Fleshwater

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Fleshwater formed in 2017 around Anthony DiDio and Matt Wood, who were already active in Vein.fm, before expanding with Jeremy Martin and then Marisa Shirar, whose voice became a central element of the group's identity. Fleshwater operates where shoegaze, grunge, alternative metal and post-hardcore intersect, with dense guitars, hazy melodies and a tension inherited from the hardcore scene its members come from. After their first track, “Linda Claire,” released in 2019, Fleshwater issued the EP demo2020 in 2020 and their debut album, We’re Not Here to Be Loved, in 2022. That record more clearly defined the band's sound—between massive saturation, airy choruses and stark contrasts of softness and blunt impact. In 2023 Fleshwater offered a partial reworking with the EP Sounds of Grieving, comprised of reworked and remixed versions of tracks from the first album. The band continued performing live, notably alongside Harm’s Way, No Pressure, Deftones and The Mars Volta. After the single “Standalone” in 2024, Fleshwater released their second album, 2000: In Search Of The Endless Sky, in 2025, confirming a songwriting rooted in ’90s textures, grungegaze and a form of heavy yet melodic rock.