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FIDLAR: "I hope people see we're not just slacker punk stoner idiots"
FIDLAR are growing up.
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'No Waves' is a portrait of substance abuse and aimlessness rendered in FIDLAR's characteristic deadpan drawl. The narrator cycles through a series of addictive states, each one a variation on the same theme of numbness and self-sabotage. The repetition is deliberate; the song doesn't build or resolve, it just loops, mirroring the circular logic of addiction itself. There's a skateboarding reference tucked into the second verse that grounds the song in a specific Los Angeles milieu, but the track's real subject is the distance between who you thought you'd be and who you've become. What makes 'No Waves' work is its refusal to moralize. FIDLAR doesn't judge the narrator or offer redemption; they simply document the feeling of being stuck on the floor, looking for matches. The song is blunt and unglamorous, which is exactly the point. It's a Dork-reviewed song that trades in unflinching honesty over any attempt at uplift.
"No Waves" is a single by FIDLAR, from the album Don’t Try…, released 9th April 2012. The track is 2:18 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 9 articles about FIDLAR.
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There's never a boring day in camp FIDLAR.
When FIDLAR are good, they are still very good indeed.
In the three years since FIDLAR last put out a record, a lot has changed - but a charged up Zac Carper is ready to let the fire burn again.
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