The Front Bottoms - Going Grey (October 13, 2017) Album • Page 20

He’s such a nice dude, we chatted a whole bunch at shows back in the day

 

Ciaran left and the guitarist from Dollys, who were amazing but broke up recently, is filling in.

 

Dollys were supremely great

 

Anyone know why he left? I always loved his riffs

 

Wish the vinyl was here. This would've been a perfect night for it. Oh well I'll listen to Pinegrove instead.

 

Someone answered my wish! It was here for me when I woke up (but I also went and got the Brand New vinyl, so I'll have to save this for later tonight).

 

Definitely a grower, but I think this is about level with the S/T for me, behind the last two. Does have some cool songs though.

Empty wine bottles in my room
When I wake up I think of you

 

I’ve had this record on constant rotation for about the last 9 days now

 

Seeing them in a couple hours. First time seeing them headline.

 

I love this more every time I hear it. Listened to the vinyl last night and the two hidden tracks were pretty cool. I kind of wonder if they were meant for the main album but FBR didn't want them, like the full nude album cover. Maybe I'm overthinking it though.

 

I've always hated this band. They were grating, his voice sucked and I couldn't relate.


But this album rules. He's actually writing melodies and controlling his voice. The songs are rocking. I dig

 

Welcome to music post-mid 90s but within a decade it'll go the other way. With Youtube, Spotify, and other streaming services using algorithms to automatically level match there will be no need for labels to force engineers to sacrifice clean recordings for loudness to compete. All will be on an even playing field and mixes and masters won't rely on such heavy compression anymore. Just be patient the time is coming

 

you should go back and check out the last album again now then

 

This charted at No. 47 on the Billboard 200...which is worse than what Back on Top debuted at. Back on Top debuted at No. 32.

Bummer.

 

Fueled By Ramen dropped the ball on this one

 

FBR has dropped the ball on every single release they've put out this year

 

A. I'd argue that when it's down in those numbers, that difference is actually not that huge. If those albums are all moving around 10k (I think Jason said this did about 9k), then differences of 100 can make a difference, plus it just depends on what else is charting that week.

B. I really don't think first week sales are what matters for a band like the Front Bottoms, as much as the reception of the fans, and from what we've seen of these shows, the fans have had no problem latching on to this material. To have your crowds excited and singing to the songs from your new album within two weeks of release when you're not even playing the first big single is pretty cool. Of course a better sales week would be nice and I hope their next album lights up the charts, but I guess I'm just saying I don't think it's cause for concern.

And yea it does seem like every big FBR release has under performed this year.

 

“Trampoline” and “Grand Finale” take the path of least resistance toward a sonic evolution by tacking on pitch-corrected vocals and puffy-paint synth leads; they end up sounding like demos for a "listens to Chvrches once" remix of what would otherwise be some of this band's least inspired writing.

oof
The Front Bottoms: Going Grey Album Review | Pitchfork

 

i just told someone a few days ago that i really like half of ian's articles and can't stand the other half

this is definitely the half i can't stand. what a bad piece. i wouldn't have thought from the review he'd ever even listened to the band until the last paragraph

 

For people leaving asking about C-Dawg I saw a Y/T comment somewhere that said there was internal band tension and he didn't like their manager.

Take that for what it's worth.

 

Ouch, that last line. Totally agree, but hot damn.

 

This album doesn't even have a wikipedia page...

 

FBR hasn't updated their discography page on their website and the wikipedia discography hasn't been updated all year either
FBR is in shambles and i hope that's just because of the management transition

 

Imagine not thinking The Grand Finale is one of the albums best songs.

 

Or FBR realized this album wasn't as good as the last one and didn't put much money behind it on purpose...