Three years, 50,000 kms, and 100+ shows later… we’re finally back in the studio to record our sophomore album! It’s been a pretty gloomy spring around Victoria this year, but today mother nature decide to honour our first day in the studio by bringing us the kind of summer weather normally reserved exclusively for TV beer commercials. It’s just a shame that people decided to build recording studios indoors, because today would have been a great day to spend time doing some of the things that inspire songs to be written: like BBQ’ing in the backyard, sipping cold drinks with friends on a downtown patio, or maybe even participating in something called the Good Ol’ Boys Invitational Beer Mile. We’re excited to be working on this album with our friend >> read more

For the second year in a row Acres Of Lions has been selected by Music BC as one of the Top 20 bands in the province of British Columbia for the 100.5 FM Peak Performance Project! Other Top 20 artists include our new best friends: Ashleigh Eymann, Avairis, Behind Sapphire, Current Swell, David Vertesi, Fields Of Green, Hilary Grist, Jasper Sloan Yip, Lindsay Bryan, Maurice, Redgy Blackout, Rococode, The Belle Game, The Boom Booms, The Matinée, The Never Surprise, The Oh Wells, Treelines, and 41st and Home. To kick off the project we’ll be performing a short set on 100.5 The PEAK stage at the Surrey Canada Day Celebration on July 1st. For more information about the 100.5 FM Peak Performance Project, check out their website: www.peakperformanceproject.com >> read more

This just in… Acres Of Lions will be performing with Sum 41 for The Zone 91.3 FM‘s 10th Anniversary Zone show later this summer! Here’s the details… SUM 41 with guests Acres of Lions Tuesday August 16th at Club 9One9 Tickets On Sale Friday May 27 at 10 AM. Available at Lyle’s Place, Ditch, The Strathcona Hotel and www.ticketweb.ca. Visit TheZone.fm for more info. >> read more

We have an opportunity to play at the 2011 Live at Squamish Festival this August along side some amazing bands (Weezer, Metric, etc), and all we need is some votes! If you could take a second to go to the following link and vote for us before May 6th we’d really appreciate it… http://metropresents.strutta.com/entry/165517 Note: if we win we will be giving away 4 free Live at Squamish tickets to some lucky fans on Facebook. Thanks for your support! Tyson, Jeff, Dan, Lewis ACRES OF LIONS >> read more

While we were out at Canadian Music Week last month, Jeff performed an acoustic version of one of the songs we plan to record for our new album. The song is called “Like A Drum”. Thanks to Sarah @ Balcony TV for having us on the program. If you’d like to check out more Balcony TV videos, check out their website: www.balconytv.com >> read more