Dirty Little Faces
Dirty Little FACES are a budding British Indie Rock band from Peterborough UK. Originally performing in a small garage they are on the road to stardom through the English Indie Rock Scene.
The DLF's enjoy playing their BLEND of smooth bass, belting drums and an excellent cohesive vocal achieved by Liam Batkin. Like many bands there is a relation between the two guitarists, Tom and Chris who are cousins. Liam Batkin is a PE teacher at a school in bedford.
Band Members
- Tom Short - Lead Guitar and Vocals
- Liam Batkin - Lead Vocals
- Chris Ebbs - Bass
- John Baglin - Drums
Notable gigs
The DLF's have achieved "Demo of the week" (A segment in Steve Lamacq's "Lamacq Life" show on Radio 1). They have also acclaimed the backing of said man and appeared at the popular Club Fandango in London with BBC 6 Music.
They recently won the BBC 6Music "Rebel Playlist", where 3 songs that didn't quite make it into the playlist for the next week get daytime airtime on the station. The song that won was the upcoming "Finding It Hard".
The DLF played at "02 Wireless Festival 2006" in London, on Wednesday, 21 June 2006, and got a review of 8 out of 10 on Channel 4's Planet Sound Teletext service page 354.
Influences
- The Jam
- The Kinks
- The Libertines
- Oasis
- The Small Faces
Recordings
Demos
DLF have produced a demo CD with three favourite tracks including:
- Track 1. Spray on Jeans
- Track 2. Picadilly
- Track 3. Take your Collar off
Physical Recordings
The Dirty Little Faces have a single due out called "Finding it Hard" on the Label Fandango. The dirty little faces released a second single called "Piccadilly", which had a AA side of "lose win lose" in 2006.