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Brothers Can't Be Friends
Rock · 2008 · 7 tracks · 25m

Brothers Can't Be Friends

The Front Bottoms

Aggressive acoustic strumming and hyper-specific suburban tales. A raw, lo-fi blueprint of the folk-punk sound that would later define a generation of indie emo.

2008 · Not On Label (The Front Bottoms self-released)

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A restless, unpolished collection of suburban anxieties and youthful vulnerability.

Tracklist · 7 Tracks · 25m
01
The Bells
3:35
02
Carry Me Down the Street
2:42
03
I Wrote a Book
4:26
04
Jim Bogart
3:06
05
Molly
3:45
06
Not Yet
3:53
07
So Sick We're Dead
3:36
Moments Worth Listening For
The frantic, almost desperate acoustic strumming that opens The Bells, setting a tone of immediate urgency.
The inclusion of a Casio-style keyboard melody in Jim Bogart that feels both charmingly amateur and deeply melancholic.
The way the vocals nearly crack during the more intense lyrical peaks of Molly, revealing the unedited emotion of the recording.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Brothers Can't Be Friends sound next to the rest of The Front Bottoms's catalogue?

Bedroom Production+2.2σ

The production is built around bedroom production than this artist usually allows.

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