Sure, life's a risk. But FIDLAR have proven that risks are worth taking. Starting out as a group of drunken punks playing gnarly house shows around Los Angeles, their fanbase exploded and congealed into "FIDIOTS". Fan's who show their dedication to both the band and their mantra of "fuck it" by etching "FIDLAR" onto their bodies by way of homemade stick-and-poke prison style tattoos.
With songs like "Cheap Beer" and "Wake Bake Skate", the light speed rocket that was 2012's eponymous album blasted them into the stratosphere where they had the room to expand the idea of the band. Being thrust into the loneliness of space, they were confronted by the void and slog of touring. They responded to that introspection with 2015's "TOO", where songs like "40oz On Repeat" "Why Generation" and "Sober" grapple with how to age gracefully as hard partying punks headed towards their 30s.
"Too" pushed the band further to the edges of their comfort zone where these four SoCal weirdos found themselves playing gigantic festivals like Coachella, Lollapalooza, Reading and Leeds. Propelling them to refine and expand their sound with 2019's "ALMOST FREE" where you can start to hear more than just their "punk and indie" influences. The Beastie Boys tinged "Get off My Rock". The asphalt-groovy take on L.A. hipster culture "Can't You See". And the alterna-pop, radio friendly, heartbreak duet of "Called You Twice" featuring grammy nominated artist K. Flay.
But that was in "the before times"... During the pandemic, unable to tour as a band, the guys all separately dove into their own pet projects and they all experimented with different styles of music (sometimes with the aid of psychedelics). Unintentionally, this caused them to shake off the impulse to layer "bells and whistles" (not literally, but kinda) to their songs. Like they had been doing progressively over the years. Now, after duck-diving the choppy waves that is the modern music industry, FIDLAR are ready for the next gnarly set.
Armed with 3 Chords, the truth, and some jazz cabbage, FIDLAR has a new found appreciation of not only where they came from, but where they are now. And when asked what the new sound is, the response is simply "FUCKBOI ANTHEMS."
Well then... fuck it, dawg. Let's get weird.
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FIDLAR's third album, Almost Free, which will be released on January 25, 2019, bears a raw vitality that FIDLAR partly attributes to a certain lightning-in-a-bottle element in its construction. While the album was recorded in several different locations -- including the iconic Sunset Sound and Sonic Ranch, a studio in the Texas border town of Tornillo -- much of the material came straight from homemade demos. "On the last record we took the demos and re-recorded everything in the studio, but this process was more like how we worked in the beginning," says Elvis. "I feel like it got us back to that original feeling we had when we first started making music together, instead of just pushing everything out on a deadline."
FIDLAR's origins trace back to 2009, when Elvis (whose dad played in the legendary punk band T.S.O.L., and who joined his own first punk band at age 13) landed an internship at a recording studio where Zac worked as an engineer, and the two started jamming in the off-hours. "I remember one day we went out to get a Little Caesar's pizza and Elvis put on Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age and I was like, 'I love this record,'" Zac recalls. "That was the moment when it just connected for me: 'We're gonna be in a band together.'" With Brandon and Elvis's kid brother and lifelong bandmate Max brought into the fold, the four musicians felt an immediate chemistry but had no real direction. "There wasn't any kind of plan to become a working band," says Elvis. "We just all really wanted to make loud rock & roll music."
Throughout Almost Free, FIDLAR match their stronger sense of purpose with the ineffable magic that's always driven them -- most notably, that pure and palpable love of playing together. "We were so young when this started, we were just partying and being kids, and FIDLAR took on a life of its own," says Zac. "I really thought I was going to be working on other people's music for the rest of my life, and that would be it. In my wildest imagination I never would've thought that this all would've worked out the way it did -- but that's how life happens in general. That's the classic story."
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With songs like "Cheap Beer" and "Wake Bake Skate", the light speed rocket that was 2012's eponymous album blasted them into the stratosphere where they had the room to expand the idea of the band. Being thrust into the loneliness of space, they were confronted by the void and slog of touring. They responded to that introspection with 2015's "TOO", where songs like "40oz On Repeat" "Why Generation" and "Sober" grapple with how to age gracefully as hard partying punks headed towards their 30s.
"Too" pushed the band further to the edges of their comfort zone where these four SoCal weirdos found themselves playing gigantic festivals like Coachella, Lollapalooza, Reading and Leeds. Propelling them to refine and expand their sound with 2019's "ALMOST FREE" where you can start to hear more than just their "punk and indie" influences. The Beastie Boys tinged "Get off My Rock". The asphalt-groovy take on L.A. hipster culture "Can't You See". And the alterna-pop, radio friendly, heartbreak duet of "Called You Twice" featuring grammy nominated artist K. Flay.
But that was in "the before times"... During the pandemic, unable to tour as a band, the guys all separately dove into their own pet projects and they all experimented with different styles of music (sometimes with the aid of psychedelics). Unintentionally, this caused them to shake off the impulse to layer "bells and whistles" (not literally, but kinda) to their songs. Like they had been doing progressively over the years. Now, after duck-diving the choppy waves that is the modern music industry, FIDLAR are ready for the next gnarly set.
Armed with 3 Chords, the truth, and some jazz cabbage, FIDLAR has a new found appreciation of not only where they came from, but where they are now. And when asked what the new sound is, the response is simply "FUCKBOI ANTHEMS."
Well then... fuck it, dawg. Let's get weird.
~~~~~~~~
FIDLAR's third album, Almost Free, which will be released on January 25, 2019, bears a raw vitality that FIDLAR partly attributes to a certain lightning-in-a-bottle element in its construction. While the album was recorded in several different locations -- including the iconic Sunset Sound and Sonic Ranch, a studio in the Texas border town of Tornillo -- much of the material came straight from homemade demos. "On the last record we took the demos and re-recorded everything in the studio, but this process was more like how we worked in the beginning," says Elvis. "I feel like it got us back to that original feeling we had when we first started making music together, instead of just pushing everything out on a deadline."
FIDLAR's origins trace back to 2009, when Elvis (whose dad played in the legendary punk band T.S.O.L., and who joined his own first punk band at age 13) landed an internship at a recording studio where Zac worked as an engineer, and the two started jamming in the off-hours. "I remember one day we went out to get a Little Caesar's pizza and Elvis put on Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age and I was like, 'I love this record,'" Zac recalls. "That was the moment when it just connected for me: 'We're gonna be in a band together.'" With Brandon and Elvis's kid brother and lifelong bandmate Max brought into the fold, the four musicians felt an immediate chemistry but had no real direction. "There wasn't any kind of plan to become a working band," says Elvis. "We just all really wanted to make loud rock & roll music."
Throughout Almost Free, FIDLAR match their stronger sense of purpose with the ineffable magic that's always driven them -- most notably, that pure and palpable love of playing together. "We were so young when this started, we were just partying and being kids, and FIDLAR took on a life of its own," says Zac. "I really thought I was going to be working on other people's music for the rest of my life, and that would be it. In my wildest imagination I never would've thought that this all would've worked out the way it did -- but that's how life happens in general. That's the classic story."
Sure, life's a risk. But FIDLAR have proven that risks are worth taking. Starting out as a group of drunken punks playing gnarly house shows around Los Angeles, their fanbase exploded and congealed into "FIDIOTS". Fan's who show their dedication to both the band and their mantra of "fuck it" by etching "FIDLAR" onto their bodies by way of homemade stick-and-poke prison style tattoos.
With songs like "Cheap Beer" and "Wake Bake Skate", the light speed rocket that was 2012's eponymous album blasted them into the stratosphere where they had the room to expand the idea of the band. Being thrust into the loneliness of space, they were confronted by the void and slog of touring. They responded to that introspection with 2015's "TOO", where songs like "40oz On Repeat" "Why Generation" and "Sober" grapple with how to age gracefully as hard partying punks headed towards their 30s.
"Too" pushed the band further to the edges of their comfort zone where these four SoCal weirdos found themselves playing gigantic festivals like Coachella, Lollapalooza, Reading and Leeds. Propelling them to refine and expand their sound with 2019's "ALMOST FREE" where you can start to hear more than just their "punk and indie" influences. The Beastie Boys tinged "Get off My Rock". The asphalt-groovy take on L.A. hipster culture "Can't You See". And the alterna-pop, radio friendly, heartbreak duet of "Called You Twice" featuring grammy nominated artist K. Flay.
But that was in "the before times"... During the pandemic, unable to tour as a band, the guys all separately dove into their own pet projects and they all experimented with different styles of music (sometimes with the aid of psychedelics). Unintentionally, this caused them to shake off the impulse to layer "bells and whistles" (not literally, but kinda) to their songs. Like they had been doing progressively over the years. Now, after duck-diving the choppy waves that is the modern music industry, FIDLAR are ready for the next gnarly set.
Armed with 3 Chords, the truth, and some jazz cabbage, FIDLAR has a new found appreciation of not only where they came from, but where they are now. And when asked what the new sound is, the response is simply "FUCKBOI ANTHEMS."
Well then... fuck it, dawg. Let's get weird.
~~~~~~~~
FIDLAR's third album, Almost Free, which will be released on January 25, 2019, bears a raw vitality that FIDLAR partly attributes to a certain lightning-in-a-bottle element in its construction. While the album was recorded in several different locations -- including the iconic Sunset Sound and Sonic Ranch, a studio in the Texas border town of Tornillo -- much of the material came straight from homemade demos. "On the last record we took the demos and re-recorded everything in the studio, but this process was more like how we worked in the beginning," says Elvis. "I feel like it got us back to that original feeling we had when we first started making music together, instead of just pushing everything out on a deadline."
FIDLAR's origins trace back to 2009, when Elvis (whose dad played in the legendary punk band T.S.O.L., and who joined his own first punk band at age 13) landed an internship at a recording studio where Zac worked as an engineer, and the two started jamming in the off-hours. "I remember one day we went out to get a Little Caesar's pizza and Elvis put on Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age and I was like, 'I love this record,'" Zac recalls. "That was the moment when it just connected for me: 'We're gonna be in a band together.'" With Brandon and Elvis's kid brother and lifelong bandmate Max brought into the fold, the four musicians felt an immediate chemistry but had no real direction. "There wasn't any kind of plan to become a working band," says Elvis. "We just all really wanted to make loud rock & roll music."
Throughout Almost Free, FIDLAR match their stronger sense of purpose with the ineffable magic that's always driven them -- most notably, that pure and palpable love of playing together. "We were so young when this started, we were just partying and being kids, and FIDLAR took on a life of its own," says Zac. "I really thought I was going to be working on other people's music for the rest of my life, and that would be it. In my wildest imagination I never would've thought that this all would've worked out the way it did -- but that's how life happens in general. That's the classic story."
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With songs like "Cheap Beer" and "Wake Bake Skate", the light speed rocket that was 2012's eponymous album blasted them into the stratosphere where they had the room to expand the idea of the band. Being thrust into the loneliness of space, they were confronted by the void and slog of touring. They responded to that introspection with 2015's "TOO", where songs like "40oz On Repeat" "Why Generation" and "Sober" grapple with how to age gracefully as hard partying punks headed towards their 30s.
"Too" pushed the band further to the edges of their comfort zone where these four SoCal weirdos found themselves playing gigantic festivals like Coachella, Lollapalooza, Reading and Leeds. Propelling them to refine and expand their sound with 2019's "ALMOST FREE" where you can start to hear more than just their "punk and indie" influences. The Beastie Boys tinged "Get off My Rock". The asphalt-groovy take on L.A. hipster culture "Can't You See". And the alterna-pop, radio friendly, heartbreak duet of "Called You Twice" featuring grammy nominated artist K. Flay.
But that was in "the before times"... During the pandemic, unable to tour as a band, the guys all separately dove into their own pet projects and they all experimented with different styles of music (sometimes with the aid of psychedelics). Unintentionally, this caused them to shake off the impulse to layer "bells and whistles" (not literally, but kinda) to their songs. Like they had been doing progressively over the years. Now, after duck-diving the choppy waves that is the modern music industry, FIDLAR are ready for the next gnarly set.
Armed with 3 Chords, the truth, and some jazz cabbage, FIDLAR has a new found appreciation of not only where they came from, but where they are now. And when asked what the new sound is, the response is simply "FUCKBOI ANTHEMS."
Well then... fuck it, dawg. Let's get weird.
~~~~~~~~
FIDLAR's third album, Almost Free, which will be released on January 25, 2019, bears a raw vitality that FIDLAR partly attributes to a certain lightning-in-a-bottle element in its construction. While the album was recorded in several different locations -- including the iconic Sunset Sound and Sonic Ranch, a studio in the Texas border town of Tornillo -- much of the material came straight from homemade demos. "On the last record we took the demos and re-recorded everything in the studio, but this process was more like how we worked in the beginning," says Elvis. "I feel like it got us back to that original feeling we had when we first started making music together, instead of just pushing everything out on a deadline."
FIDLAR's origins trace back to 2009, when Elvis (whose dad played in the legendary punk band T.S.O.L., and who joined his own first punk band at age 13) landed an internship at a recording studio where Zac worked as an engineer, and the two started jamming in the off-hours. "I remember one day we went out to get a Little Caesar's pizza and Elvis put on Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age and I was like, 'I love this record,'" Zac recalls. "That was the moment when it just connected for me: 'We're gonna be in a band together.'" With Brandon and Elvis's kid brother and lifelong bandmate Max brought into the fold, the four musicians felt an immediate chemistry but had no real direction. "There wasn't any kind of plan to become a working band," says Elvis. "We just all really wanted to make loud rock & roll music."
Throughout Almost Free, FIDLAR match their stronger sense of purpose with the ineffable magic that's always driven them -- most notably, that pure and palpable love of playing together. "We were so young when this started, we were just partying and being kids, and FIDLAR took on a life of its own," says Zac. "I really thought I was going to be working on other people's music for the rest of my life, and that would be it. In my wildest imagination I never would've thought that this all would've worked out the way it did -- but that's how life happens in general. That's the classic story."
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