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Hard-Fi's debut single "Cash Machine" has an interesting bassline, an almost catchy chorus, and a whole load of nothing much else. It's like they mixed Blur, Pulp, The Specials,* and Zane Lowe* in a blender then poured it through a sieve to remove the interesting bits.
Cash Machine' isn't a particularly offensive record (well, except for that Gorillaz patch on their keyboard) but there's not much to recommend it, either. Richard Archer**'s Albarnesque vocal delivery seems to think it's dripping with funky disdain but it really just comes off as forced attitude. For all the band's talk of being West London minimum-wage gunslingers, this single utterly lacks passion and originality. It conveys nothing of the environment they claim to evoke. B-side '_Sick of It All' hums with ska influence plus the added bonus of feedback-laden vocals and facile lyrical hooks.
On the other hand, if you do like it, track two on the single is a karaoke-style remix so you and all your friends can jump fences at Heathrow in Margaret Thatcher masks and sing your little hearts out while waiting for security. Rock and roll.
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This is really dull though.
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bring on the Fandango
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and hard fi.
Bass line
Where is the cash machine bass line nicked from? I definitely know it.
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I really enjoyed 'Cash Machine'. Noted not the best song in the world, but better than some of the crap coming out lately from some bands, plus I think it leaves potential from what is to come from these guys at a later date...which I believe will be something good! (I hope)
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ewww nah i didnt enjoy this one. too annoying when it gets in your head. and too repetitive. sorry! hard-fi just dont do it for me!
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it got NME single of the week because hard-fi will save us all, and richard archer is your new hero. and mine. and everyone's, in fact.
...apparently.
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