FIDLAR: Almost Free (frosted yellow vinyl) [MOM+POP]

Why you'll love it

A repress on frosted yellow vinyl. Almost Free is the LA band's third album and their most adventurous, produced by Ricky Reed at Sunset Sound with horns, hip hop beats and Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins on one track, and it carries "Alcohol" and "Can't You See".

This edition

• Frosted yellow vinyl
• Repress
• Thirteen tracks, including "Alcohol" and "Can't You See"

About the album

FIDLAR built their name on fast, funny, beer-soaked skate punk from Los Angeles, the kind of songs you shout along to while holding a can. For their third album they took a year and a half, went into Sunset Sound in Hollywood with producer Ricky Reed and threw the rulebook out. Zac Carper called it their most diverse record, and he wasn't exaggerating: there are horns, there are trumpets and saxophones and trombones, and there are beats that owe more to hip hop than hardcore.

Underneath it all, the hooks are as sticky as ever. "Get Off My Rock" and "Alcohol" kick the door in, "Can't You See" and "By Myself" show a band growing up without going soft, and the title track is a swaggering, groove-heavy surprise. Stephen Perkins of Jane's Addiction sits in on drums on one song, which feels about right for a record this restless.

It's the sound of a punk band discovering that rules are, on reflection, mostly suggestions. Their neighbours probably knew that already.

Tracklist

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Out July 3, 2026 on Mom+Pop, a reissue of the 2019 album.