These tracks aren’t just B-sides; they’re a window into the chaotic, brilliant songwriting process of Brian Sella and Mat Uychich. Songs like (often referred to by fan-made titles like “The Cops” ) or the heart-wrenching “More Than It Hurts You” have never seen an official studio release, yet fans have memorized every slurred word from grainy YouTube videos and old MySpace rips.
Notable for the song “Molly,” this EP highlights the band’s early folk-punk influences the front bottoms unreleased songs
Wait—"Trampoline" is on Self-Titled , right? Yes, but the unreleased version is the "Electric Shaver" demo. In the original 2009 demo, the song had a completely different structure: a third verse about a flooded basement that was cut for time. Brian’s vocals are undistorted, almost whispered. This version circulates on a burned CD-R given to fans at a house show in New Brunswick. It changes the meaning of the song entirely, focusing less on the bounce and more on the drowning. These tracks aren’t just B-sides; they’re a window
Includes fan-favorites that were later re-recorded, such as "Flying Model Rockets," "The Beers," and "The Distance That I Fell". Brothers Can't Be Friends (2008): Yes, but the unreleased version is the "Electric
Before Self-Titled broke them into the mainstream, The Front Bottoms were two guys from Bergen County, New Jersey, recording songs on laptops and cheap microphones. The 2008 demo collection I Hate My Friends is the primary source of the band’s most cherished unreleased logic, though technically, it is a "released" demo—it exists in a legal gray area, never officially on Spotify but live on YouTube.