In Sickness & In Flames
Front Bottoms- Everyone Blooms
- Camouflage
- Jerk
- The Truth
- Montgomery Forever
- The Hard Way
- Leaf Pile
- New Song D
- Fairbanks, Alaska
- Love At First Sight
- Bus Beat
- Make Way
The Front Bottoms have released their widely anticipated new album, In Sickness & In Flames. The twelve-song collection, which was produced by Mike Sapone, follows the band’s acclaimed 2017 LP Going Grey.
The Alternative declared, “While In Sickness & In Flames was written prior to the pandemic, so much of it feels so tethered to our present collective experience, from the introspection and reflective growth that is showcased in the songwriting, to the sweeping highs and lows of the music itself. This album is the perfect companion piece to the anxiety of standing in the face of uncertainty.” NME attested, “In Sickness & In Flames is a defining work that showcases a sonic universe, rather than a structured set of songs, expertly capturing the inescapable tension of 2020.”
Up next The Front Bottoms will perform a pair of drive-in concerts - August 23rd in Philadelphia, PA and August 27th in Oceanport, NJ – which will see the band performing live for fans socially distanced in their cars and following state recommended health protocols. The Philadelphia date will be held in the parking lot of Citizens Bank Park as part of their “Live-In Drive-In” concert programming, while the New Jersey date will take place at Monmouth Park Racetrack for the nonprofit Count Basie Center’s “Drive-In Live” series.
“When you listen to this, we definitely want you to feel the anxiety. There are some pretty rock and roll songs and heavy moments on In Sickness & In Flames… we hope the tension comes across,” stated The Front Bottoms. In Sickness & In Flames features the celebrated singles “montgomery forever,” “camouflage,” “everyone blooms,” “Fairbanks, Alaska,” and finds the duo of Brian Sella and Mathew Uychich celebrating life and purging angst through introspection. Stereogum praised “montgomery forever” as “a big, soaring song about nostalgia and mental illness,” while FLOOD celebrated the track for reflecting, “a greater sign of the moment, of unrest and the sense that everything is crumbling around us through its alt-rock rhythms and effortlessly pragmatic storytelling.” The FADER declared “camouflage” “a celebration of sorts for a band perennially on the fringes of a major breakthrough,” while UPROXX placed “everyone blooms” in their ‘Best New Indie Music’ round-up. The Front Bottoms also recently launched “Ukulele Versions” of both “camouflage” and “everyone blooms” on their Bandcamp which raised a total of $10,000.00 in funds for The Center for Cultural Power, a women of color, artist-led organization, inspiring artists and culture makers to imagine a world where power is distributed equitably.
Having had to cancel a spring headline tour as well as summer co-headline dates with Jimmy Eat World due to the ongoing pandemic, The Front Bottoms have taken to Twitch to broadcast short films and live performances on their official channel – www.Twitch.tv/TheFrontBottomsMusic.