In September, FIDLAR officially released their fourth studio album, Surviving the Dream, ending the five-year hiatus since the band’s last full-length record.
The Los Angeles punk rockers are on a tour in support of the record, and they recently performed a show at the 9:30 Club in DC! Micael Cerball was there to capture the action in photos.
This article is adapted from a press release.
Surviving the Dream is a 13-song project that was self-recorded, self-produced and self-released, the record marks a rekindling of their early DIY origins while catapulting into uncharted territory stylistically.
“This record is about doubling down on what you love,” adds frontman Zac Carper. “For us, its about playing shows and making music. Coming back after a few years away, our intention was to self-make an album that the 3 of us are stoked on. We’re very very very pumped on it and what’s to come. These songs are meant to be heard live with the fellow FIDIOTS going off.”
At 9:30 Club on Oct. 14, FIDLAR showcased Surviving the Dream with roughly five songs including show opener “Fix Me.”
Watch the official music video for “Fix Me” by FIDLAR on YouTube:
Irreverence abounds in a FIDLAR show: They have been dedicating the new album’s “Doghouse” to Dave Grohl due to the rocker’s martial challenges and meowing their way through a cover of Weezer’s “Undone (The Sweater Song)” in their encore.
As is tradition at a FIDLAR show, there was also a girls-only mosh pit at 9:30 Club!
While FIDLAR have grown up from the young, hedonistic kids they’d been when they started out, their songwriting is energized after half a decade away; their live shows more feral than ever. It’s this burning spirit that drives Surviving the Dream: the debauchery, the feelings of angst, the carefree dispositions, and the questions of belonging that are not, and never have been bound by age. Fucked up, reckless, fun-loving and wild, the record is both a reminiscence of their beginnings and a testament to what they’ve become.
Catch FIDLAR on tour near you!
Here are some photos of FIDLAR performing at 9:30 Club on Oct. 14, 2024. All pictures copyright and courtesy of Micaela Cerball.
