Hard-Fi are back. Catchier, louder and more defiant than ever. Celebrate new EP "Don't Go Making Plans" with a special intimate show at London's Dingwalls on release day, Friday 15 November 2024.

With over a million UK album sales, 2 Number 1 albums (3 top 10s), and 5 Top 20 singles, Hard-Fi have been a phenomenon. Having made their debut with the Mercury Prize-shortlisted Stars Of CCTV in 2005, the four-piece proved progressive yet accessible, with tales of high street life, club-driven weekends and keeping your head above water on the breadline. The album yielded singles that included ‘Hard To Beat’, ‘Living For The Weekend’ and ‘Cash Machine’- reached number 1, and has since been certified double platinum in the UK alone.
Second album Once Upon A Time In The West also topped the charts, and included lead single ‘Suburban Knights’, whilst third album Killer Sounds, was a Top 10 hit. The band also played one of the longest residencies at O2 Academy Brixton, a fully sold out feat they share with the likes of Bob Dylan, and The Clash, after performing at the landmark London venue for five nights straight in 2006.

Hard-Fi made their extremely welcome return in May this year with the release of their first track in over a decade with ‘Don't Go Making Plans’. As with many of the band’s songs, there was a thought-provoking depth behind Hard-Fi’s pop sensibility. The song’s defiant themes were initially inspired by the UK Government’s attempts to criminalise many aspects of popular protest through the 2022 Public Order Act, while the issue has been thrown into even sharper focus over the last year as police and people have repeatedly clashed on streets around the globe. Watch the striking lyric video HERE.

They've since followed up with a second single ‘Always and Forever’, which premiered exclusively by Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 2, sees the band deliver a sharp slice of urgency, documenting the feeling that you don’t belong and are running out of time, driven by an ever-infectious guitar riff that is absolutely certain to be a future live favourite. Produced by frontman Richard Archer and long-term contributor Wolsey White, it’s another superb result of the first session together since 2011 album Killer Sounds and follows a series of sold-out tours and live shows over the last two years - listen here and watch the brand-new lyric video here.

Hard-Fi are back. Catchier, louder and more defiant than ever.

Pic: Matt Crockett