The Front Bottoms
Bar/None Records is proud to announce the highly anticipated album Talon of the Hawk by New Jersey’s The Front Bottoms on 3rd June 2013.
For a band whose much-celebrated self-titled debut album resonated amongst a very broad audience and whose music covered equally as much territory, The Front Bottoms are gearing up to explore even more territory with a bigger and brighter new sound that’s much more realized yet very much them.
Written mostly on the road over the span of the last year, Talon of the Hawk is the sound of a band that is coming into their own. "It's hard to say how much The Front Bottoms means to us," they both say.
"It has become so much of a lifestyle at this point. It's not our jobs, hobbies, nor our obligation. It's just who we are." At once immediate and catchy while also complex and profound, the music of The Front Bottoms is a study in contrasts.
Kicking off the record with the snarky send-off 'Au Revoir (Adios)', it’s evident that Talon of the Hawk isn’t a departure but an extension of their last record.
Their ode to marijuana, 'Skeleton' is an herb-inspired rock song that’s just begging to become a sing-along staple at their live shows. The driving melody of 'Lone Star' begs to be blasted out of the windows of a cross-country road trip.
It is this very visceral and tangible sense of imagery that makes The Front Bottoms so relatable and so refreshing.
Brian’s trademark stream-of-conscious lyrics is most evident on the seemingly-inspired-by-'La Bamba' track 'Back Flip', which explores regrettable tattoos, the process of breathing, and anticipating the changing of traffic lights.
The contemplative and epically soaring 'Twin Size Mattress' (the first publicly released track from the album) embodies everything that made them such breakthrough artists the surreal lyrics, Brian’s obtuse phrasing, the fascinatingly intricate guitar melodies, and Mat’s confident drumming.
The song’s video - a road film of sorts - begins and ends with their van... the perfect embodiment of their last two years spent on the road, logging in hundreds of show, playing for thousands of fans, traveling countless miles of pavement.