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The Long Faces


Capturing a post-punk attitude and a bright, feverish approach to making music on their new single ‘Eisenhower’, The Long Faces showcase a more organic acoustic approach to their strikingly unique sound. Pulling gently away from the full band alt-indie sound of their previous releases and settling on a bed of acoustic guitars, bright violin, bouncing …

SOMETIMES the musical DNA of a city seeps into your bones.  At first listen the fourth release from London-Leeds-based alt-rock quintet The Long Faces, “Sail Away”, would seem to give no clues. Big, strong, theatrical vocals with a hint of vibrato sit atop complex guitar figures, spiralling away over a twelve-string.  That’s until you learn …