The Front Bottoms is the debut studio album by New Jersey rock band The Front Bottoms, released on September 6, 2011 on Bar/None.
In 2008, The Front Bottoms released their first album I Hate My Friends through the social networking website MySpace.
After the moderate success of the album, they released a follow-up, My Grandma Vs.
In February 2010, the band released an EP titled Slow Dance To Soft Rock for download on their website.
So they collected the songs off of Slow Dance To Soft Rock and Grip 'n Tie, and combined the two EPs into their debut self-titled album, which was released in September 2011.