Editor’s Note: In addition to our ongoing preview coverage, Vanyaland and Boston Calling are teaming up once again to showcase the homegrown bands and artists that help shape the local flavor of the city’s most vital music festival. Boston Calling’s ’24 headliners — The Killers, Ed Sheeran, Tyler Childers — and its remarkable undercard are well-known and established; but over the next few weeks, keep it locked as we profile the New England talent that decorates the lineup like few other major festivals in the region. More than a decade in the game, Vanyaland and Boston Calling continue to showcase Boston in new ways, and as usual, we have the sounds to prove it.
Artist: Fleshwater
When and where: Performing live on Sunday, May 26 at 7 p.m. on the Orange Stage.
Artist bio:
Hailing from Georgetown, Massachusetts, Fleshwater is a side project originating from metalcore band Vein.fm. Unlike the menacing and experimental metalcore of Vein.fm, Fleshwater delivers a far more accessible sound, reminiscent of the late ’90s and early ’00s era. Taking inspiration from alternative rock bands like Deftones, Far, Failure, Hole, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Hum, it shows a contrast between heavily distorted guitars and clean but intense female vocals, while also combining other shoegaze elements in a few songs — particularly the introspective male vocals heard in the second half of We’re Not Here To Be Loved (2022).
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