Acres of Lions | |
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Origin | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
Genres | Alternative |
Years active | 2006–present |
Labels |
Cordova Bay Records bullion Records (Japan) Fierce Panda Records (UK) Alcopop! Records (UK) |
Associated acts | Against Me!, Moneyshot, Theset |
Website | www |
Members | Jeff Kalesnikoff Tyson Yerex Dan Ball Shane Deyotte |
Acres of Lions are a four-piece Canadian alternative rock band from Victoria, British Columbia.
In 2008, Acres of Lions signed a recording and development contract with Victoria-based Cordova Bay Records.
The band's debut album, Working was released February 10, 2009 and is distributed in Canada by Fontana North. It was later released in Japan by Bullion Records (January 2012). The recording supplied three radio singles: Closer, Let's Get Sentimental and Dance Sequence.Working was recorded in Victoria by Adam Sutherland and mixed by Warne Livesey.
On September 13, 2011, Acres of Lions released its second full-length album, Collections, also on Cordova Bay Records. The album was recorded in Victoria by Adam Sutherland and the first single Reaction was mixed by legendary engineer Mike Fraser. Reaction reached #19 on the Canadian Alternative Rock Chart and later went on to take 3rd place in the Pop/Top 40 Category of the 2012 International Songwriting Competition.Collections has also been released in Japan by Bullion Records (March 2012) and was released in Europe and the United Kingdom on November 26, 2012 as a joint release by famed UK Indie label Fierce Panda Records and Alcopop! Records.
Acres of Lions recorded their third album, Home(s) in Toronto at Rattlebox North Studios with producer/engineer Brian Moncarz (Moneen, Circa Survive, The Reason). Home(s) was released in Canada (Cordova Bay Records on April 2, 2013 and in Japan (Bullion Records) on April 10, 2013. The first single from the album on Canadian radio was Bright Lights.