2009 has been a great year for Acres Of Lions, so we thought over the holidays that we should take a moment to look back and celebrate a few of our more noteworthy accomplishments!

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February 10, 2009
Released our debut album ‘Working’ to stores across Canada.

February – March, 2009
First time touring across Canada.

March 11, 2009
First time performing at Canadian Music Week.

March 27, 2009
Tyson scores in the JunoCUP overtime shootout.

March 28, 2009
First time performing at JunoFEST.

April, 2009
‘Working’ charts at #177 on Earshot Top 200 college chart.

June 23, 2009
First music video added to rotation on Much More Music.

August – September, 2009
Second time touring across Canada.

September 21, 2009
First time receiving a MuchMusic VideoFACT Grant.

September 24, 2009
Second time performing at Rifflandia Festival.

December 23, 2009
‘Closer’ charts at #19 on Galaxie Rock Top 50 Of 2009.

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Special thanks to all the fans, friends, and industry folks who helped make this past year a success!

David Yazbeck, a contributing writer to the new Canadian blog collective North By East West, was kind enough to write a review of Acres Of Lions debut album “Working”. He also included a short interview he did with the band via email.

Check it out on the NxEW website…
http://www.nxew.ca/2009/12/cd-review-acres-of-lions-working-is.html

We also recommend to those of you who are interested in Canadian music that you consider either subscribing to the NxEW rss feed or just follow them on Twitter. With over 100 staff writers from cities across Canada, they do a great job of reporting on the latest happenings in the Canadian music scene.

The first single ‘Closer’ from Acres Of Lions debut album ‘Working’ charted at #19 this year in the Top 50 Most Played Songs Of 2009 on CBC’s Galaxie Rock Radio. See the full chart below…

Galaxie Rock Top 50 Most Played Songs Of 2009

1. Kings Of Leon-Use Somebody (885 spins)
2. Krome-Turn It Up (847)
3. Chickenfoot-Oh Yeah (787)
4. Our Lady Peace-All You Did Was Save My Life (770)
5. Kings Of Leon-Notion (756)
6. The Gaslight Anthem-Old White Lincoln (714)
7. Billy Boy On Poison-On My Way (706)
8. White Lies-Death (705)
9. Nickelback-If Today Was Your Last Day (697)
10. Jet-She’s A Genius (692)
11. Nickelback-Burn It To The Ground (675)
12. Thornley-Make Believe (659)
13. The Tragically Hip-Love Is A First (656)
14. Shinedown-Second Chance (637)
15. Linkin Park-New Divide (635)
16. Silversun Pickups-Panic Switch (616)
17. Theory Of A Deadman-By The Way (611)
18. Coldplay-Life In Technicolor ii (598)
19. Acres Of Lions-Closer (595)
20. U2-Magnificent (589)
21. Hinder-Up All Night (578)
22. The Respectables-Sugar (575)
23. AC/DC-Big Jack (564)
24. Muse-Uprising (556)
25. Pearl Jam-The Fixer (554)
26. Snow Patrol-Crack The Shutters (549)
27. Default-All Over Me (546)
28. Halestorm-I Get Off (516)
29. Green Day-Know Your Enemy (511)
30. Guns N’ Roses-Street Of Dreams (509)
31. The Airborne Toxic Event-Gasoline (508)
32. The Killers-Spaceman (508)
33. Cavo-Champagne (504)
34. Social Code-Satisfied (503)
35. Inward Eye-Shame (501)
36. Jets Overhead-Heading For Nowhere (492)
37. Billy Talent-Devil On My Shoulder (481)
38. The Airborne Toxic Event-Sometime Around Midnight (480)
39. Rise Against-Savior (479)
40. Cage The Elephant-Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked (474)
41. Joel Plaskett-Through And Through (473)
42. Hey Rosetta-Red Heart (471)
43. Current Swell-Cursed (469)
44. Inward Eye-Day After Day (467)
45. The Veer Union-Seasons (466)
46. Daniel Wesley-Pilgrimage (466)
47. Sam Roberts-Fixed To Ruin (462)
48. Silversun Pickups-Substitution (462)
49. Three Days Grace-Break (458)
50. Theory Of A Deadman-Not Meant To Be (453)