{"id":3967,"date":"2015-10-22T13:30:30","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T17:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=3967"},"modified":"2015-11-17T14:28:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T19:28:00","slug":"fidlar-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/fidlar-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Fidlar <br>Too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/fidlar-too.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3968\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/fidlar-too.jpg\" alt=\"Fidlar, Too\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/fidlar-too.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/fidlar-too-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Leading up to the release of Fidlar\u2019s second full-length, <i>Too<\/i> (Mom + Pop Music), the prominent storyline has been frontman Zac Carper\u2019s recent sobriety. As one of the brains behind a self-titled debut with lines like, \u201cI drink cheap beer, so what? Fuck you!\u201d it came as quite a surprise when he decided to go cold turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Carper has since called out those who have proffered that a band is better under the influence. His drinking may have spurred some of the best anxiety-inducing pop-punk of 2013, but now 28 years old, he probably felt it was for the best to kick the drug and boozing habits before it overtook him and his band. Fair enough, and honestly, good for him.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the reasons, <i>Too<\/i> leaves much to be desired. Much of the record is weirdly jarring, with drastic shifts in tempo and peculiar voice-over segments that struggle to find their way into each song\u2019s melody. These are not problems in and of themselves, however, at no point do they make sense on this record. Only the lead single, \u201c40 oz. on Repeat,\u201d pulls off this new change-of-pace style, as it pungently illustrates Carper\u2019s fight with alcoholism and depression, as is obvious on the chorus, \u201cI\u2019m going to lock myself inside my room with a 40-ounce on repeat.\u201d \u201cWhy Generation\u201d and \u201cBad Medicine\u201d work similarly, but in these cases, the splattering composition overrides any greater purpose. It seems that in sobering up, Fidlar has become prone to over-thinking the mechanics of their style and what worked, their inhibitions more omnipresent than ever before. Even the rehashed \u201cWest Coast\u201d seems overproduced compared to the 2013 original from the <i>Shit We Recorded in Our Bedroom<\/i> EP. 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