Boston post-hardcore favourites Fiddlehead have announced their return with a brand-new EP, Baby I’ll Change, arriving on 26th June. The three-track release marks the band’s first new material since 2023’s acclaimed Death Is Nothing To Us and finds the group entering a fresh creative chapter forged through grief, friendship and renewed purpose.
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Alongside the announcement, Fiddlehead have unveiled the EP’s title track and an accompanying cinematic video that captures the emotional weight at the heart of the band’s latest work. Expansive and deeply affecting, Baby I’ll Change showcases a different side of Fiddlehead’s songwriting, beginning with a restrained intimacy before building towards one of the most anthemic climaxes of their career.
For vocalist Patrick Flynn, the new EP emerged during a period of profound personal loss. Following the release of Death Is Nothing To Us — a record that completed a trilogy exploring grief, family and personal growth — Flynn questioned whether the band had reached its natural conclusion. “I felt totally satisfied,” Flynn explains. “The concept of writing more after the third LP was like, ‘What are we doing here?'”
That perspective shifted dramatically in late 2024 following the death of Flynn’s mother. In the days that followed, bandmates Alex Henery and Nick Hinsch travelled across the country simply to be with their friend during one of the most difficult moments of his life. What began as an act of support soon evolved into something more.
“We went to Pat’s house just to support him in a dark time and then we ended up writing music,” recalls Henery.
Those sessions would ultimately become the foundation of Baby I’ll Change, a release that reaffirms the bond at the centre of Fiddlehead while simultaneously pushing the band’s sound into new territory.
Determined to avoid repeating themselves, the group travelled to North Carolina to work with producer Alex Farrar, whose recent work has included projects with Wednesday, Archers Of Loaf and M.J. Lenderman. The collaboration provided the perfect environment for experimentation, resulting in three songs that balance the urgency and catharsis of Fiddlehead’s hardcore roots with broader melodic ambitions.
Opening track The Dogs serves as a celebration of the band’s enduring friendships, while Porchlight explores new sonic textures through alternate tunings and soaring melodies. The EP’s emotional centrepiece, however, remains the title track.
According to the band, Baby I’ll Change came together during a tense but creatively transformative final day in the studio. What began as a simple acoustic guitar idea evolved into an expansive composition layered with shimmering guitars, dynamic arrangements and one of Flynn’s most vulnerable vocal performances to date.
The song also carries a poignant connection to the late Boston hardcore figure Jimmy Flynn, whose phrase “baby, I’ll change” inspired the track’s title and lyrical themes. Exploring addiction, hope and the painful struggle for self-improvement, the song channels both personal and communal experiences into something deeply resonant.
For a band that has repeatedly viewed each release as potentially their last, Baby I’ll Change feels less like a farewell and more like a rebirth. Rather than closing a chapter, the EP opens the door to a future that even the band themselves had not anticipated.
“We’ve gone into every record with the idea that it might be the last thing we ever do,” says Flynn. “Now I want to keep this thing going until the wheels fall off.”
With new music arriving this week and an extensive touring schedule ahead, Fiddlehead appear revitalised, proving once again why they remain one of the most compelling and emotionally honest voices in modern hardcore.
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