One of the most entertaining and creative punk bands out there right now, FIDLAR finally returns with their sophomore album. Produced by Jay Joyce, who has worked with everyone from Cage The Elephant to Carrie Underwood, the band really comes into their own on this release. The album\u2019s first single \u201c40oz. On Repeat\u201d is one of those great alt rock songs that sticks in your head longer than it takes to drink a 40. Not to mention the song\u2019s incredible video, which recreates legendary videos on a shoestring budget and really makes it work.<\/p>\n
\u201cPunks\u201d is a markedly different track than what the band had previously done and it\u2019s a fantastic step in the right direction. It shows the band willing to step out of their comfort zone and show a bit of maturity, but not too much. Frontman\/guitarist Zac Carper\u2019s voice sounds more fresh and full of life; the best example of this is \u201cWest Coast.\u201d The lyrical content is very dark, but it\u2019s really invigorating to hear something this exciting instead of all the crap on the radio. Along the same lines is \u201cSober\u201d which, lyrically, is the darkest song here, but musically, it is an incredibly upbeat singalong that\u2019s infectious as hell.<\/p>\n
\u201cLeave Me Alone\u201d is another fantastic track, really showing off everything that the band is capable of. Unfortunately, the last half of the record tends to be a bit soggy. There are a couple tracks like \u201cDrone\u201d and \u201cHey Johnny\u201d that really keep the album from being one of the best friggin\u2019 records of the entire year. The album is still great, but it\u2019s not everything that it could\u2019ve been.<\/p>\n
\u201cStupid Decisions\u201d is a slower song, which is something different for the band and it sounds like something that could get some easy radio play \u2013 but the radio won\u2019t touch good stuff like this, that\u2019s for sure. \u201cBad Habits\u201d wraps the proceedings up in a nice package, another great track that shows how far the band have come, personally and musically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":32498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[9707],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-44259","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-fidlar","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44259"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=44259"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=44259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}