With observant lyrics and mostly acoustic arrangements, The Front Bottoms make memorable sing-a-longs that call back to a different, simpler, sadder era of confessional guitar music. On October 13, the New Jersey duo will release a new full-length LP called Going Grey. Today The FADER is debuting "Raining," that record's super melodic, widescreen-sounding first single. Production-wise, it's long ways from the endearingly amateurish folk-punk they got famous for writing. But it still feels raw.
"'Raining' was one of the last songs we wrote and recorded for the album but it had been an idea we had for years," The Front Bottoms said of the track, premiering above with a video made by Ryan Baxley. "We just wandered around parts of New Jersey with a super 8 camera and filled up 11 rolls with footage,” they said.
Going Grey is out October 13. Pre-orders start Friday, September 8.
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Tour dates:
10/19 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues *
10/20 - New Haven, CT @ College Street Music Hall *
10/21 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom *
10/22 - Buffalo, NY @ Riverworks *
10/24 - Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit *
10/25 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues *
10/26 - Chicago, IL @ The Metro *
10/27 - Chicago, IL @ House of Blues *
10/28 - Columbus, OH @ Express Live *
10/29 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant *
10/31 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater *
11/1 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex *
11/3 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom *
11/4 - Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre *
11/6 - San Francisco @ The Regency Ballroom *
11/7 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern *
11/10 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues *
11/11 - Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl *
11/12 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren *
11/14 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues *
11/15 - Dallas, TX @ House of Blues *
11/16 - Austin, TX @ Emo's *
11/18 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade *
11/19 - Orlando, FL @ House of Blues *
11/21 - Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte *
11/22 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia *
11/24 - Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring *
11/25 - New York, NY @ Terminal 5 *
* w/ Basement & Bad Bad Hats
All tickets purchased online will receive an instant download of Going Grey upon its October 13th release.
Thumbnail image by Mark Jaworski
