I had not been familiar with the Front Bottoms before this past
week when a friend suggested them to me, specifically with the song “Au Revoir.”
With just one listen, I was already of fan. Brian Sella's warbling voice has an
immediate charm to it, and the lyrical content of the song has an amiable wit that
drives it along.
The song humorously chronicles the narrator’s decision to end
his relationship with his girlfriend using the expression “au revoir”, thinking
she would not know what it meant. “Unexpectedly,” she did and leaves the
relationship herself with “Adios.”
I will certainly be spending more time listening the Front Bottoms’
brand of catchy folk-pop, and suggest that you give them a listen, as well.
