In The Front Bottoms’ recent music videos, the lyrics are taken quite literally. Scenes often match, beat by beat, with the words being sung. There’s hardly any abstraction in the visuals. In the ...

The New Jersey duo’s seventh album sacrifices some of the group’s youthful spark, blurring emo nostalgia with contemporary pop polish. Save this story Save this story The Front Bottoms made their name ...

New Jersey pop-punk duo the Front Bottoms are a huge deal in their world; before the pandemic hit, they were planning to spend their summer on a co-headlining tour with Jimmy Eat World. That’s not ...

In 2013, I moved dully through life after thinking the world was going to end the year before. I searched for thrills in random things: Anonymous accounts on Instagram and Tumblr, a copy of Go Ask ...

Brian Sella’s performance at Jersey City’s White Eagle Hall Friday night proved to be a solo show in name only. The charismatic, 35-year-old lead singer of the Front Bottoms didn’t introduce any new ...

When I first saw The Front Bottoms, I was stunned to see 350-plus singing, shouting club-goers repeat verse after complicated verse back at singer Brian Sella. Then it happened again at a hot, sweaty ...

This is my Barbienheimer. Two of my favorite bands — The Front Bottoms and Current Joys — have released their first albums in years, titled You Are Who You Hang Out With and LOVE + POP, respectively, ...