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Fiddlehead share video for new single 'Sleepyhead'
Fiddlehead share video for new single 'Sleepyhead'fidd
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Wednesday, July 12, 2023 - 18:24
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Fiddlehead recently returned with the announcement of their highly anticipated third full-length, Death Is Nothing To Us, due out August 18th via Run For Cover Records, and today the post-hardcore heroes are sharing its latest single "Sleepyhead."

Flynn discussed the new song, saying:

"There’s no real great lyrical upside to this song. I wanted to write a song that could capture the stuck-ness that comes with deep depression. Ultimately, this is a song about tuning out and looking away from the brokenness in one’s life on earth in favor of quick comfort. It is kind of a conversation between two people or two minds. The so-called ‘Sleepyhead’ is a woeful person depressed by the way of the world who chooses to deal with the sadness of it all with excessive sleep. Somewhere in there, however, is a voice of reason that offers perspective - but, to no avail, as the two voices come together in resignation to the weight of the hold that a thick ‘bout of deep depression’ can lay on someone. I see the song as essential to the arc of the record, which ultimately turned out to be a climb out of such a sad state. So, perhaps that’s the upside?"

Death Is Nothing To Us finds Fiddlehead completing the thematic trilogy that began with their previous two releases, resulting in a truly special album that feels like both a culmination of the band's work so far, and one of the years most powerful and life-affirming rock records.