Thanks to you and your support, This Heart Attack was voted the Number 5 song in this year’s Hottest 100 poll on Triple J. We were absolutely shocked and amazed!

xo Faker

Congratulations to the winners of our Hottest 100 voting competition and sorry for the delay in letting you know…

The winners are:

Over 18s grand prize winner is: Louise Lyon of Catherine Fields, NSW
Over 18s runners up winners are: Robert Spotswood, Richmond VIC; Rachael McLachlan, Mt Gravatt QLD; Rob Hardy, Evanston Park; Cameron Clark, Matcham NSW; Samuel Lawton, Springfield NSW.

Under 18s grand prize winner is: Alice Brickhall, Launceston TAS.
Under 18s runners up winners are: Michael Pappa, Moonee Ponds VIC; Ashlee Phillips, Hazelbrook NSW; Priscilla Peto, Morayfield QLD; Mitchell Loughlan, Toowoomba QLD; Phoebe Clynes, Leeming WA.

Winners will be notified via email and their prizes will be sent to them within 30 days.

Thank you to everyone who voted in the Hottest 100 & entered the comp. More competitions launching soon.

Check out the new review website Black Label and their review of Be The Twilight.

Click here to read.

To thank you for your support in voting for us in the Triple J Hottest 100 we are running a giveaway comp where we’re giving away a swag of different prizes.

There are two sets of prizes to go into the draw for – over 18s prize pool & under 18s prize pool…

The over 18s grand prize is:

1 x Tooheys Extra Dry carton of Faker beer (30 cans)
1 x pair of tickets to one Bacardi Xpress show in either Melbourne, Albury, Wollongong or Sydney
1 x signed Be The Twilight album (limited edition packaging)
1 x t shirt

5 x Over 18s runner up prizes:

1 x pair of tickets to one Bacardi Xpress show in either Melbourne, Albury, Wollongong or Sydney
1 x signed This Heart Attack single

All entrants must be over 18. These prizes do not include travel to or from the Bacardi Xpress show of your choice – you must be able to get yourself and your guest to one of the shows at your own expense.

Bacardi Xpress shows are being held: Saturday February 23 Forum, Melbourne from 11am to 1pm and at the SS & A Club, Albury from 8.30pm – 11pm as well as Sunday February 24 Waves Nightclub, Wollongong from 12.30pm – 3pm and Australian Technology Park, Sydney from 7pm to 11pm.

The under 18s grand prize is:

1 x signed Faker Be The Twilight block mount
1 x signed Be The Twilight album (limited edition packaging)
1 x signed This Heart Attack single
1 x t shirt
1 x library bag

5 x under 18s runner up prizes include:

1 x signed This Heart Attack single
1 x library bag

How to enter:

To enter, all you have to do is forward your official Triple J Hottest 100 voting confirmation email to one of the following addresses along with your name, address, telephone number and date of birth.

Click here to vote in the Triple J Hottest 100

Email addresses to send entries to are:

over18s@faker.com.au
under18s@faker.com.au

The competition closes on Sunday January 20, 2008.
The competition winners will be chosen on Tuesday January 22, 2008.

For those of you who will be going to the Big Day Out, here’s when we’re playing on the Blue Stage (that’s one of the main stages).

Gold Coast 1.15pm - 2.00pm
Sydney 1.45pm - 2.30pm
Melbourne 1,15pm - 2.00pm 
Adelaide 1.15pm - 2.00pm
Perth 1.45pm - 2.30pm

Hey everyone, happy new year. Hope your holiday period was as fun as ours… we played a few shows including a spectacular gig at Purple Sneakers on new years eve, got to hang out with our friends and families etc etc. And now its 2008, only a few weeks until the Big Day Out - how exciting!!!

In the meantime, the annual national Triple J Hottest 100 poll has begun and we want your votes! Triple J have listed 3 tracks from Be The Twilight to vote for: This Heart Attack, Lazybones and Are You Magnetic? Of course you can vote for any track you like or concentrate on these three songs to get them polling… its up to you…

Voting is on now. Click here to vote.

ps. save your confirmation of voting email as we’re going to launch a competition for voting very very soon!

The winner of the double pass to see us play on new years eve at Purple Sneakers in Sydney is Stephanie Reeves. Congratulations Steph!

Have a top Christmas and new year everyone.

xo Faker

For one week we are running a competition to win a pair of tickets to see us play live on new year’s eve in Sydney at the Purple Sneakers House Party.

All you have to do to win is send us an email by 5pm (AEDST) Wednesday Decemeber 19 with the name of the producer we recorded “Be The Twilight” with. (Hint you can find out on the bio page of this very site!)

The prize is 2 ‘tickets’ to Purple Sneakers House Party being held at Manning House at Sydney University on December 31. All entrants must be 18 years or older and either live in Sydney or be able to get to Sydney on the night at their own cost. We’re only giving away the ‘tickets’ which will be your name +1 on the door on the night - everything else is up to you…

The winner’s name will be chosen at 10am on Thursday December 20 and notified via email.

EMAIL THE NAME OF THE PRODUCER WHO WORKED ON BE THE TWILIGHT TO: faker@faker.com.au

Good luck.