We’ve got big, big plans…
There’s no easy way to pin down The Front Bottoms’ sound. Members Brian Sella (vocals, guitars) and Mathew Uychich (drums, bullhorn) describe themselves as acoustic indie pop-punk, and focus on making music that feels familiar, yet surprising. The result is a self-titled debut inspired in part by Joni Mitchell and Bruce Springsteen, and no doubt nurtured by Sella and Uychich’s long friendship. The two have known each other since they were kids, and have been making music together almost as long, forming The Front Bottoms officially in 2006.
The young duo’s smart, irreverent, self-titled debut strikes a deft balance between the comical and the emotional, as heard on this week’s installment of World Cafe: Next.
The Aquarian wrote a nice piece on us… and we got some front cover love!
The Front Bottoms “Swimming Pool” Official Music Video
“… what makes this album stand out is Sella’s gifts as a vocalist and a lyricist. Sella has a knack for a superior rant about the minutia of twenty-something life, but let it sink in and the details give these songs a richness that’s truly satisfying, as noting the glassware at a keg party gives way to one kid’s desperate love for an unattainable girl, or stray thoughts about the gal he loves ties in to contemplation of homelessness and dashed hopes among his peers.”
“At his best, Sella is one of the most interesting and satisfying new songwriters to emerge in some time, and with Uychich at his side, he’s part of a band that brings his tunes to glorious life, and The Front Bottoms is an out-of-left-field candidate for the best debut album of 2011.”
— All Music Guide