Once Upon A Time In The West - Hard-Fi

'Once Upon a Time in the West' is the second studio album from the English indie rock band that is Hard-Fi. The band released its debut effort 'Stars of CCTV' in 2005 and this second album then followed in 2007 once more released through Warner Music. The album consists of 11 tracks and this therefore provides for 38 minutes of music. I wasn't sure what to expect with this second album from Hard-Fi; the band's first album was okay but nothing particularly special and I was therefore hoping that things would improve markedly with album number two. The album begins quite well with lead single 'Suburban Knights', things quickly go downhill from here however and ...  Read the complete review

ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST is the tite of British indie rock band HARD-FI's album. The album features 11 tracks which I will review. The opening song SURBURBAN KNIGHTS contains some great guitar work with wonderful melodies. When the vocals kick in the song is given extra energy. I SHALL OVERCOME tries to be uplifting in the lyrics though the music's lack of energy means it doesn't sond as inspiring as it should. TONIGHT is a fat paced song with strong vocals and a good chorus that has nice melodies. WATCH ME FALL APART is quite negative lyrically and the instrumental work doesn't have the same vigour as other ...  Read the complete review

For an averagely talented British (Staines) indie-punk rock quintet, they aren't that bad. It goes without saying that if you dont think anything of a band in the first place then they cant dissapoint you. And this is certainly true of this album released in September 2007. In sound they arent really original, bit like Kaiser Chiefs and Kasabian and lyrically they aren't that different either. But there music is listenable and has some really interesting bits of almost spanish sounding guitar riffs and sometimes reggae sounding beats mixed with great string meddlies. In songs like 'Tongiht' the vocals start out with a definitely charming and viceral quality ...  Read the complete review

Once Upon A Time In The West is the second album from Surrey based indie band Hard-Fi. Stars Of CCTV, the band's first album (released in 2005) was hugely successful. It was voted the album of the year in the NME and was nominated for two Brit awards and the Mercury Prize. Although it reached #1 in the album charts on its release Once Upon A Time In The West will always exist in the shadow of Stars Of CCTV. Ironically the album's opening track Surburban Knights continues with the sound used so successfully on the aforementioned record but after this promising start only I Shall Overcome Me really uses this sound. The rest of the record is a lot more ...  Read the complete review