Hard-Fi - Stars Of CCTV

Soon, Richard began gathering together a group of likeminded souls: Lancastrian drummer Steve Kemp was an old friend, guitarist Ross Phillips worked in the hi-fi shop Richard would go to and pretend he wanted to buy equipment simply so he could listen to his latest demos on the best systems, and bassist Kai Stephens was nabbed from his job at Rent-O-Kill, where he was "sick to death of killing things". Hard-Fi was born.

From DIY masterpiece to major label debut, the recording process for 'Stars Of CCTV' has remained exactly the same. Despite a considerably more generous budget on offer this time around, the band insisted on returning to Cherry Lips, unwilling to turn their backs on the gritty surroundings from which their sound had seeped.

Again the album is co-produced by Richard Archer and long time cohort Wolsey White. After numerous dusk till dawn recording sessions, the duo would jump into a car and spin around the B-roads and by-passes of Staines, Egham and ASBO-capital Feltham, quite literally road testing their evening's work against its intended sullen suburban backdrop. The album, by default, is an emotive, eloquent celebration of modern day rut and romance.
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