album, going grey is excellent, as was their last one back on top. i love these records bc the production is pretty slick but the instrumental palette is so specifically limited (a lot of the electric guitar tones are, afaict, a distorted acoustic) that it still essentially sounds homemade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n-8iPfI-o4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxBzN6i0EoE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imw_l1IA_rc

This is one of the most disgusting band names going right now

it's definitely not a great band name

I mean propagandhi are possibly my favorite working rock band and their name has always been the worst so I'm not about to complain

Gonna finally dig into these guys with the new one

saw them at austin city limits last year and they won me over--"raining" is my fav track from the new record

Very very nice down to earth guys.

This is like Pomplamoose trying to be Harvey Danger

lol brutal

are Harvey Danger a good band? only know the peep show theme one

lol

http://thehardtimes.net/hardstyle/recorded-calling-ex-girlfriends-edibles-accidentally-made-front-bottoms-album/

prob the ultimate hard times piece

also flopson: yes harvey danger were a good band

oh shit the new album's gonna rule

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq277u8rr0g

I will be happy to listen to this band when they change their name to basically anything else.

two other songs from the new record

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NviY9PTfKxk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1crwMGppZR4

if the rest of the record is up to this standard, it's gonna be back on top-level if not better

I will be happy to listen to this band when they change their name to basically anything else.

Yeah, wtf?

sorry y'all i do not believe that's ever happening

Montgomery Forever is great

they've never really clicked for me but I like all these advance tracks a lot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-Fpv6EqIX8

hi brad :)

huh, this might be better than back on top

"jerk" is just delightful. the arrangements are fuller than ever and full of weird artifacts. the best they've ever sounded on record

it made me realize in retrospect what was wrong with going grey, the songs feel less energetic and more artificial, written to a grid. ("bae" is still the best front bottoms song)

"leaf pile" = they're built to spill

I'm very excited for this

attn simon: after not really being able to take in the killers record, i listened to this twice in a row instead. recommended

yeah I gave it a listen earlier today and it sounded really good, lots of appealing filigree

This is really good. Think I’m gonna have to spend some time with it but I think I’ll eventually like it as much as Talon or BoT

and to think i was having a mental breakdown
the same time you were painting your walls
bound by love, born to obey
when i’m away I THINK OF KISSING YOU EVERY DAY

i am the victim of a scaaaaaaaaaam

little bits of this album get stuck in my head every day