There was a time, some years ago now, when FIDLAR (just about) existed in a heightened state of grubby flux and chaos. When real life all got a little too real, the band came close to calling it quits on more than a few occasions. Vocalist and guitarist Zac Carper even overdosed three times in the earliest days, the endgame inevitability of childhood abuse and serious addictions brought on by the pain of losing his pregnant girlfriend to drugs in March 2013, shortly following the release of the band’s self-titled debut album. In the year that followed that devastating double tragedy, the Hawaiian expat decided to get clean once and for all, and although it’s an event and a period of time that can’t help but haunt him in the present day, gratitude for the lessons learned have informed the 3...
