Join DJ Helen Earth on Sunday, October 28th @ 11AM when she airs an interview with Zac Carper from L.A. punk band, FIDLAR.
Tune in to hear about the band’s upcoming album, Almost Free, favorite surf spots, Freaks and Geeks, and how inspiration can come from anywhere, even from bands that would make your punk friends laugh and call you a poser.
Almost Free touches on many of the tragedies and irritations of modern life: existential dread, gentrification, the inescapable sway of the super-rich and the self-involved, post-breakup telecommunication, performative wokeness, the loneliness of sobriety or the lack thereof. But through sheer force of imagination and an unchecked joie de vivre, the L.A.-based band manages to turn feeling wrong into something glorious and essential. In the age of joyless self-care, Almost Free makes a brilliant case for being less careful, for living without fear of fucking up, and possibly embracing any incurred damage as a lucky symptom of being alive.
The album sees the band pushing boundaries into new territory and influences while staying true to their unshakable core. “A lot of the vibe was, ‘Well, why can’t we do that? Why can’t we have horns? Why can’t we have key changes? Why can’t we have a harmonica loop?’,” said lead singer/guitarist Zac Carper. “It was about taking the ceiling off. Having it be limitless. Ain’t no rules.” Elvis added “Almost Free feels like a step forward for us in a lot of ways. We tried to be true to ourselves and let the music come out naturally, without fear of how people would receive it.”
FIDLAR plays The Fox Theater in Oakland on Friday, November 2nd with Dilly Dally and The Side Eyes. Show starts at 8pm.
