Faces in the Street is an Australian Indie Folk trio born of the Keynes Brothers in Naam/Melbourne.

The Keynes Brothers were founded by John Fraser (vocals/guitar) & Rowan Cole (vocals/mandolin/guitar/mandola) who draw their inspiration from folk, rock, and country blues and have developed an extensive catalogue of co-written songs that explore life’s challenges, the human condition and the power of hope and perseverance.

In late 2024, the duo were joined by John Zak (bass/guitar/synth) bringing progressive country, swamp blues & latin jazz influences to the sound.

The name Faces In The Street is derived from a poem by Henry Lawson which depicts the faces of the poor & the marginalized in a city, revealing the harsh realities of urban life as portrayed in the following verse:

“I left the dreadful corner where the steps are never still,
And sought another window overlooking gorge and hill;
But when the night came dreary with the driving rain and sleet,
They haunted me - the shadows of those faces in the street,
Flitting by, flitting by,
Flitting by with noiseless feet,
And with cheeks but little paler than the real ones in the street.”

See the entire poem here.

This sentiment is reflected in many of the Band's musical stories offered in a haunting acoustic and electric soundscape.

Faces in the Street are an Indie Folk trio with decades of combined experience across a range of genre and influences, but what exactly is Indie Folk?

Well now Wikipedia defines Indie Folk as “an alternative genre of music that arose in the 1990s among musicians from indie rock scenes influenced by folk music. Indie folk hybridizes the acoustic guitar melodies of traditional folk music with contemporary instrumentation”, so you could start there.