Falling Fences announces the release of their 3rd album "The Wild Sea"

Falling Fences is pleased to announce the release of the band’s 3rd titled “The Wild Sea” on Friday October 21st, 2022. The album will be released digitally as well as on CD with a special live performance at Delmar Hall on the evening of the 21st.

You can reserve your TICKETS HERE

Track listing for the album:

1) The Wild Sea
2) Long Way Come Home
3) Valerie
4) The Weekend
5) Race Car Driver
6) Didn’t I See You
7) Passion on the Vine
8) Evelyn
9) Freaks at Night
10) See Ya Sunday

All songs written by Falling Fences.

Falling Fences Irish Red Ale available now for St. Paddy's Season!

We are excited to announce that the Falling Fences Irish Red Ale has returned in Can form to all stores that carry Logboat beers in Missouri including Schnucks, Dierbergs and Total Wines! The FFIRA is available now through this St. Patrick’s season and is best paired with either Falling Fences album.

The band will perform it’s annual St. Patrick’s Day shows per usual at the following locations:

Sat March 12th - The Abbey - Belleville, IL - 2-5pm
Sat March 12th - McGurk’s - Soulard, MO - 9-1230am
Sun March 13th - McGurk’s - Soulard, MO - 7-1030pm
Thr March 17th - McGurk’s - Soulard, MO - 3-7pm

Electric Fences Returns on 8/20 with ARC Benefit at Faust Park!

For the first time in 2021, Falling Fences will perform with a full band on Friday August 20th at Faust Park in Chesterfield, MO. The concert is a bonus night of the summer concert series by the Chesterfield Regional Chamber and A.R.C. Angels Foundation to support youth suicide prevention. Tickets are available: here

Performances by: Fallings Fences & Butchwax and the Hollywoods and special appearance by Ron Holloway, legendary sax player from Little Feat and Warren Haynes Band. For more info, visit: here

Tickets are $15, Food Trucks and Drinks for purchase. Doors open at 4:00, music starting at 5:30 till 10pm

Logboat brings back Falling Fences beer for St. Paddy's Season!

We are excited to announce that the Falling Fences Irish Red Ale will return in Can form to all stores that carry Logboat beers in Missouri including Schnucks, Dierbergs and Total Wines! The FFIRA is available now through this St. Patrick’s season and is best paired with either Falling Fences album.

The band continues it’s residency at McGurk’s in St. Louis this Sunday at 630pm and will also perform on St. Patrick’s Day on Wednesday March 17th.

Falling Fences to play Open Air Concert Series on Nov 20th

As this tumultuous year comes to a close, Falling Fences is set to perform 2 final outdoor shows on Friday November 20th at The Grandel Theater. The “Open Air” series is outdoors in a large tent outside the theater and has featured other local performers such as River Kittens, Hillary Fitz, Sample Kulture and The Bottlesnakes. For the Friday 11/20 evening, the band will perform an Early Show at 6pm and a Late Show at 830pm. NOTE: The Early Show features a premium charge that includes dinner.

Buy Tickets! EARLY SHOW at 6PM
LATE SHOW at 830PM

In other news, the band continues to perform on Sunday evenings at McGurk’s in Soulard per usual from 630pm-1030pm. Below are the setlists from our 6 shows since the return.

FALLING FENCES - SETLISTS FALL 2020

McGurk’s - 11/15/20

Set 1: Come Down Missouri, Paddy on the Beat > Big Sciota > Cooks Pine Mountain > Black Velvet Band, Clay Pigeons, Fish & Whistle, Carolina, You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go > Parlor Room

Set 2: Listen to Her Heart > Yer So Bad, Didn't I See You, The Wild Sea, Lodi*, Proud Mary, Valerie > The Auld Triangle > I'll Tell Me Ma > Polly > I'll Tell Me Ma

Set 3: Streams of Whiskey > Galway Girl, Irish Old Ladies, Walk of Life, La La Ye, Rooster^, Take It With Love

E: You Can't Always Get What You Want > Songwriter's Hell

* = CCR cover, 1st time played
^ = Alice in Chains cover, first time since 2015
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McGurk’s - 11/8/20

Set 1: Buckets of Rain > Harpoon at Dawn, Ditty Bag, Traffic in Harmonia, Wild Rover > Sally MacClennane, Peola Road, Little Cersei > Going Home

Set 2: Spanish Pipedream > Fish & Whistle, Didn't I See You?, Freaks at Night, Crooks Like Us, Break It Up > Dear Illinois, Pink Houses

Set 3: Irish Rover > Atlantic City, Take it With Love, Songwriter's Hell*, One (U2), Roll the Old Chariot, Like a Rolling Stone

E: This Land is Your Land

* w/ Jeopardy theme RIP ALEX TREBEK
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McGurks - 11/1/20

Set 1: The Ferryman, Charmaine , Didn’t I See You, Harvest Moon, The Hawk & the Dove, Illegal Smile, Little Blue Boat, Crooks Like Us

Set 2: Fish & Whistle, No One Loves You, Screen Door, Love You Madly, He’s Gone >
The Other One > Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye > the Other One > I Fought the Law, Mind the Dark, Learnin to Fly, Paradise

Set 3: Take it With Love, The By & By, Valerie, Long May You Run, Down By the River

E: Lean on Me

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McGurk’s - 10/25/20

Set 1: No One Loves You > Dixieland, Little Indians, Soda Machine, Jug of Punch > Fields Of Athenry, Wild Mountain Thyme > Wildflowers > Wild Mountain Thyme, Didn't I See You

Set 2: Sittin By the Fire > Valerie, Cold Cold Ground > Davy, CC Rider, Cold Rain & Snow, The Parting Glass > XS The Wild Sea

Set 3: Streams of Whiskey > American Girl, Crooks Like Us, Mind the Dark, Gloria > Irish Old Ladies*

E: Molly's Lips

* = w/ Roll the Old Chariot fakeout
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4 Hands Tent - 10/23/20

Set 1: Paint the Road > Sun Comes Up in Missouri, Passion on the Vine, Freaks at Night, Little Cersei > Pink Camero, Didn’t I See You, The Wild Sea, Irish Old Ladies

Set 2: Shot to the Devil, Harpoon at Dawn, The Ghost of 1824, Dear Illinois > Break it Up, Crooks Like Us > Valerie, The Dove's Lament > Parlor Room > Songwriter's Hell

E: Take It With Love

* = Original Debut
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McGurk’s - 10/18/20

Set 1: Pink Camero > Little Lou & the Radio Kid, Hot Corn Cold Corn > Dirty Old Town > Shady Grove, Cooks Pine Mountain, Dream Lightning, San Francisco Bay Blues

Set 2: Dublin Blues, The Wild Sea, Into The Great Wide Open, Lady Bug, Dire Wolf, Love You Till the End, Anna Lee > I'll Tell Me Ma, Take It With Love

Set 3: Whiskey in the Jar, Jack a Roe, Galway Girl, The Leaving of Liverpool, Little Blue Boat, I Know You Rider > Black Water

E: Irish Old Ladies

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McGurk’s - 10/11/20

Set 1: The Rising of the Moon > Galway Girl, You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, Atlantic City > Going Home, Take It With Love, This Side of Brightness, Fields Of Athenry, Sloop John D.

Set 2: Sun Comes Up in Missouri > The Hawk & the Dove, So Far Away > Walk of Life, Freaks at Night, Passion on the Vine, Clay Pigeons, Angel From Montgomery, Dear Illinois > Sunday Morning Coming Down

Set 3: Streams of Whiskey > Sally MacClenanne, Back in the Goodle Days > Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2, Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye > Roll the Chariot Along > Running With the Devil > Roll the Chariot Along

E: Songwriter's Hell

Few tickets remain for 'Fences at 4 Hands' plus Sundays are back!

Hey folks!
For the first time since March, there are Falling Fences shows on the schedule! First of all, we had an incredibly emotional return to the McGurk’s stage last Sunday. The Jury Box was full, safety precautions were in place, and the band performed 3 big sets full of Sunday cheer all of the classic pub songs. (Setlist below)

As for upcoming dates, in addition to the Sundays at McGurk’s, the band will be performing a special “Electric Fences” show in the Tent at 4 Hands Brewery in Soulard on Friday October 23rd! There are few tickets remaining and only 1 big table for 4 or 6 people left. Buy tickets here: 4 Hands Tickets

Also, this coming Saturday, the trio makes a venue debut at Blumenhof Winery from 4-7pm.

As for the McGurk’s shows, note the new start time of 6:30pm. The show will end at 1030pm and the pub now closes at 11pm. More info at: Sunday Show Info

Falling Fences - 10/11/20
McGurk’s - St. Louis, MO

Set 1: The Rising of the Moon > Galway Girl, You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, Atlantic City > Going Home, Take It With Love, This Side of Brightness, Fields Of Athenry, Sloop John D. 

Set 2: Sun Comes Up in Missouri > The Hawk & the Dove, So Far Away > Walk of Life, Freaks at Night, Passion on the Vine, Clay Pigeons, Angel From Montgomery, Dear Illinois > Sunday Morning Coming Down

Set 3: Streams of Whiskey > Sally MacClenanne, Back in the Goodle Days > Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2, Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye > Roll the Chariot Along > Running With the Devil > Roll the Chariot Along

E: Songwriter's Hell

26 songs

Logboat releases Falling Fences beer for St. Paddy's Season!

For immediate press release…

Logboat Brewing Company is releasing the Falling Fences Irish Style Red Ale this St. Patrick’s Day season in Can form for the first time. The beer is a special collaboration with Logboat who are longtime friends of the band from Columbia, MO. On March 7th, there will be a special FF Beer Release Party at Rose Music Hall in Columbia. The band will perform 2 short sets from 4-6pm and entry is FREE!

More info: HERE

Some words about the collab from our friends at Logboat…

“We are happy to announce that our collaboration with the fine humans in Falling Fences is available in cans this year!!! Just like the band this beer is robust and rowdy!”

SLAINTE!
~Joe, Sean, John, JW, Andrew, Paul, Charlie & Adam

*Falling Fences Irish Style Red Ale can be found in Columbia, STL and KC area grocery stores who carry Logboat beers*

Falling Fences to perform intimate show at Joe's Cafe

On Thursday 2/20/20, Falling Fences will perform a special show at Joe’s Cafe in the Skinker/DeBaliviere neighborhood of St. Louis city. The show will feature 2 sets of FF classics beginning at 8pm. Events at Joe’s Cafe are also BYOB and Food so it is recommended for audience members to bring a cooler and snacks for their table. Tables will be first come first serve with doors at 7pm. If tables are full downstairs, climb a ladder to the balcony!

Normal Joe's rules apply.

• Doors 7pm, show 8pm.
• $15 to get in. Cash only, no ATM.
• Bring your own food and drink.
• Please don't park on Kingsbury, park on Des Peres only.
• No talking over the music.
• Try to be over 25

For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/events/533293433906876/

Falling Fences to Perform Live on KDHX

On Tuesday January 7th, Falling Fences will perform a set on 88.1 KDHX as a part of their “Listen Live” series at The Stage venue located at the Larry J. Weir Center for Independent Media in the Grand Center Arts District in St. Louis, USA. The band will perform 2 shorts sets beginning around 7pm. For more info, click here!

Below is a description of the Listen Live Series by the good people at KDHX:

Listen Live at KDHX combines KDHX's unique multi-platform capabilities to highlight local and national musicians both on the airwaves and through live performance. This program is both an extension of and a combination of our live in-studio performances and our live concerts. Listen Live at KDHX is an important program both for musicians and for St. Louis. By elevating the visibility of independent voices, Listen Live will celebrate the art of discovery, bolster community wellness through inclusive access to cultural enrichment, and reflect human and musical diversity. Listen Live at KDHX features one local artist and one national artist each month. Each Listen Live event is free for all to attend and will be broadcast live on 88.1 FM.

"Mind the Dark" to premier at Firecracker Pizza on 7/11!

Falling Fences will release a music video for FF2 track “Mind the Dark” at Firecracker Pizza on Thursday July 11th. Filmed on location in The Grove, the video was produced by The Huber Brothers and will air several times throughout the evening.

Firecracker will also be offering pizza and drink specials.

For more info, CLICK HERE!

Falling Fences prep for annual St. Paddy's Shows

In what has become an annual tradition, Falling Fences will perform a series of shows sweeping through the St. Louis region for St. Patrick’s Day weekend. Kicking off the run is a special listening room show at the Riverfront Cultural Society in New Haven, MO on Friday March 15th. ***You are welcome to bring your own food and drinks for your table at this show beginning around 730pm.

On Saturday the band performs a double header beginning with their 4th annual performance at the Abbey in Belleville, IL from 2-5 PM and ending on Saturday night at John D. McGurk’s from 9pm-1am!

Finally, the band will return to the pub for St. Patrick’s Day at McGurk’s from 11am-3pm. Perhaps the happiest place in the state of Missouri on St. Patrick’s Day, McGurks will feature live music all day and night on Saturday and Sunday.

Falling Fences St. Patrick’s Day Tour:
Fri March 15th - Riverfront Cultural Society - New Haven, MO - 730pm
Sat March 16th - The Abbey - Belleville, IL - 2pm
Sat March 16th - John D. McGurk’s - St. Louis, MO - 9pm
Sun March 17th - John D. McGurk’s - St. Louis, MO - 11am

Falling Fences to perform intimate show at Joe's Cafe

On Thursday February 21st, Falling Fences will perform 2 intimate sets at the esteemed listening room Joe’s Cafe! Tickets will be first come first serve at the door for an admission price of $15. The band will begin around 8pm and feature material from their most recent album “II” as well as songs from their back catalog.

For more information, visit: Falling Fences at Joe’s