The Front Bottoms have released their new single, “Punching Bag,” taken from their forthcoming album You Are Who You Hang Out With out August 4th. The track is accompanied by an official music video filmed / produced by the band’s own Brian Sella and edited by Dad Filmed It. Watch the video now below.
Commenting on the new music video, Sella remarked, “I want to give a big thank you to my neighbor Nick for being such a good sport and helping make this video – we were both genuinely excited to make it. Also, I want to thank David Rodriguez (Dad Filmed It) down in Florida for editing the video and making it look professional. I made this video because I really love the song and it felt like a special opportunity to create some visuals for it. I really hope everyone enjoys it and I hope this video inspires everybody to believe in themselves and stay creative.”
Recorded in multi-week spurts with producer Mike Sapone, both in The Front Bottoms’ New Jersey studio and Ghost Hit Recording in Massachusetts, You Are Who You Hang Out With is available for pre-order now. The album includes both “Punching Bag” and “Outlook,” the latter of which arrived earlier this year alongside an official music video directed / edited by Dad Filmed It.
For New Jersey’s The Front Bottoms, working on new music has always been therapeutic, but on their forthcoming new album You Are Who You Hang Out With, having complete and utter fun took top priority for the duo of Brian Sella and Mat Uychich. It’s this carefree and laid-back mindset that colored the sessions for You Are Who You Hang Out With. Armed with the duo’s signature anthemic melodies, take-no-prisoners lyrics and tight musical interplay, every spin of the album is a chance to peek behind the curtain at two friends having one hell of a time doing what they do best.
“Oh yeah, it had to be fun for us,” says Uychich of the freewheeling, oft-emotional sessions that resulted in You Are You Who Hang Out With. “Also, we said numerous times that we needed to make it sound like The Front Bottoms.”
To hear Sella tell it, things had to feel comfortable for he and Uychich. Because, sure, they could get self-serious about their craft. But The Front Bottoms have never been that band. “So we had to keep it natural,” Sella says of the process that resulted in a stunning 10-track album full of explosive hooks and even harder-hitting melodies “Don’t force anything and just let the songs develop the way they develop. That’s just the way it’s meant to be.”
Later this August The Front Bottoms will kick off Part 1 of their “You Are Who You Hang Out With Tour” featuring special guests Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band, which includes a special album release show at Colorado’s legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre happening August 4th. Part 2 (9/15 – 10/1) will feature support from Vundabar and see the band performing two-night stands at Boston’s Roadrunner and Philadelphia’s Franklin Music Hall. Part 3 (10/20 – 11/11) kicks off on the west coast with Slothrust supporting, and includes stops at Austin’s ACL Live, Nashville’s Marathon Music Works, and concludes with two performances at New York City’s Terminal 5. Additional special guests for select dates will be announced in the coming weeks. For tickets and more information, visit www.thefrontbottoms.com.
THE FRONT BOTTOMS 2023 LIVE DATES
8/1 – 8/16: YOU ARE WHO YOU HANG OUT WITH TOUR – PART 1 WITH SPECIAL GUESTS KEVIN DEVINE & THE GODDAMN BAND
9/15 – 10/1: YOU ARE WHO YOU HANG OUT WITH TOUR – PART 2 WITH SPECIAL GUESTS VUNDABAR
10/20 – 11/11: YOU ARE WHO YOU HANG OUT WITH TOUR – PART 3 WITH SPECIAL GUESTS SLOTHRUST
8/1 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
8/2 Kansas City, MO Grinders Crossroads
8/4 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre*
8/5 Salt Lake City, UT The Complex
8/7 Portland, OR Grand Lodge
8/8 Seattle, WA The Paramount
8/10 Berkley, CA UC Theatre
8/11 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
8/12 Los Angeles, CA The NoVo
8/16 Honolulu, HI republik^
9/15 Montreal, QC MTelus
9/16 Toronto, ON HISTORY
9/17 Detroit, MI Masonic Temple Theatre
9/19 Columbus, OH KEMBA LIVE!
9/20 Milwaukee WI The Rave
9/22 Chicago, IL Aragon Ballroom
9/23 Indianapolis, IN Old National Centre
9/24 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE
9/26 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre
9/28 Boston, MA Roadrunner
9/29 Boston, MA Roadrunner
9/30 Philadelphia, PA Franklin Music Hall
10/1 Philadelphia, PA Franklin Music Hall
10/20 San Diego, CA OMA
10/21 Las Vegas, NV When We Were Young – Las Vegas Festival Grounds #
10/22 Las Vegas, NV When We Were Young – Las Vegas Festival Grounds #
10/24 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
10/25 Albuquerque, NM El Rey Theatre
10/27 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
10/28 Austin, TX ACL Live (Moody Theater)
10/29 Dallas, TX The Factory Deep Ellum
10/31 Nashville, TN Marathon Music Works
11/2 Birmingham, AL Iron City
11/3 St. Augustine, FL St. Augustine Amphitheatre
11/4 Atlanta, GA The Eastern
11/5 Columbia, SC The Senate
11/7 Raleigh, NC The Ritz Raleigh
11/8 Silver Spring, MD Filmore Silver Spring
11/10 New York, NY Terminal 5
11/11 New York, NY Terminal 5
# Festival Date
* Album Release Show with Say Anything
^ No Kevin Devine