The Front Bottoms – The Front Bottoms

Did your 2011 lack the dark comedy lyrics of folk punk, the danceable melodies of your favorite 2009 synth-pop band, the belting choruses of your emotional middle school years, and the DIY New Jersey attitude? Have no fear, The Front Bottoms are here.

On their self-titled debut from Bar/None Records, singer Brian Sella looks back on his dream of killing his father with a baseball bat, the summer he took steroids to attract the opposite sex, and when he wished a certain someone to sleep so he could take pictures of them to hang on his wall. The album standout “Swimming Pool‰” floats around in imagery associated with the classic film “The Graduate‰” while containing one of the more shocking tape recordings of the year.

You won‰’t know whether to cry, sing-along, or laugh your head off to this album of the year. Honestly, why not do all three?

Front Bottoms – Swimming Pool from Third Revelation on Vimeo.

By Mike Creedon