The Front Bottoms Announce New Album ‘Back On Top’ // February 2016 UK Tour Dates
THE FRONT BOTTOMS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM BACK ON TO
NEW ALBUM CONFIRMED FOR RELEASE ON SEPTEMBER 18
AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NO
CHECK OUT THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE ‘HELP’ BELOW
UK HEADLINE TOUR – FEBRUARY 2016
INCLUDING LONDON’S KOKO ON FEBRUARY 16
Fueled By Ramen recording group The Front Bottoms have announced the release of their much anticipated new album Back On Top, which will be released on September 18th. Produced by Joe Chiccarelli (Beck, The Strokes, White Stripes), you can pre-order the album here, with all orders accompanied by an instant grat download of their new single ‘Help’ along with the previously released singles,‘Cough It Out’ and ‘West Virginia’ (see album art/track listing attached).
The official video for ‘Help’ – directed by Mike Petrow – is the third visual to be released from Back On Top following the official music videos for singles ‘Cough It Out’ and ‘West Virginia’. Furthermore, The Front Bottoms will herald Back On Top with an UK tour deemed the “Back On Tour”, which will kick off February 4th at Club Academy in Manchester and includes a date at London’s KOKO on February 16. All of the dates on the tour will feature support from Kevin Devine and the Goddamn Band.
Watch new ‘Help’ video
The Front Bottoms have delivered a powerful new album with Back On Top, their first for Fueled By Ramen. The Record is both full of departures and a continuation of the work they’ve been building on for years. Brian Sella (Vocals/Guitar) and Mat Uychich (Drums) have put together a vibrant array of new material with band mates Tom Warren (Bass) and Ciaran O’Donnell (Guitar, Horns, Keyboards). The growth and confidence shows in the work of this unit of four. While there is plenty that is familiar from Mat’s powerhouse drumming to Brian’s acoustic guitar and a healthy dose of horns, there is also plenty that is new, including bigger rock sounds (‘Motorcycle’, ‘West Virginia’, ‘The Plan (Fuck Jobs)’) and surprisingly melodic vocal parts (‘Cough It Out’, ‘Help’). There’s even a guest turn from rapper GDP who takes their darker side to even darker places in the ‘Historic Cemetery’.
Formed in New Jersey, The Front Bottoms have garnered critical acclaim thanks in part to a never ending tour schedule and a prolific run of releases beginning with their acclaimed 2011 self-titled debut. “The community that’s formed around these songs — as total strangers purge deep emotions in a public space — is a beautiful phenomenon, a testament to the passion and compassion that this band radiates” exclaimed NPR’s Bob Boilen while SPIN declared that the Garden State group “excel at crafting folk-inflected pop-punk, songs occupied by characters that are too smart (and too sensitive) for their own good.”
Album Tracklisting
1) Motorcycle
2) Summer Shandy
3) Cough It Out
4) HELP
5) Laugh Till I Cry
6) Historic Cemetery
7) The Plan (Fuck Jobs)
8) Ginger
9) 2YL
10) West Virginia
11) Plastic Flowers
UK SHOWS
2/4 Club Academy Manchester, UK
2/5 University Leeds, UK
2/6 Riverside Newcastle, UK
2/7 Garage Glasgow, UK
2/8 Library Birmingham, UK
2/10 Rescue Rooms Nottingham, UK
2/11 Globe Cardiff, UK
2/12 Marble Factory Bristol, UK
2/13 Concorde 2 Brighton, UK
2/14 Wedgewood Rooms Portsmouth, UK
2/16 KOKO London, UK