Fiddlehead is an American post-hardcore and emo band formed in Boston in 2014 around Patrick Flynn of Have Heart. Between the Richness (2021) and Death Is Nothing to Us (2023), both on Run for Cover, channel grief into some of the most affecting melodic hardcore of the decade. Explore Fiddlehead vinyl, CDs, and EPs at Wax Trax Records.
Fiddlehead formed in Boston in 2014 around Patrick Flynn, who had previously fronted the influential Boston hardcore band Have Heart (2002-2009). The band has been on Run for Cover Records throughout their catalog. Their work has been centrally focused on Flynn's personal lyrical engagement with grief - particularly his father's death - alongside emotional emo and post-hardcore song forms.
Fiddlehead's sound combines post-hardcore, emo, melodic hardcore, and indie rock with extensive melodic hooks alongside Flynn's anchored, hardcore-rooted vocal delivery. Their work bridges contemporary post-hardcore with emo and indie rock traditions.
Run for Cover pressings of the Fiddlehead catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions.
Listeners new to Fiddlehead typically start with Between the Richness (2021) or Death Is Nothing to Us (2023).
