Face to Face

Description

The self-titled album by the British folk-rock group Face to Face was released in the UK on Face To Face Music in 1971.

Another exceptionally cool UK obscurity from male/female outfit dabbling with folk, blues and rock. Good unrefined electric guitar and 12-string presence throughout, joining for updated covers of The Joystrings («Lord On Our Side») and The Peacemakers/Justyn Rees («Is There Blood Upon Your Hands» and «Not Now But Tomorrow»). Beautiful female vocals and tremolo guitar weaving a dreamy delicate stratospheric groove on «Across The Hills». More moody folk/psych touches on «In The Morning» and «Once There Was A Man», both backed solely by acoustic guitar and trippy reverbed electric. Same setup and psychy mood for the more blues-edged «Love Was Born». Blues is further explored on «How Long» and a cover of «Just A Closer Walk», while «He Is Mine» and The Glorylanders’ «Are You Going My Way» aim for straightforward jangly plugged-in folk. Harmonica and distant echoey slide guitar (?) decorate the closing version of «Amazing Grace». Attractive cover design of figure kneeling before a cross on a hill. Same scarce tiny London label as Exordium’s The Trouble With Adam. [Ken Scott, The Archivist]

LP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “Is There Blood Upon Your Hands?”
A2. “Across the Hills”
A3. “He Is Mine”
A4. “In the Morning”
A5. “Not Now but Tomorrow”
A6. “Once There Was a Man”

Side Two
B1. “Are You Going My Way?”
B2. “Love Was Born”
B3. “Just a Closer Walk”
B4. “Lord on Our Side”
B5. “How Long”
B6. “Amazing Grace”