Going Grey

The New Jersey-based indie-rock underdogs, more popular than ever before, embrace synths on their sixth studio album.

New Jersey duo The Front Bottoms—Brian Sella and Mat Uychich—have spent years eluding genre, with “folk punk” about as close (or far off) as it gets. Its newest LP, Going Grey, is another artful and intentional dodge, at turns bopping and contemplative, synth-y, and cathartic, where caustic declarations like “I hate…

The Front Bottoms' move to Fueled by Ramen Records in 2015 for the release of Back on Top marked a huge leap forward for the band; the hooks...