FIDLAR - 40oz on Repeat

While the focus on FIDLAR’s first track in two years ‘40oz on Repeat’ lies in its bonkers, early ’00s dress-up video, there’s also one hell of a song for eager fans to sink their teeth into. Thankfully, though it’s been a while since FIDLAR released any new music, they haven’t grown up even a little bit. All of their carefree, straight-shooting attitude is still there, from immature sing-song hooks to balls-out raspy voiced verses; their particular brand of hyper-fun, classic garage-punk is just as fresh as it was on their self-titled debut back in 2013.

The beauty of FIDLAR is that they’ve always been operating, unashamedly, well behind the times. In 2013 they were putting out music that belonged in the ‘90s and now 2 years later they’ve dragged themselves forward just a few years. Operating somewhere around the early 00’s with arguably their poppiest sounding track to date, FIDLAR are still sat firmly, two middle fingers up, in a time that has long gone. The result is an odd combination of nostalgia and originality, harking back to a sound that is all but forgotten with a fresh twist that feels decidedly new. As FIDLAR “sit inside my room with this 40oz on repeat”, it’s plain to see that they are not only oblivious to the outside world but they also couldn’t care less. They’re making music as they see fit and they’re doing it with such conviction that it feels right at home in whatever time it so chooses to inhabit.