Three songs written in the aftermath of personal loss. Boston post-hardcore group Fiddlehead reconvened after vocalist Pat Flynn's mother died, initially just to be together, then finding music arriving alongside the support. They took the results to producer Alex Farrar in North Carolina and came back with something that pushes past their established sound without forcing it.
"The Dogs" charges out with familiar energy, Flynn addressing each bandmate directly over driving guitars and tight rhythm work. "Porchlight" leans into alternate tunings and vocal melodies that stick. The title track sprawls furthest: reverb-soaked leads, a rhythm section that builds momentum, and a final stretch that releases everything the band has been holding. It is the clearest departure here, longer and more dynamic than their usual approach, written around a phrase borrowed from the late Boston hardcore figure Jimmy Flynn about the gap between intention and follow-through.
All five members, Flynn, guitarists Alex Henery and Alex Dow, bassist Nick Hinsch, drummer Shawn Costa, have to agree before anything gets finished, and that shared conviction comes through. For anyone tracking the band since their first EP or their third album Death Is Nothing To Us, this finds them expanding without second-guessing themselves. Co-produced and mixed by Farrar, mastered by Greg Obis. Available as a paid download and on vinyl.
