{"id":75581,"date":"2019-01-24T22:42:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T22:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=75581"},"modified":"2019-01-24T22:42:36","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T22:42:36","slug":"review-fidlar-almost-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-fidlar-almost-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: FIDLAR – Almost Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FIDLAR\tAlmostCalifornia punks\u00a0FIDLAR<\/strong>‘s\u00a0musical journey has been relatively straightforward up to now. Their first two albums garnered a considerable amount of traction with their laidback and relatable style, as well as with a little help from some creative music videos. Their third album,\u00a0‘Almost Free’<\/em>, doesn’t walk such a straight path.<\/p>\n

The track here is slightly less beaten and zig-zags all over the alternative-rock spectrum. The opening sound clip serves as a warning for what’s to come; an air raid siren to signal that everything’s about to get turned on its head. It leads into\u00a0‘Get off My Rock’<\/em>, a song that\u00a0wouldn’t be out of place on\u00a0‘Licensed to Ill’<\/em> with its pounding drum beat and half-shouted, half-rapped lyrics. The gain-heavy second song,\u00a0‘Can’t You See’<\/em>, shakes everything up again, opting for a sound reminiscent of Hendrix.<\/p>\n

FIDLAR\u00a0<\/strong>are restless in their desire to produce something different on every track. Most exciting\u00a0is\u00a0‘Too Real’<\/em>, a song with elements of Kanye all over it, both musically and lyrically,\u00a0as the band take aim at a variety of aspects of culture in 2019. Whether it’s the typical argument that we’re addicted to our phones, to the false activism and virtue signalling that’s rampant in today’s society,\u00a0FIDLAR<\/strong> seem unafraid to point fingers and raise some hell.<\/p>\n