Albums
Too
2015
Genre: Alternative
Release Date: 2015
By Zach Kelly
Reviewed September 11, 2015
FIDLAR's second record continues the hormonal, party vibes of their enjoyable debut, but seems to have bigger things in mind for itself. Most of the record revolves around frontman Zac Carper's road to sobriety, and the many inherent pitfalls and setbacks faced along the way.
For a band like FIDLAR, the idea of artistic growth seems kind of oxymoronic, or for anyone familiar with the L.A.-based punk dirtbags, maybe just plain moronic. On the jokily earnest, chillaxed last few strummed seconds of "Punks", the second track from their sophomore LP , frontman Zac Carper muses, "Relationships are fucking wack/ They make me want to smoke crack/ And girlfriend or boyfriend can suck my dick/ Masturbate, let's make it quick." It's a perfect encapsulation of FIDLAR's outlook (the band name is an acronym for Fuck It, Dog, Life's A Risk), one that they already cemented on their enjoyably party-hardy self-titled debut, a hormonal love letter to getting fucked up and fucking up. And while a title like might lead you to believe that FIDLAR are wisely committed to not fixing what isn't broke— there are more scuzzy guitars and songs about bad medicine, bad habits, and stupid decisions (all of which happen to be song titles)— it seems to have bigger things in mind for itself.