WE ARE THE FALL Podcast

For this month's interrogation, Gavin and Steve have fun chat with one of the leading Fall experts and researchers, Dannyno. Dan gives us some insight into his own personal history and perceptions of The Fall over their long tenure. Enjoy! Some selected pieces of Dan's research:   The Annotated Fall Analysis of the various iterations of the artwork for Ersatz GB Uncovering Oh! Brother'...

We close out 1983 with a visit to our pal Mr. John Peel's studio to take in the sounds of the Fall as they explore Perverted by Language tracks as well as give us a taste of what's to come. This is their last JP session for a year and half so it must be a great one (and it is)! Are you missing an episode? ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join WATF Pod on PATREON to get them all! Including bonus episodes, rare Fall con...

SIDE B: Let's flip it over and finish strong! Further perversion awaits Gavin and Steve on the Fall's 1983 LP. Are you missing an episode? ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join WATF Pod on PATREON to get them all! Including bonus episodes, rare Fall content, merch, and exclusive hangs with Gavin & Steve as they discuss everything Fall-related.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow WATF Pod on: Instagram Twitter Facebook YouTube  Produced...

SIDE A: Gavin and Steve are once again ready to go deep into a Fall full-length, this time its 1983's Perverted by Language. Cover your mouths and open your ears, you sickos. Are you missing an episode? ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join WATF Pod on PATREON to get them all! Including bonus episodes, rare Fall content, merch, and exclusive hangs with Gavin & Steve as they discuss everything Fall-related.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follo...

PATREON EPISODE TEASER... Don't be a 'cuckoo', join us on Patreon and continue the hang! Gavin and Steve ring the doorbell at the House of All and are lucky enough to be invited in to listen to the new album, Continuum (2024), out now on Tiny Global Productions. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join WATF Pod on PATREON to get them all! Including bonus episodes, rare Fall content, merch, and exclusive hangs with Ga...

We're back on The Fall track! Gavin and Steve head to the record shop to grab the latest Fall singles from 1983 as the prepare themselves to be (fully) Perverted by Language. Singles included in this carrier bag: The Man Whose Head Expanded, Kicker Conspiracy, & Marquis Cha-Cha. Are you missing an episode? ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join WATF Pod on Patreon to get them all! Including bonus episodes, rare Fall co...

The one and only Martin Bramah joins Gavin and Steve for a generous chat about all things Fall, Blue Orchids, and House of All. We couldn't ask for a better first guest, and perfect way to wrap up 'Blue Orchids Week'. We also get some great insights into the new House of All album, Continuum (2024), out April 2nd on Tiny Global Productions. Are you missing an episode? ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join WATF Pod...

SIDE A. Gavin and Steve continue they're side excursion into the world of Blue Orchids by jumping 40 years past the debut album to catch up with the modern-day incarnation of the band and their recent release, Magpie Heights (2023). *For Side-B: ⁠⁠⁠Join WATF Pod on Patreon to get them all! Including bonus episodes, rare Fall content, merch, and exclusive hangs with Gavin & Steve as they di...

Bonus listen-along hangout session with Gavin and Steve today as the tune their dials to the John Peel show to catch the Blue Orchids sessions from 1980 and 1982. Head or 'no head', it's going to be a good year. Are you missing an episode? ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join WATF Pod on Patreon to get them all! Including bonus episodes, rare Fall content, merch, and exclusive hangs with Gavin & Steve as they...

Welcome to Blue Orchids Week: Gavin and Steve are excited to follow Martin Bramah and Una Baines into their post-Fall project, Blue Orchids. Their debut album The Greatest Hit (Money Mountain) (1982) is mounted with great enthusiasm! Are you missing an episode? ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join WATF Pod on Patreon to get them all! Including bonus episodes, rare Fall content, merch, and exclusive hangs with Gavin & Ste...

Gavin and Steve once again journey back to New Zealand, but this time they catch up with The Fall during the recording of their proper live album, In A Hole (1983), for Flying Nun records. ---- Are you missing an episode? ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join WATF Pod on Patreon to get them all! Including bonus episodes, rare Fall content, merch, and exclusive hangs with Gavin & Steve as they discuss everything Fall-relat...

Enter an alternate reality: It's 1980 and MES has sacked the entire to band in Manchester, while at the same time in London Mick Jagger has left the Rolling Stones to pursue his acting career. A strange but perfect-storm has formed that allows MES to take over the reins as front man of the Stones.... and they go on to record 'Grotesque Rescue'. MES's B-Day Week continues with this...

It's MES's birthday so let's explore one of his favorite things, as well as honoring two legendary frontmen simultaneously. In this celebratory episode Gavin and Steve dive into the album Mark said 'saved his life', Can's 1971 album Tago Mago. Fittingly, we discuss the recent loss of Damo Suzuki and the connections between the two late, great lead singers. Strap in and blas...

For Fall-heads only:This special episode is accompanied by a newly remastered recording of a live tape from The Fall's Wellington, New Zealand show on August 19, 1982. This has become one of Gavin and Steve's favorite live recordings and performances from the band is this era, so join us down under and turn it up proper! A listen-along with with your hosts that goes deep into the Fall-dyna...

*Teaser: Patreon-only Bonus Episode* As we transition from 1981 to 1982, Gavin & Steve head back to the local record shop to pick up latest Fall singles and swipe that stupid smirk off the record shop clerk's face. Are you missing an episode? ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join WATF Pod on Patreon to get them all! Including bonus episodes, rare Fall content, merch, and exclusive hangs with Gavin & Steve as the...

Following up Hex Enduction Hour, The Fall let Gavin & Steve, and fellow Fall-heads get as close as possible to the creative process in the studio, with divisive yet intriguing results. Are you missing an episode? ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join WATF Pod on Patreon to get them all! Including bonus episodes, rare Fall content, merch, and exclusive hangs with Gavin & Steve as they discuss everything Fall-related.⁠⁠...

Here we go! Gavin and Steve set their watches and watch them explode, as the Hex Enduction Hour (1982) commences. Join us for part two in an epic, two-part discussion for WATF's Enduction Week. Want to go deeper? Joing WATF Pod on Patreon for A and B Side episodes from deep within the Fall's discography: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join WATF Pod on Patreon to get them all! Including bonus episodes, rare Fall con...

Here we go! Gavin and Steve set their watches and watch them explode, as the Hex Enduction Hour (1982) commences. Join us in this first part of an epic two-part discussion during WATF's Enduction Week. Want to listen to the full album discussion now? ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join WATF Pod on Patreon to get them all! Including bonus episodes, rare Fall content, merch, and exclusive hangs with Gavin & Steve as t...

Join Gavin & Steve as they follow Mark E. Smith and the band around the U.S. on their stellar 1981 American tour. With stops in New York, Houston, Memphis, San Francisco, and your hosts' hometown of Chicago, it's sure to be a fun trip. Meet you in the parking lot, mate! Are you missing an episode? ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join WATF Pod on Patreon to get them all! Including bonus episodes, rare Fall cont...

Mark tells Rough Trade he wants a 10" record, to their displeasure, but our elation. Join Gavin and Steve as they unwrap another classic Fall EP from a classic Fall lineup. Are you missing an episode? ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join WATF Pod on Patreon to get them all! Including bonus episodes, rare Fall content, merch, and exclusive hangs with Gavin & Steve as they discuss everything Fall-related.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Fol...

We're back in Mr. Peel's good graces after a rollicking first two sessions! Join Gavin and Steve in their dorm room as they fire up the radio and explore sessions 3-5, from 1980-1981. The boys will be sure to lock the door and turn it up to '11' as they tune-out university staff, and tune-into a bunch of new Fall tracks (which have yet to be released, at this time)! Side A only of...

It's 1980 and Gavin & Steve decide to head to the local record shop to pick up The Fall's newest singles and give them a spin. Crack open a room-temperature Boddingtons (our newest sponsor) and join us! Singles included in this carrier bag: Totally Wired, How I Wrote Elastic Man, & Fiery Jack. Are you missing an episode? ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join WATF Pod on Patreon to get them all! Including bon...

*A-Side Only*: Join us on Patreon to unlock the full album discussion, including the B-side (Patreon exclusive). Gavin & Steve ingest the gramme and find what disturbingly great tracks follow between their ears, from The Fall's 1980 classic LP: Grotesque (After the Gramme) Are you missing an episode? ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join WATF Pod on Patreon to get them all! Including bonus episodes, rare Fall content, mer...

Gavin & Steve fill up the Fall-mobile, throw a Moody Blues cassette on the dashboard, and hit the open road as they play some tracks from their favorite albums of the past year. SIDE A - North American Favorites SIDE B - Global Favorites *For SIDE B of this episode, join us on Patreon! Are you missing an episode? ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join WATF Pod on Patreon to get them all! Including bonus episodes, rare Fall...

Gavin & Steve meet up with Mr. Totale at the local working-men's club, and discuss his time and space traveling across the mostly-live Totale's Turns (Its Now or Never!) (1980). Are you missing an episode? ⁠⁠⁠Join WATF Pod on Patreon to get them all! Including bonus episodes, rare Fall content, merch, and exclusive hangs with Gavin & Steve as they discuss everything Fall-related.⁠⁠...