He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, principal songwriter and main composer of indie rock band Hard-Fi.

[2] He grew up in Staines, a suburban location of North West Surrey which is a huge influence in the lyrics of the songs he has written with band Hard-Fi.

There's no night bus, there's no late train, you have to get a cab if you can find one and that'll charge you eighty quid to get home from central London.

[5] In November 2000 Contempo announced they had left London Records after months of a mutually tense relationship.

Archer asked his publishers for some money to record new songs that he had written, but they terminated his contract instead.

There's no night bus, there's no late train, you have to get a cab if you can find one and that'll charge you eighty quid to get home from central London.

"People told him, don't bother with Archer, he's damaged goods, you're wasting your time'.

The majority of Stars of CCTV was recorded in a variety of unusual acoustic environments – in bedrooms, in pubs, and played back in their producer, Wolsey White's, BMW car.

1000 copies of this record were pressed with only 500 going on public sale, and the initial plan was to sell 1000 each time.

However, it quickly sold out, receiving critical acclaim and radio play, proving a lot more successful than the band had imagined.

Most of the album was recorded in a disused mini cab office, which cost them about £300, and is known as the "Cherry Lips" Studio.

Archer desperately tried to generate publicity for the band through the local paper, the Staines Observer, without success.

Archer wrote all the songs on the albums, while the "Hard to Beat" single featured a track called "Stronger" which he had originally written with Contempo.

In 2010, Archer recorded vocals for a track produced by Swedish DJ Axwell, entitled "Think About It" at the time.

[11] In 2020, Archer was a member of the band OffWorld which was made up of himself, Krysten Cummings, Wolsey White, Smiley Barnard and Dale Davis.

[14][15] In 2021, Archer co-produced Afters by The Helicopter Of The Holy Ghost, an act featuring members of The Bluetones, Engineers and theaudience.

They revealed that they were thinking about combining the two bands to form a project called "Hard Carbon".

[20] In 2006 there was a story generated by the media that Archer was having a relationship with Scarlett Johansson while she was filming Woody Allen movie Scoop in London.

It did in fact turn out to be a false rumour, which was confirmed when Johansson declared "I've never met him, and until all this started, I'd never even heard of him".

"[21][22] In the same year, Archer was nominated for "Sexiest Male", alongside Liam Gallagher and Pete Doherty who actually won the award, Archer told Britain's Cosmopolitan magazine, "At the NME awards, I was nominated for Sexiest Man but I didn't win it... Crackhead Pete Doherty did.