Hard-FI (lyrics, lead singer, metal, pop, albums)

Divide and Fall Apart · 06-18-2007, 04:00 AM

Found this on Gigwise.com;

Hard-Fi have announced their new album will be called 'Once Upon a Time in the West' and hit the shops in September.

The follow up to their cheap but massively successful debut album ‘Stars of CCTV’ will be released on the 3 September.

Single 'Suburban Knights' will whet appetites a couple of days before on 30 August.

Sweeeeet.

just for kicks · 06-18-2007, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Divide and Fall Apart

Found this on Gigwise.com;

Hard-Fi have announced their new album will be called 'Once Upon a Time in the West' and hit the shops in September.

The follow up to their cheap but massively successful debut album ‘Stars of CCTV’ will be released on the 3 September.

Single 'Suburban Knights' will whet appetites a couple of days before on 30 August.

Sweeeeet.

hell yes!!!!! cant wait

Divide and Fall Apart · 07-13-2007, 06:46 AM

So, who has heard the new single?

Its called Suburban Knights. I really like it....no real departure from the first album, but thats no surprise.

Video - YouTube - Hard Fi - Suburban Knights (Video)

Mouseketeer · 07-13-2007, 08:13 AM

They suck... quite a fair bit.

just for kicks · 07-14-2007, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Divide and Fall Apart

So, who has heard the new single?

Its called Suburban Knights. I really like it....no real departure from the first album, but thats no surprise.

i quite liked it, i disagree slighty from what your saying. i reckon they've gone a new direction but not so much that they have lost their unique sound. but we still got the album to come yet

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Originally Posted by Mouseketeer

They suck... quite a fair bit.

what a piece of well constructed criticism, well done

Sneer · 07-18-2007, 05:46 PM

hard-fi make my blood boil, they really really do suck the proverbial arsehole. Their lyrics and music just remind me of how quotidian and bleak life can be, i want music to take me away as a form of escapism, and this band just do the opposite. horrible.

=ladyface= · 10-09-2007, 01:11 PM

Hard-Fi were never my favourite band but I liked all of the singles from Stars Of CCTV and I liked the lead singer's accent coming through in the vocals.

Suburban Knights isn't a bad single at all but it sounds like it's missing something that was there on the first album. Perhaps it's just subtle progress. I don't know.

holdyoualways · 10-09-2007, 01:18 PM

they have one good song
aaaaaand thats about it

Rainard Jalen · 03-13-2008, 02:38 AM

Certainly one of the worst major pop bands in recent British history. Their first album was endowed with a few good songs here and there - the second album by contrast consists of 12 or so songs, none of which surpass the weaker moments of Stars Of CCTV. A load of bland, insipid rubbish, they already landed in ithe Oasis-trap of becoming entirely self-derivative, on this occasion no more than one album into their damned careers.

What's worst of all about this band though is not the music (which gets away with being just terrible), but the lyrics. Once Upon A Time In The West has lines that can be described by no word other than "abomination". Check out this, for example:

Tonight, tonight I'm gonna take what's mine,
Tonight, tonight under a bright neon light
And if I ever find a way right out of here,
Tonight, tonight I'm gonna disappear.

Tonight, tonight oh sweetheart you and I,
Tonight, tonight we've got to feel alive,
Cause if we ever find a way right out of here,
Tonight, tonight we've gotta disappear.

But it ain't easy, no it ain't easy
Darling darling please

I can't lose you,
So come with me
And we'll break free,
Tonight, tonight, we'll shine so bright

Tonight, tonight we've gotta make our move,
Tonight, tonight we ain't got nothing to lose.
Cause if we ever find a way right out of here,
Tonight, tonight we gotta disappear.

AND HERE is Hard-Fi being edgy~!:

Life means nothing, when no one knows your name,
I never had too much but I'd give it all for fame,
Baby, baby...

She's there on the TV, So beautiful on screen,
Selling me a life I've never known and never seen,
Baby, baby...

If I only had you, If I only had...

Television, New religion, Let everyone sing Hallelujah.
Politicians, Don't wanna listen, They only wanna make money out of you.
Hallelujah!

So yeah, worst pop band to come out of the UK in quite some time.

Also, not to make a genre argument or anything, but it's worth noting that Hard-Fi and particularly Richard Archer himself do not seem to see themselves as part of or affiliate with the indie movement at all. Many times Archer has been reported as saying that they have their influences in dance and soul, and don't even listen to indie music. Famously, he went as far as to say that the aim of the band is to compete with Eminem, not "small-time" and "parochial" indie bands.

jackhammer · 03-13-2008, 09:19 AM

I agree that the second album absolutely sucks balls. The first album was good at the juice bar for a while but sound's dated already and they are useless live judging by the performances I have seen on TV.

06-18-2007, 04:00 AM	#11 (permalink)
Divide and Fall Apart Groupie Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 38	Found this on Gigwise.com; Hard-Fi have announced their new album will be called 'Once Upon a Time in the West' and hit the shops in September. The follow up to their cheap but massively successful debut album ‘Stars of CCTV’ will be released on the 3 September. Single 'Suburban Knights' will whet appetites a couple of days before on 30 August. Sweeeeet. __________________ We all got wood and nails, and we turn out hate in factories [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

07-13-2007, 06:46 AM	#13 (permalink)
Divide and Fall Apart Groupie Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 38	So, who has heard the new single? Its called Suburban Knights. I really like it....no real departure from the first album, but thats no surprise. Video - YouTube - Hard Fi - Suburban Knights (Video) __________________ We all got wood and nails, and we turn out hate in factories [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

07-13-2007, 08:13 AM	#14 (permalink)
Mouseketeer I'm kind of a big deal. Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: England Posts: 202	They suck... quite a fair bit. __________________

07-18-2007, 05:46 PM	#16 (permalink)
Sneer Let it drip Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,430	hard-fi make my blood boil, they really really do suck the proverbial arsehole. Their lyrics and music just remind me of how quotidian and bleak life can be, i want music to take me away as a form of escapism, and this band just do the opposite. horrible. __________________ LastFM Sneer's Emporium of Sound Fright Team radio show

10-09-2007, 01:18 PM	#18 (permalink)
holdyoualways Elevator to the moon Join Date: May 2005 Location: Snowy, cold, miserable Pennsylvania Posts: 1,088	they have one good song aaaaaand thats about it __________________ You're my satellite <3

10-09-2007, 01:11 PM	#17 (permalink)
=ladyface= Sounds Like Disco Tetris Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: UK Posts: 346	Hard-Fi were never my favourite band but I liked all of the singles from Stars Of CCTV and I liked the lead singer's accent coming through in the vocals. Suburban Knights isn't a bad single at all but it sounds like it's missing something that was there on the first album. Perhaps it's just subtle progress. I don't know.

03-13-2008, 02:38 AM	#19 (permalink)
Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,221	Certainly one of the worst major pop bands in recent British history. Their first album was endowed with a few good songs here and there - the second album by contrast consists of 12 or so songs, none of which surpass the weaker moments of Stars Of CCTV. A load of bland, insipid rubbish, they already landed in ithe Oasis-trap of becoming entirely self-derivative, on this occasion no more than one album into their damned careers. What's worst of all about this band though is not the music (which gets away with being just terrible), but the lyrics. Once Upon A Time In The West has lines that can be described by no word other than "abomination". Check out this, for example: Tonight, tonight I'm gonna take what's mine, Tonight, tonight under a bright neon light And if I ever find a way right out of here, Tonight, tonight I'm gonna disappear. Tonight, tonight oh sweetheart you and I, Tonight, tonight we've got to feel alive, Cause if we ever find a way right out of here, Tonight, tonight we've gotta disappear. But it ain't easy, no it ain't easy Darling darling please I can't lose you, So come with me And we'll break free, Tonight, tonight, we'll shine so bright Tonight, tonight we've gotta make our move, Tonight, tonight we ain't got nothing to lose. Cause if we ever find a way right out of here, Tonight, tonight we gotta disappear. AND HERE is Hard-Fi being edgy~!: Life means nothing, when no one knows your name, I never had too much but I'd give it all for fame, Baby, baby... She's there on the TV, So beautiful on screen, Selling me a life I've never known and never seen, Baby, baby... If I only had you, If I only had... Television, New religion, Let everyone sing Hallelujah. Politicians, Don't wanna listen, They only wanna make money out of you. Hallelujah! So yeah, worst pop band to come out of the UK in quite some time. Also, not to make a genre argument or anything, but it's worth noting that Hard-Fi and particularly Richard Archer himself do not seem to see themselves as part of or affiliate with the indie movement at all. Many times Archer has been reported as saying that they have their influences in dance and soul, and don't even listen to indie music. Famously, he went as far as to say that the aim of the band is to compete with Eminem, not "small-time" and "parochial" indie bands.

03-13-2008, 09:19 AM	#20 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I agree that the second album absolutely sucks balls. The first album was good at the juice bar for a while but sound's dated already and they are useless live judging by the performances I have seen on TV. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”