"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 9/23/24)
80
%
Based on
4
critic concert reviews
Real Live Certified
Artists are Real Live Certified if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critic Consensus
Hard-Fi is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 5% of all live performers. Based on 37 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Hard-Fi is rated as an excellent live performer, with memorable shows that are worth seeing. Hard-Fi concert reviews describe live shows and performances as aggressive, mysterious, and high-energy.
ON TOUR
Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom (November 22); Rock City, Nottingham, United Kingdom (November 23); Roundhouse, London, United Kingdom (November 30)
Staines-upon-Thames, United Kingdom (2002 - present)
Bio
Hard-Fi are an English indie rock band formed in Staines, Middlesex in 2003. The band's continual members have been Richard Archer (vocals), Kai Stephens (bass guitar), Ross Phillips (guitar) and Steve Kemp (drums).
Hard-Fi didn't need any fancy lighting, gimmicks or complex computer artwork, just the humble image of their 2005 debut LP debut, Stars of CCTV, a black CCTV camera on an almost neon yellow backdrop.
The year is 2005. Phones still have rudimentary cameras, and social media, as it is today, is still in an inchoate state. No one filmed on their phones or updated their status during gigs. There were no sneaky vapes because people legally smoked cigarettes at live venues, stinking their clothes and others around them.
Debut album 'Stars of CCTV' triumphantly announced Hard-Fi's arrival back in 2005. They gave the public both barrels of a shotgun at a time when life could have been better. The Iraq war, London bombings, a government in decline, that was the backdrop that nurtured the first LP.
Considering previously sold out gigs at larger international and UK venues Bloomsbury Ballroom made for a more intimate backdrop to mark their comeback.
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