Fall Back (EP)

Fall Back is the debut EP by Irish indie rock quartet Florence Road, consisting of Wicklow-based Lily Aron, Alibhe Barry, Emma Brandon and Hannah Kelly.^[1][2][3] It was released on 20 June 2025^[4] via Warner Records.^[5] The EP was preceded by previously-released singles, "Heavy",^[6] "Catterpillar",^[2] and "Figure It Out".^[4][7]

Fall Back
EP by Florence Road
Released	20 June 2025 (2025-06-20)
Length	16:33
Label	Warner
Producer	Luca Caruso John Hill Ryan Linvill Dan Nigro Jamie Rendle Dan Wilson
Singles from Fall Back
"Heavy" Released: 14 March 2025 "Catterpillar" Released: 23 April 2025 "Figure It Out" Released: 16 May 2025

Background

Consisting of five tracks each with a length of approximately three minutes, with a total runtime of sixteen minutes and thirty-three seconds, the EP features production contributions from Dan Nigro, Dan Wilson, and John Hill.^[8]

The first single, "Heavy", was released on 14 March 2025.^[6] It was followed by the second single, "Catterpillar", on 23 April 2025,^[2] and the third single, "Figure It Out", on 16 May 2025.^[7]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Clash	[9]
DIY	[5]
Dork	[10]

The album received a five-out-of-five rating from Dork, which described it as "basically perfection."^[10] DIY gave it a four-star rating and noted, "There are moments where their sound still shows its youth, but there's no doubt that Florence Road are teetering on the edge of something truly brilliant. The ambition in their sound speaks for itself."^[5] Clash gave it a rating score of seven, stating "the freshness and whimsy of their debut mixtape hints that their future output will characteristically be their own."^[9]

Track listing

Fall Back track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Hand Me Downs"	Lily Aron Ailbhe Barry Emma Brandon Hannah Kelly Dan Wilson	Wilson Sara Mulford[a]	3:14
2.	"Goodnight"	Aron Barry Jamie Rendle	Rendle	3:13
3.	"Caterpillar"	Aron Rendle	Dan Nigro Ryan Linvill	3:37
4.	"Figure It Out"	Aron Barry Brandon Kelly	Luca Caruso	3:09
5.	"Heavy"	Aron Kelly John Hill Marshall Vore	Hill	3:20
Total length:				16:33

Note

• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[11]

Florence Road

• Lily Aron – vocals (all tracks), guitars (tracks 2, 4, 5), backing vocals (3)
• Ailbhe Barry – bass (all tracks), backing vocals (1, 2)
• Emma Brandon – guitars
• Hannah Kelly – drums (1–4), piano (3), guitars (5)

Additional contributors

• Randy Merrill – mastering
• Craig Silvey – mixing (1, 5)
• Sara Mulford – engineering (1)
• Dani Spragg – mixing assistance (1, 5)
• Matt Wolach – mixing assistance (1)
• Joe McGrath – engineering (2, 4)
• Jamie Rendle – backing vocals, bass, drum programming, electric guitar, synthesizer programming (2)
• Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing (2)
• Kieron Beardmore – mixing assistance (2)
• Daniel Nigro – acoustic guitar, backing vocals, bass, electric guitar, Mellotron, piano, engineering (3)
• Ryan Linvill – acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar, piano, synthesizer, engineering (3)
• Clio Tighe – backing vocals (3)
• Paul Cartwright – violin (3)
• Mitch McCarthy – mixing (3)
• Luca Caruso – mixing (4)
• Marshall Vore – drums, piano (5)
• John Hill – bass (5)
• Jimmy Keeley – engineering (5)
• Yeston – engineering (5)