#in sickness and in flames

[r-u-living]

Sometimes the "Omg the front bottoms can't sing!" Post annoy me so much cause A) its the genre and B) Have you listened to The truth by the front bottoms? Listen to that then tell me Brian Sella can't sing.

[clunge]

The Front Bottoms - Camouflage

[ifuckinghatebriansella]

gonna say in sickness and in flames in my wedding vows because there is no health. we're both mentally ill and i'm chronically ill and probably gonna be incapacitated by 30. we deal with constant life drama and hell. there is sickness and there is flames. there is no health to speak of

[little-gay-boy-likes-music]

Anyone else REALLY into in sickness and in flames or do you all hate me

[cheesethedonkey]

Little sounds in the front bottoms songs that I enjoy:

"sorry-" "sorry..."-Montgomery forever,I'm sickness and in flames

Middle c 🗿🗿🗿-Also Montgomery forever,In sickness and in flames

The sound clip of the wind-The winds,Theresa

"and all your friends would just scream HEYYYYYYYYY"-Lonely eyes,Ann

The drumsticks falling on the ground-More than it hurts you,Theresa

Feel free to add to the list

[gingerbreadcities]

everyone blooms - The Front Bottoms

(happy new year everyone!)

[reasonablyneurotic]

hi I’m back on my tfb bs sadly

[t4tozier]

guys i think in sickness & in flames might be my new fave tfb album over talon of the hawk 🫣 is this what growth looks like

[skeeverboy]

hi i'm skeeverboy and here's my review of every tfb album (not including singles or eps but maybe i will at some point)

I Hate My Friends (2008)

despite being their first and least finished albums, it is one of my fav albums of all time. it's unique and definitely not for everyone, but the garage/basement sound and unique vocals are so charming. it has this whole immature feeling in both instrumentation and lyrics that i'm just obsessed with. i really like the background vocals and the entire shouty kind of singing this one has.

fav track: push-ups

rating: 9.5/10

My Grandma Vs. Pneumonia (2009)

very similar in sound and vibe to IHMF, with the same acoustic recorded-in-someone's-basement feeling (this is because both albums were in fact recorded in random basements and garages). it feels a little more finished than IHMF, and the songs have a bit of a different vibe that i don't know how to explain. ultimately though i put it in the same category as IHMF and frequently forget which songs are in which albums.

fav track: the bass is too loud

rating: 9/10

The Front Bottoms (2011)

absolutely amazing album. it has all the charm of the first 2, with significantly more development and more of a finished feeling. it starts off with an amazing first track and there's really not a dud on this album at all. both versions of the cover art are beautiful. the lyrics in this album are just like some of my favorite of all time and often times soul crushing. i love it. enough said.

fav track: looking like you just woke up

rating: 10/10

Talon of the Hawk (2013)

another absolute banger. it has a lot of the same vibes as self titled, though it started getting a lot higher energy. while still angsty and gut-punching, it's also a lot easier to jam out to than their self-titled, with more electric guitar featured and absolutely banger choruses. maybe a little bit overrated, but a great album nonetheless.

fav track: santa monica

rating: 9/10

Back On Top (2015)

another one of my favorites. it's nearly completely abandoned the more acoustic feeling, aside from chunks of songs like the beginning of West Virginia. pretty much every song can be either cried to or rocked out to in the car. even though there is one song on this album that i kind of hate (summer shandy) the rest of them more than make up for it. fun electric guitar parts, the epic wind section in 2YL, the hard hitting lyrics in songs like Plastic Flowers, it's all just amazing.

fav track: ginger

rating: 10/10

Going Grey (2017)

everyone hates me for my opinion on this album but ultimately it's just kind of meh for me. it's not bad, but it's my least favorite TFB album. the entire sound of the album isn't my favorite, and at times the vocals feel a little dull, which i mean the vocals are like the number one reason why i love the front bottoms. some of the lyrics leave something to be desired, especially considering past songs.

i don't hate the album though. it's high energy, really transitioned TFB into IS&IF and YAWYHOW smoothly. it has a lot of good songs while remaining pretty true to the core TFB sound.

fav track: trampoline

rating: 7.5/10 (don't crucify me please)

In Sickness & In Flames (2020)

ok on my tier list i admit i ranked this one way too low. it pushed the band into a new direction, with the autotune and the way more developed and finished sounding instrumentals. pretty much every song is high energy and catchy. it strays way more into the pop side of tfb's pop punk/emo sound, which is fine but not exactly my thing. i think they do it in a really graceful way though and most songs on here are bangers

fav track: bus beat

rating: 8/10

You Are Who You Hang Out With (2023)

this one is significant for me because it was their first full-length album they released while i was actively a huge fan. it was exciting and i heard a few of the songs before the album's release live, so i'm definitely biased in this one. the autotune is a little weird, but it works for me. the mix between brian's unique voice and the autotune and just the general sound of it are really good.

i'll admit it did take me a minute for it to grow on me, especially as an early tfb girlie, but grow on me it did. outlook and batman both feel like really nice tie-backs to the older sound, almost sounding like they're from TOTH or back on top?? and the newer, weirder songs (i'm looking at you Paris) work really well with the sound of album and such.

fav track: batman

rating: 9.5/10

[deeply-unserious-fellow]

I love all the references to other songs in In Sickness and In Flames. Like, Idk it might just be the theater kid instincts but still! I think they're neat! The callbacks to lyrics and song titles from the rest of the album, the rererence to "you ask me why they call me Brian instead of Steven"(line in Summer Shandy), what I can only assume is a reference to Vacation Town in Camouflage... there might be more but I'm gonna be honest IS&IF is the TFB album I'm the least familiar with of so Idk. It has a sense of continuity that I really like tho :)

[midwestemo-brackets]

[thesingalongsong]

“To all the people that don't understand my way

I'm just livin' my life by what the graffiti says

It says to do it like that because that's the way my baby likes it

I do it like that because that's the way my baby likes it,”

[ifuckinghatebriansella]

i was watching a show and they were doing marriage vows with "in sickness and in health" but before they finished speaking my brain auto completed it as "in sickness and in flames" so that's how my day is going

[little-gay-boy-likes-music]

Does anyone want to talk about how the only songs off In Sickness & In Flames that are Capitalized are Camouflage and Fairbanks, Alaska.

[wolfman-type-shit]

the first time that i met you, you were selling me a lie

[aromantisk-fagforening]

I really like this song

especially this part

it's funny, frankly.

though to be honest I like the entire song. and it just kinda sounds great.

and with the rest of the album too. I have listened a lot to that album.