FIDLAR

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AlbumSep 25 / 201214 songs, 39m97%
Garage Punk
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FIDLAR\'s debut LP plunges the listener into the band\'s beer-soaked, late-night, raucous garage party. Named for a skate slogan and boasting a distinct punk pedigree (two members are sons of T.S.O.L.’s Greg Kuehn), the SoCal group drives forward with the kind of nihilism that has good times in mind and little else. This album touches blues riffs and surf-rock reverb with the same dirty paws, immediately resonating with anyone who’s ever found themselves on the beach alone picking up empties after the party’s over.

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The L.A. skate-punk band's debut full-length is full of snotty songs about cheap beer, cheap cocaine, cheap weed, and "shitty pills." They're not reinventing the wheel, but FIDLAR have their references down.

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The LA skate-punk band's debut is messed up, deliriously awesome and born out of total nihilism, write Tyler Boehm

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With Black Lips looking beyond fistfights with fans and full-frontal nudity, FIDLAR may prove suitable heirs to the shock…

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Dumb fun is the name of the game on FIDLAR's self-titled debut.

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Let’s face it with a band like FIDLAR (Fuck It, Dog, Life’s A Risk, if you are an LA skater) their debut offering was never going to be high brow,

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