The Front Bottoms: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

When I first saw The Front Bottoms, I was stunned, as 350plus singing, shouting clubgoers repeating compassionate verse after complicated verse back at singer Brian Sella. And then it happened again at a hot sweaty club in Philadelphia, and later in D. C., and then again in Baltimore. The community that s formed around these songs, total strangers purging deep emotions in a public space. It s a beautiful phenomena, a testament to the passion and compassion that this band radiates. A testament to the nerve that s gets pinged with lines cried out, I wanna be stronger than your dad was for your mom or the phrase in one of this years best songs Twin Sized Mattress I wanna contribute to the chaos I don t wanna watch and then complain Cause I am through finding blame That is the decision that I have made And when you hear the but pretty memorable, you realize that the talent in this band isn t about instrument craft and years of playing is about the shortest distance f