Goodnight, Canada (Pt.1)
“Come one, come all! Experience the creatures and critters that live within this man’s beard, or the beard that calls this man’s face a home!” Here’s a few excerpts from the Canadian portion of our winter tour thus far. Lots of driving, pretty treacherous roads, coffee sweats, road-trip games, to be expected this time of year. But the shows have been excellent this time around, and it is so nice to see all of our friends across the provinces again! OCTOBER The last leg of our Canadian tour brought us up North to Prince George, where we performed not 1, but 3 shows in the span of 2 days! We may be old guys now, on the verge of washing up and a little distant from what’s popular with the
Goodbye Jobfest, Hello Wint-ober Tour!
Jeremy Baker: “Wow. Dan, man, your beard has really grown since the last time I’ve seen you. Gnarly, man!” Dan: “And I hope to never not inspire anyone and everyone with it. Thank you.” The tour began on a rainy Thursday evening in Victoria. The Balconies came to town and we performed together in what is only to be described as a classic Lucky Bar setting: sweaty, gritty, sexy and with the volume turned up all the way. It was a great night with all of our closest friends and colleagues out with us, and a proper introduction and warm welcome to our new Toronto rock’n’roll friends in The Balconies. Hometown shows are always the most exciting and nostalgic, and quite often the drunkest, but unfortunately not this particular night.
UK Album Release + Tour
We are very excited to announce that “Collections” will be released in the UK on November 26th! It will be a joint release between two great labels: Fierce Panda and Alcopop! To celebrate the release, Acres Of Lions is offering up a free UK Sampler featuring tracks from the band’s previous album, plus live acoustic songs and covers. To download the sampler visit: www.acresoflions.com/uksampler Acres Of Lions will also be performing some UK dates in support of the release: NOVEMBER 9TH LONDON CAMDEN Barfly (Jubilee Club) NOVEMBER 10TH BRISTOL Fear Of Fiction Festival NOVEMBER 17TH LONDON SHOREDITCH Old Blue Last NOVEMBER 18TH WATFORD The White Lion (matinee show with The Social Club) NOVEMBER 20TH LONDON HIGHBURY Buffalo Bar (with Buffalo Ink) For more info check out the TOUR DATES page.
Winter Tour Is Coming…
Dan: “The hardest part about touring Canada for the millionth time in the winter is probably the roads.” The rest of us: “OH.” For those of you who don’t know it, but would like to, we are on tour right now against all odds that come along with the impending great Canadian winter; the pits and perils, the beautiful frozen north and the great selection of seasonal beverages in every town to keep our spirits warm. Check out the dates, and the TOUR section of our website to join the FB events! Oct 24 – Prince George, BC – Artspace Oct 25 – Dawson Creek, BC – Rockwells Pub Oct 26 – Dawson Creek, BC – Rockwells Pub Oct 28 – Edmonton, AB – Wunderbar Oct 31 – Calgary, AB
Canadian Winter Tour
Tonight we kick off the first of our Canadian winter tour dates. This will be the final Canadian tour in support of our sophomore album Collections before we hit the studio in Toronto to record a new record. Tour dates are: October 18 – Victoria, BC – Lucky Bar Octover 20 – Vancouver, BC – Cobalt October 24 – Prince George, BC – Artspace October 25 – Dawson Creek, BC – Rockwells Pub October 26 – Dawson Creek, BC – Rockwells Pub October 28 – Edmonton, AB – Wunderbar October 31 – Calgary, AB – The New Black November 1 – Regina, SK – McNally’s Tavern November 2 – Winnipeg, MB – Frame Arts Warehouse November 6 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern For more information, check out the TOUR
Acres Fall Tour Blog #7
“A bad day on the course is better than a good day in the office is what I always say.” – Dan Ball, golfing for the first time ever So this last week the “I’d rather be on tour” tour with The Harbour Sound came to an end, and much too early we might add. Thursday night was the final night of the rather short island tour, in which we were graced with the presence of our old friend Liam Glaim (formerly of The Perfect Trend) performing solo and our pal Lindsey Blane, who snapped some pretty killer shots of the event. It was a quiet, rainy night at The Cambie in Nanaimo, but had an amazing time playing for our friends and fans who came out on a Thursday
Acres Fall Tour Blog #6
Dan: “I would love it if Morgan Freeman told me a bed-time story. His voice is perfect.” Tyson: “There’s something about his laugh, too. I love it. It’s like he laughs with his whole body, and it’s rare.” Jeff: “What the fuck are we talking about?” – One of our many van conversations on the topic of the timbre of Morgan Freeman’s voice Well hello there again, friends! It has been a steady week for us on Vancouver Island, that’s for sure! We are still with Jobfest until the end of the month, visiting and performing in some long lost and lovely regions of the island we live on, and in between shows and all the bally-hoo, we have been working on a couple demos out in Metchosin, at our
Acres Fall Tour Blog #5
“FRESH POOOOOOOTS!” – Said, all of us always, and forever So it has been a rather busy last two weeks, and we have been running solely on energy drinks. protein bars and about 5-6 fresh pots of coffee a day. It is more than an addiction this time around. We have been averaging about 3-4 hours of sleep, and the occasional narcoleptic lapse in the van. But, you know, that’s just how she goes when you’re straight giggin’r and working on the road for months on end. Fresh pots are hard to come by, but you take what you can get, fresh pot or not. Fresh pots. This past week, we had the distinct pleasure of opening for an inspiring band from Vancouver called “Limblifter.” The show was at Venue,
Cover Song Tuesday – Limblifter
Hello again there, friends! And welcome back to Cover Song Tuesday! This week’s feature song is Limblifter’s “Tinfoil.” Please enjoy, and remember to subscribe to our YouTube page to get next week’s feature cover song first, as well as more of our music and videos! Thanks again and see you next week! #coversongtuesday
Acres Fall Tour Blog #4
“The new word for ‘Awesome’ should be ‘Scientific.’” – Billy The Kid, raising a good point, as always You know when you return home after being away for so long you can’t remember when you left and you have that one day and night off from everything to just simply exist and contemplate, eat a home cooked meal with your friends, slowly sip a few fingers of some finely aged fire, listen to some truly brilliant tunes and walk up and down the streets of the town you’ve grown to love so well, for all it’s faults, greatness and beauty? That’s exactly what I got the chance to do this weekend upon my Greyhound bus return to Vancouver and Victoria, while simultaneously playing a couple great solo shows with one
