Post-hardcore supergroup rekindle fight-or-flight with rumpus third Death is Nothing to Us.

The band’s current line-up consists of Patrick Flynn and Shawn Costa of Have Heart (formally disbanded), Alex Henery of Basement, Alex Dow of Big Contest and Nick Hinsch of Stand Off and Nuclear Age.

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OVERVIEW

When the Boston-based group – comprised of a whirligig from former members of Have Heart and Basement – released 2018’s spritely Springtime and Blind, they had assumed that it had been a vigorous one-off project to let off some steam. Besmirched with a muscular attack and emo leanings, their fans didn’t want them to simply call it quits after one record.

Led by the enthusiasm of the fans, they decided to carry on and push out sophomore effort, Between the Richness in 2021, a much more relatable and anthemic blood-rush of post-hardcore and ’80s emo. The quick, hot flashes of Grief Motif and Million Times led the group into a refined glossary definition very much as a “supergroup” and a persona as alternative rock’s most precious supercut gems.

Speared on with a yearning to write amongst familial companions, they had released their third week by the third week in August this year. A new year and a new era for the band, Sullenboy brought about a more wrought-heavy sound; sunken snares and throaty vocals littered the first single. Sleepyhead was more of the same. Flynn is no stranger to pouring his heart into his work. Wracked with grief of his father’s death, Flynn poured into the set of songs that soon became 2018’s Springtime.. Flynn bargains more on Sleepyhead, “You see a light and I see dark / Depressed, sad and stark / Life’s cold reality of endless suffering.” An emotional – but nonetheless pragmatic – approach to songwriting, it’s moulded Fiddlehead‘s sound as a tempered overdrive of vigour and colour. It also completes the set of three as Flynn rounds off his anxious brainchild on grief, depression and a determination to move forward.

Welcome to the Situation and Fifteen to Infinity doff their hats to the American post-hardcore comrades of Militarie Gun and Drug Church, as the past yearnings and gritted teeth to wade through the mud reach an impasse in the road.

Just a few more years, Another 12 steps. Much like post-hardcore as a genre, there are baltic stabs of outbursts, almost like they had decided to hit record just before Flynn starting spewing his mouth off. It’s a waterboarding of adrenaline-fed licks and limericks and is emphatically Fiddlehead.

While the majority of their fanbase is based in the US, the supergroup are set to play host to a set of UK shows next year in February. Notable dates include Rescue Rooms in Nottingham and a double-date at The Garage in North London.