Fast Money Music has always lived in the tension between motion and memory — songs that feel like they’re racing toward something just out of reach, while carrying the weight of everything left behind. With “Unfortunately”, the latest glimpse of his upcoming self‑titled debut album, Nick Hinman sharpens that emotional palette into something tender, restless, and quietly devastating.
The track arrives on the back of growing momentum: “Round and Round” earning spins from Steve Lamacq and praise from Clash, while “Lover Boy” found its way onto HERO, Flaunt, and Radio X. But “Unfortunately” feels like a turning point — a song that builds anticipation for the album, but hints at the emotional architecture holding it all together.
Built on dueling guitars and a pulse that never quite settles, “Unfortunately” unfolds like a late‑night confession whispered over the sound of waves. Hinman leans into seaside imagery — moonlight, tides, the hush between swells — to explore the fragile timing of relationships. Two voices, both carrying too much, both unsure whether to hold on or let go.
It’s bittersweet without being bleak, romantic without being naïve. A song about intuition, self‑doubt, and the quiet forces that shape us long before we realise they’re doing it.
Hinman describes it as a “haunted reply” to Rupert Holmes’ Escape (The Piña Colada Song) — except this time, no cocktails, no easy punchline, and no guarantee the lovers ever find each other again.
Recorded between Hackney Road Studios and Hinman’s own Dalston workspace, “Unfortunately” draws from a lineage of shimmering melancholy including the widescreen grooves of The War On Drugs, early New Order sentimentality, and the bright, jangling optimism of Orange Juice.
It’s a constellation of collaborators that mirrors the album’s ethos — community as a creative engine.
“Unfortunately” is one chapter in a much larger story. Fast Money Music, the debut LP, is a record steeped in “tough nostalgia” — bittersweet pop, jagged post‑punk edges, and breezy jangle threaded through lo‑fi charm. Hinman wrote it across ten years, pulling from moments of longing, identity shifts, rejection, and the strange, stubborn truth that timing is everything.
He describes the album as “part novel, part autobiography, part love story, part tragedy, part comedy.” A carousel of vignettes: some pulled from the attic, some found on the doorstep.
The collaborative cast is equally expansive, featuring John Waugh and George Daniel (The 1975), Jamie Reynolds and Steffan Halperin (Klaxons), Daniel Vildòsola (CMAT, Haelos), with guest appearances from Oliver Marson and Zoë Bleu.
Produced by Grammy‑nominated Mikko Gordon and Hinman, mixed at Hackney Road Studios, and mastered by Grammy‑winner Matt Colton, the album promises a world built with intention and emotional clarity.
Since emerging in 2022, Fast Money Music has carved out a loyal following — sold‑out East London shows, a Supersonic Paris showcase, a Great Escape 2025 slot, and a UK tour with Tempesst. Support from Jack Saunders, Steve Lamacq, Matt Wilkinson, and John Kennedy has only amplified the momentum.
With “Unfortunately”, Hinman steps into his most confident, vulnerable, and distinctive space yet. It’s a song that lingers — a quiet storm on the horizon of a debut album that already feels like one of 2026’s most intriguing releases.
Fast Money Music’s debut album arrives April 17th 2026.
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