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Nov ’25 – More Open Mics at the Queens Head and George & Dragon

We keep playing them, because they’re great fun! Always a great line-up and appreciative and supportive crowd, run by Anna Swannell. Last seen there on 26th Oct (Halloween special) and 8th Nov. We’ll be back for the finale of 2025

24th Oct’ 25, Live at Grape Expectations, Berkhamsted

Amazing night and welcoming audience at Grape Expectations as we played a 1h30 set of originals and covers. A few good bottles of wine as well!

13 Sept ’25, Harpenden Food & Drink Festival, Harpenden Common

Fabulous time playing the Harpenden Festival! Brilliant audience on the common and we finished before the rain came down! A good excuse to shelter in the beer tent.

6 Sept ’25, Winstock, Rose & Crown, Wingrave

Fabulous evening playing to really appreciative Winstock audience. Thanks to everyone at the festival for a warm welcome and a great event!

23 Aug ’25 – ‘Sounds of Summer’ at the Red Lion, Marsworth

The amazing Anna Swannell organised an excellent afternoon and evening at the Red Lion, where performers played to the pub and village green. Great audience, great food and fellow performers, including Anna and the incredible Mick Forster!

18 Aug ’25, New Release – ‘Take What You Want’

The final single from our spring recording sessions appears from today across all the major streaming platforms.

Aug ’25, More Summer Festivals !!

Three exciting festival dates lined-up – headlining the ‘Sounds of Summer‘ at the Red Lion, Marsworth on Sat 23rd Aug and evening set at Winstock day festival at the Rose and Crown, Wingrave on Sat 6th Sept and finally an extended lunchtime set at the Harpenden Food & Drink festival on Harpenden Common on Sat 13th Sept!

Sat 12th July ’25, Berko Beer Festival

Fantastic audience, sweltering conditions and great beer – perfect summer’s evening at the Berkhamsted Beer Festival. We played a set of 7 covers and 3 original faves – Beguiled (of course – our new single), Take What You Want and Someone Should as the encore. Thanks to Anna Swannel for putting on a fabulous line-up!

https://berkobeerfest.co.uk/music

Mon 5th July ’25, New Release – Beguiled

Our latest single, Beguiled, is out now! Get streaming!

Sat 7th June ’25, Buckingham Park, Aylesbury

Rain moved the Faces Fall set inside at the annual Buckingham Park Fete. A hardy set of fete-goers saw a full 90 mins of Faces Fall action – 50% covers/50% originals. Lucky fete goers! 🙂

Mon 2nd June ’25, New Single, Apathy Released

Our first release since 2022. Hear us rediscover a song from the noughties…why did it take so long?….

Sat 24th May ’25, Plough and Harrow Spring Festival, Harpenden

See us play our first full length gig of the summer at the Plough and Harrow Spring Festival in Harpenden. Amazing bands over the course of two afternoons and evening with great beer, food and a relaxing garden. Can’t wait! We’re on stage at 4.50pm.

Feb / Mar/ Apr ’25, Open Mic’s at George & Dragon, Northchurch & Queens Head, Long Marston

Two fabulous monthly Open Mic nights run by the amazing Anna Swannel and Dad Steve on sound. Great welcome from the audience, great acts and the perfect acoustic vibe. We’ve played three nights at the G&D and two at at the Queens Head so far and will be back for more! Over the course of the 5 slots, we got to play [we think] around 25 songs acoustically – mainly originals and covers of Don’t You Want me, Respect, Just Like Heaven, Love Will Tear Us Apart and even House of Fun. It’s been great fun to create an acoustic version of our usual plugged-in set.

Jan ’25, Recording our next EP

We’re committing three of our live favourites to ‘tape’ – watch out for Apathy, Take What You Want and Beguiled releasing in May (we hope). It all started in XYZ studios in mid-January recording drum tracks…

26th Nov ’24, Odd Fellows Arms, Hemel, Open Mic Night

Back out playing again after a short break. Good to air an extended Feel So Far Away, and an intense version of I Don’t Want to Return Here to the appreciative Odds audience. More to come into ’25….

19th Aug ’24, Mountains to Climb Video Released

After a few months 🙂 in post production, the Mountains to Climb video is available for all to enjoy. Thanks to Gareth P Jones for appearing with his trumpet and hats off to Steve for his creativity and graft!

27th June ’24, The Goat Open Mic Night

First visit to the Goat open mic night in Berkhamsted. Friendly venue, and we got to play 3 songs – Take What You Want, Beguiled and Don’t You Want Me. We’ll be back!!

8th June ’24, Buckingham Park Festival

Thanks to Jan and the team at the Buckingham Park Festival for a fabulous relaxed afternoon where we played two 50 minute sets mixing our original material with a blast of 80s cover including A Little Respect, Crash, Kids in America, Look of Love, Holiday, Don’t You Want Me, House of Fun and a bit of Kylie as well Great fun, great weather and all great event.

26th May ’24, Plough and Harrow Spring Festival

Amazing weekend of live local music at the Plough and Harrow Spring Festival. Saturday had the sunshine but the showers on Sunday did’t stop the show. Special thanks to Ian for such a well run, thoughtful and enjoyable festival and to the amazing 80s pop inspired Dead Colour and the country fuelled Harmonica Lewinsky who performed either side of our 3pm set. Looking forrward to returning next year!!

You can catch some of our 50 minute live set here Plough and Harrow May 24 – Faces Fall

May ’24, Live in Harpenden

Excited to be playing the Spring bank holiday festival at the Plough and Harrow in Harpenden. We’re on stage at 2pm for a 50 minute set followed by some fantastic bands throughout the afternoon and evening, with great food and beer to boot.

https://www.facebook.com/ploughandharrowfestival/

16th Apr ’24, Open Mic – Oddfellows Arms, Hemel

Back at the Oddfellows Arms to perform a couple of our orignals – Feels So Far Away and Someone Should. Warm reception for Brett and the house band, and all the regulars. Great vibe, welcoming musicians and poets showcasing covers and orginal material. Long may it continue!

19th Mar ’24, Open Mic – Oddfellows Arms, Hemel

We’re back out there playing again – great night at the Open Mic night at the Oddfellows Arms in Hemel last Tueday. Very friendly organisers and audience and an ecletic blend of performers made it a hugely enjoyable evening. We’ll be back very soon!

Mar ’24 – Summer Festivals News….

We have two amazing summer events lined up so far…. opening day two of the Plough and Harrow Spring Festival in Harpenden on Sunday 26th May and two slots at the Buckingham Park Carnival in Aylesbury on Saturday 8th June. More details to follow on these, but needless to say, we’re very excited to play both 🙂

We’ve also been busy writing and recording demos in our downtime. We will be sharing new songs and hopefully releasing a new EP around the time of these shows!

Aug ’23, Parklife Aylesbury

Thanks to everyone for visiting the Aylesbury Parklife festival on Saturday and for sticking with it as the rain poured down during our set. We really appreciated you not running for cover! It was an amazing free event with a wonderful range of musical talent and a great honour for us to play the main arena after being awarded a slot for our performance at last year’s ‘Battle of the Bands’. Thanks to Ruth and the events team in making it such an enjoyable event to be part of. … and here’s our opener, ‘Take What You Want’…. If you want to see the whole thing and “four seasons in one set” 🙂 head for Parkife 2023 Live Stream. We start around 2h45.

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July ’23, Harpenden Live Festival

A challenging day for everyone as a failed PA and wild weather meant the festival had to be relocated from a field to a courtyard and then finally a hall. Nevertheless, the show went on and there was a great bill of up and coming bands to enjoy. Thanks to the organisers for soldiering on, and it was still great fun to play the lunchtime slot on the outdoor stage , albeit with a makeshift sound system, high winds and a deluge of rain. What more do you want from a British summer’s day!

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June ’23, Festival Gigs this Summer.

We have great pleasure in playing Harpenden Live on 15th July. Come down and see a packed bill of amazing up and coming talent at the Katherine Warrington site in Harpenden

…and don’t forget our appearance on the main stage at Aylesbury Parklife on Sat 26th Aug

June ’23, Fantastic night at the Thame First Thursday Night

Thanks to everyone at the Thame First Thursday Club Night for a great welcome and the chance to play a 25 minute to a packed audience… checkout Instagram for photos and posts.

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May ’23, Laid back Street Party Sunday

Thanks for a great welcome at the Cowper Road Street Party in Hemel, where we mixed a few of our original favourites with an 80’s-skewed covers set. We got to enjoy ourselves playing House of Fun, Don’t You Want Me, Crash, Getting Away With It, Kids in America to mention a few….

April ’23, Next gig at Thame “First Thursday”, 1st June

Join us at the Thame First Thursday Club. Slot time tba.

April ’23, Faces Fall at the Proclaim Band Showcase

A return to the Petri Dish after a few quiet months and a great new format. The evening now showcases 4 up and coming artists. A great chance to play a 30 minute set.

Feb ’23, Aylesbury Parklife announced with Faces Fall on Main Stage!

https://www.aylesburytowncouncil.gov.uk/town-council-services/events/parklifeweekend

Nov ’22, Another Great Night at the Petri Dish

Fantastic Friday night at the Petri Dish, Aylesbury, hosted by the magnificent Drops Down. Enjoyed a lively audience, great local musical talent, and got to play 8 songs, including old favourites I Know the Rules and Bite Your Tongue with Helen adding a new dimension. Looking forward to the next one!

Nov ’22, New EP Released and Live at Petri Dish on Fri 18th

Our new EP, ‘My Own Worst Enemy’ hit all the streaming platforms from Monday 7th Nov and join us in Aylesbury at the PetriDish Open Mic night on Fri 18 to hear it live!

Aug ’22. Faces Fall to play Parklife Main Stage Next Year!!

After a hugely enjoyable ‘Battle of the Bands’ in the Parklife marquee, we were awarded a special impromptu judges’ award to return to play the main stage at Parklife next year, alongside the winnners, Crimson 97! Congratulations to C97 and the other bands who made the event a great showcase for local talent and musical creativity. Thanks to Aylesbury Council for investing time in up and coming bands, and to the judges who gave encouraging and thoughtful feedback to all participants…. and we can’t wait to get on the main stage this time next year!!

Here’s the verson of Beguiled that may well have sealed the special prize….

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Aug ’22. Faces Fall perform at the Aylesbury Parklife Festival

We’re looking forward to participating in the ‘Battle of the Bands’ at the Aylesbury ParkLife festival on Sat 27th. Three songs in 12 mins with 6 other local acts playing. We’re on at 7.20, with winners annouced at 8.15. Good luck to everyone involved!

Aug ’22, New EP, Own Worst Enemy available

Preview our new EP – Own Worst Enemy on Soundcloud, soon to be uploaded to all the usual platforms

June ’22, Faces Fall Return to the Petri Dish, Aylesbury to play full set

Faces Fall perform a live set in support of the Aylesbury Salsa Club on Sat 11th June
https://www.thepetridish.co.uk/Event/faces-fall-live-music-and-latin-dance-for-the-eternity/

….. another great night at the Petri Dish with the band joined by guests Sam Fleetwood (guitar) and Karen Casey (backing vocals). FF played a set of original songs and a few covers to warm reception from Aylesbury’s salsa dancers! Thanks to Frank (Petri Dish) and Max (Salsa Club) for a fabulous event.

May ’22, Faces Fall Play Live at the Petri Dish, Aylesbury

See Faces Fall perform a short set at the Open Mic Night at The Petri Dish on Friday 13th May. We’ll be on stage at 10pm

….a slight change of plan on the night, with guitarist Paul coming down with Covid – Steve and Helen performed a fabulous 5 song set with help of the laptop. Turned out to be a great night of local live music at fantastic new venue run by a passionate team led by Frank.

Mar ’22, Own Worst Enemy EP Recording Sessions

The band have just completed the recording of their new EP at Blackfrog recording studios in Cuddington. ‘Own Worst Enemy’ comprises three new songs – Somone Should, Nothing’s Gonna Stop and Our Finest Song (may never be heard) and features new permanent band member (and long time collaborator) Helen Sweeney on vocals with Steve, and Gareth P Jones adds his now customary brass flourishes. Release is imminent, just the mastering to complete…

3rd Apr ’21, Lockdown Punchbag on Radio 5 Breakfast Show,

Tony submitted Lockdown Punchbag to the Weekend Breakfast Show Feature ‘Now That’s What I Call Lockdown” and it has been selected to be played! The nation will finally hear 30 seconds of Faces Fall on a Saturday Morning !!!

Apr ’21, Recognition for Lockdown Punchbag Video!

Congratulations to Steve for recognition of the video he directed and produced at the BIAFF (British Internations Amateur FIlm Festival 2021.

Feb ’21, Official Release of New Single, Lockdown Punchbag

Lockdown Punchbag, featuring Nadine Wild-Palmer as guest vocalist and Gareth P Jones on horns is now available across all streaming platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music. and watch the video on you YOUTUBE……

Aug ’19, Sawmill Sessions

Oasis, Stone Roses, The Verve, Cast, Supergrass… these bands have sold one or two records more than us, but now we have all recorded in the same place – the brilliantly vibey Sawmills Studio near Fowey in Cornwall. Tony, Paul and Steve went down and thought it might be fun to go with the 90s feel and record a couple of the songs we were playing as Shortlist over 20 years ago. So, with the tireless Tom Joyce overseeing proceedings, we recorded Magnificent Distraction and Swings and Roundabouts in a 14-hour session using some amazing vintage gear. Listen to Swings and Roundabouts on Soundcloud via our Music Page

Around this time, the Young Bond track ‘Shoot to Kill‘ was posted on Youtube. Written and performed by Steve and Jason Loborik (a long time friend and collaborator of Faces Fall) to publicise Steve’s book release, it featured lead vocals by Karen Casey, strings by Joni Fuller and guitars by Paul.

 
Jun 2019, Faces Fall Play Wychwood

We’ve just returned from a fantastic weekend at the Wychwood Festival in Cheltenham. A great family festival with some amazing live acts throughout – we danced late into Saturday evening to a timeless ABC set!

We had the great privilege of opening proceedings in the Hobgoblin tent at lunchtime on Sunday and with a perfectly timed deluge of rain we had a fantastic audience for the show!

We’ll share some of the live recordings very soon – but in the meantime enjoy some of the photos. Thanks again to the Wychwood team for letting us play and for running such a friendly festival!

 

Mar 2019, New EP Released…

Our new EP, ‘Nothing Rings True’ has been released on all major streaming and download platforms – Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, etc.

Recorded and mixed at Black Frog Studios in Thame, Oxfordshire, ‘Nothing Rings Trues’ features 3 tracks – ‘Feel So Far Away’, ‘Too Young’ and ‘Light The Blue’. Listen below for a preview and head to your favoured music platform for a proper listen!

Oct 2018, Faces Fall Play Live…

Faces Fall returned to the stage in October 2018 after 7 years away, to join the birthday celebrations of one our greatest supporters. Despite a bout of flu significantly reducing Steve’s vocal powers, the band treated the revellers to a selection of new tracks, old favourites and party covers.

The buzz of returning to the stage has the got the band itching to play more, so watch this site for news on the next gig….

 

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