In 2020, two members of Vein.fm, singer Anthony DiDio and drummer Matt Wood, received collectively to begin a brand new band that sounded nothing like Vein. On their glorious demo, the facet mission Fleshwater leaned into heavy and melodic stuff, arising with their very own tackle the metallic shoegaze that’s been so awesomely dominant recently. Today, Fleshwater have adopted that demo with their full-length debut We’re Not Here To Be Loved, and it guidelines.
At this level, it’s slightly tougher to say that Vein and Fleshwater sound nothing alike, since Vein have just lately taken a flip into one thing slightly extra fairly and emo-leaning than the guttural herky-jerk hardcore of their earlier years. Vein’s entire character comes by in Fleshwater, however the Vein members aren’t actually the point of interest right here. Instead, Fleshwater lead singer Marisa Shirar is the point of interest right here. She can sound glassy and guttural on the identical time, and she or he floats over the band’s churn.
Converge’s Kurt Ballou produced We’re Not Here To Be Loved, and he brings out each the heaviness and the prettiness. The songs additionally slap. That issues, too. We’ve already posted the early tracks “Kiss The Ladder” and “The Razor’s Apple,” and now you’ll be able to stream the entire LP beneath.
We’re Not Here To Be Loved is out now on Closed Casket Activities.