You get in, you get out – that’s how you make money fast.
With a quick getaway, Fast Money Music came, they saw….. and then drove The Wardrobe into a frenzy on a summer’s night in the City.
From the San Francisco Bay Area, Nick Hinman has often had visions of a platform in which he could freely express himself. In the technological age, he has spoken in interviews about the overly saturated production of the modern music biz.
A sea of iPhones turn him off because he can’t see the stage, and from a traditionalist standpoint, can you really blame him for that? As great as it can be to capture memories forever in an instant, through the luxury of a several-second video recorded on your mobile.
Now based out of London, Hinman formed Fast Money Music, providing a plethora of raw emotion and quality instrumentation to awe-inspire onlookers at every show he plays, up and down the country. FMM has quickly become his everything, and it’s plain and simple to see why: his adulation for the post-punk and pop music merges a sound that is simultaneously modern and nostalgic.
In rapid-fashion, Fast Money has become a whirlwind, taking the United Kingdom and France on a ride. Receiving radio play on BBC Radio 1 and Radio X and music cameos from George Daniel and John Waugh (The 1975), Hinman’s self-created world has produced a buffet of jams, ranging from exquisite songwriting and lyrics to stomach-dropping synthesizers to wailing saxophones and whirring guitars.
It was a rush to feel the thrill of FMM, as they hit up The Wardrobe before a sellout crowd on- hand on a Saturday night.
With the recent heatwave, one could see that the people in attendance were after a show that would keep the party going. Hinman and company did not let them down.
On the second-to-last night of their most recent loop, there was absolutely nothing holding the fellas back as they took to the stage and provided a musical presentation that was theatre to watch unfold.
Accompanying them was the grandeur of TEMPESST; an Australian-British electronic rock group comprised of twin brothers, Toma and Andy Banjanin. Straight from the Land Down Under, they brought the soiree to Leeds for a psychedelic-fuelled set that provided even further 90’s fuel to the retro fire.
Astonishingly, an hour passed with the group but it didn’t feel like even half that length. Soulful and encapsulating, it filled out the evening on a night that left us harbouring further need to be fulfilled by two hit franchises in music today.
Fast Money Music are working alongside Mikko Gordon (IDLES) to drop their first LP in 2026. Self-titled, FMM are racing up and down the Isles this month, having played before full houses in Birmingham, Cardiff and Brighton. With a range of singles out now, who knows where the future lies for Hinman and co.
TEMPESST on the other hand, are bracing for some trips to Europe, playing Switzerland later this month and following up with a gander to Poland next month. They dropped their most recent endeavour last year, titled ‘Forbidden Fruit’, available to listen now on Spotify.
Photography by Jazz Jennings.
