The Front Bottoms are an American

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band from

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. 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

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he found in the Uychich family attic. This completed the original lineup, with which the first two albums and EP were recorded. They spent the next few years playing locally around New Jersey and eventually doing extensive tours around the country. In between tours, Sella worked at a grocery store and Uychich worked in landscaping. During this time, they put out a self-released album, ''I Hate My Friends'', in 2008, an EP, ''Brothers Can't Be Friends'', the same year, and a second album in 2009, ''My Grandma vs Pneumonia''. Additionally, a five-song

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, ''Calm Down and Breathe'', was handmade by the band in 2009, and limited to 30 copies. They were part of the

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-based artist collective Tiny Giant. Around 2010, the band started writing material for what would become their self-titled album. They released an EP called ''Slow Dance To Soft Rock'' which contained six tracks later remastered for the LP. A second EP, ''Grip N' Tie'', was planned to be released later that year but was canceled. The songs that were on it were instead combined with the previous EP to produce an entire album. In late 2010, the band filmed a music video for "Maps", after being contacted through Myspace by an anonymous filmmaker, which gave them great exposure. On June 2, 2011, the band had announced that they signed with

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and would release their self-titled debut studio album on September 6, 2011. As of late 2010, Brian Uychich left the band to concentrate on school full-time. The Front Bottoms replaced Uychich with a new touring musician, Drew Villafuerte, who played bass in addition to keyboards. In 2012, Villafuerte stopped touring with the band as well, citing the extensive touring as too difficult. He was replaced by Tom Warren and Ciaran O'Donnell. In March 2013, the band released a video for "Twin Size Mattress" on

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in the promotion of their next record. Their second studio album, ''

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'', was released on May 21, 2013. TFBottoms

On June 17, 2014, the band released a six song EP, ''Rose''. The EP was named for Matthew 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. On April 18, 2015,

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and Bar/None Records released two songs by the band, and two songs by rapper

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on ''Liberty and Prosperity'', a

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EP. In June 2015, it was announced they had signed to the label

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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

Channel. 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,

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. Preceded by the single "Raining", the band released their fourth studio album, ''

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'', on October 13, 2017. 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. 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. On August 14, 2020, they released the song "Fairbanks, Alaska", and the album on August 21, 2020. 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.

Band members

Current members *Brian Sella – vocals, guitar (2007–present) *Mathew Uychich – drums (2007–present) Former *Brian Uychich – keys, backing vocals (2007–2010) *Ciaran O'Donnell – guitar, trumpet, keys (2012–2017) Touring musicians *Tom Warren – bass guitar, vocals (2012–2017), guitar, vocals (2017–2019) *

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– bass, guitar, backing vocals (2017–present) *Drew Villafuerte – bass, keys (2010–2012) *Jenn Fantaccione – violin, trumpet, cello, backing vocals (2017–2019) *Roshane Karunaratne – keys, melodica, keytar (2017–2019) *Natalie Newbold – bass, backing vocals (2020–present) *AJ Peacox - guitar, backing vocals (2022-present)

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Music videos

* "Maps" (2010) * "Swimming Pool" (2011) * "Flashlight" (2011) * "Christmas Wrapping" (2011) * "Mountain" (2013) * "Twin Size Mattress" (2013) * "Skeleton" (2013) * "Funny You Should Ask" (2013) * "Backflip" (2014) * "12 Feet Deep" (2014) * "West Virginia" (2015) * "Cough It Out" (2015) * "HELP" (2015) * "Laugh Till I Cry" (2015) * "Summer Shandy" (2015) * "Ginger" (2016) * "2YL" (2016) * "Raining" (2017) * "Vacation Town" (2017) * "Peace Sign" (2017) * "Everyone But You" (2018) * "Lonely Eyes" (2018) * "Tie Dye Dragon" (2018) * "camouflage" (2019) * "everyone blooms." (2020) * "montgomery forever" (2020) * "Fairbanks, Alaska" (2020) * "Voodoo Magic" (2021)

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