FIDLAR’s self-titled debut album packs a punch right from the off, jumping straight in the deep end with ‘Cheap Beer’, a fast paced song which sums up FIDLAR’s raw nu-punk/thrash sound and attitude. Cheap Beer is a song I’ve been listening to pretty much on repeat for the last few months, so I hoped the other singles I hadn’t heard much of would live up to it. I didn’t need to fear. It seems to slow down a bit after the fast intro of Cheap Beer, with songs such as ‘Stoked and Broke’ and ‘Max Can’t Surf’ but while ‘Stoked and Broke’ has a slower, more drooling, sound, it still encompasses FIDLAR’s nonchalant attitude, with lyrics such as ‘I’m ditching school’ and ‘I just wanna get high’. Despite this mixture of fast and slow paced songs, the danger of FIDLAR’s distinct sound is that their songs can begin to all sound the same. This was saved however when last track ‘Cocaine’ played, finishing with soft, slow, and surprising vocals in the last 3 minutes of the song, which, despite being about cheap cocaine, sounded pretty emotional. Throughout, the album is unpretentious, unapologetic, and refreshing, with FIDLAR’s LA roots resonating within the music.
8/10.
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