Fiddlehead’s second album doesn’t stray far from the band’s foundational qualities: gruff but approachable, intense without being aggro, emo but not emo.
Mitch Wojcik Making a second album was not something Fiddlehead ever discussed; they didnât really plan on making any music at all until life (and death) forced their hand. The hardcore band, which features members of scene veterans Have Heart and Basement, was formed around frontman Pat Flynnâs need to purge himself of grief following the loss of his father in 2010. Living with guitarist Alex Dow in Boston in the immediate aftermath, the pair began working on songs that would eventually become 2014 EP
Out of the Bloom and then their to 2018 debut album
Springtime and Blind. Alongside guitarist Alex Henery and drummer Shawn Costa, the group create emotional hardcore with emphasis on the emotional catharsis of voicing the pain that sits deep inside the soul. Their songs hum and thrash in all the right places but are always moored by Flynnâs introspective lyrics and raspy vocals.