If the past few weeks have been particularly draining, Boston area residents can get some musical relief from everything tonight (July 7) with Home Is Where at Somerville’s Crystal Ballroom. The Florida band is widely considered to fall under “fifth-wave emo,” but self-describe as making “anxiety-riddled but cathartic rock.” They first made a splash with their 2021 Father/Daughter Records release I Became Birds.
Home Is Where’s recent sophomore album, the whaler is a concept album exploration of that aforementioned anxiety-riddled catharsis they define themselves by balancing the reality of the world with a need for emotional regulation. And it feels poignant in today’s atmosphere. The album debuted via self-release last month.
With the show tonight, Home Is Where kick off a 17-date run spanning coast to coast in support of the album. And the lineup is excellent: Supporting the band this evening in Davis Square are Smidley, an experimental act spearheaded by Foxing’s Conor Murphy, and Dreamwell, an “emo post-skramz” group out of Providence.
HOME IS WHERE + SMIDLEY + DREAMWELL :: Friday, July 7 at Crystal Ballroom, 55 Davis Square in Somerville, MA :: 8 p.m., all-ages, $17 :: Event page :: Advance tickets