News
Jan 5, 2009
New Acres Of Lions Single ‘Closer’
‘Closer’, the first single from our new album, is out now on iTunes and other digital retailers! It is also being given its first radio exposure tomorrow on Victoria rock radio station The Zone 91.3 FM as part of their “Modern Rock Inbox”! Start emailing and calling in your requests so we can convince them to add us to regular rotation! Request line: 1-888-414-0913 Our friend and local artist Joey MacDonald did a wonderful job of turning us into fun cartoon characters for the cover of the digital single, and he did an amazing job on the full artwork for our album. As far as the rest of Canada goes… a full cross Canada radio push for the single will be building up over the next couple weeks thanks to >> read more
Dec 26, 2008
Merry Christmas / 12:51 Magazine Interview
Hope everyone had themselves a Merry Christmas! The snow is slowly melting here in Victoria, but it’s pretty amazing that it’s stayed on the ground this long because it’s been more than 10 years since we had snow on Christmas. If you’re feeling lazy from all the excessive feasting, and just sitting around the house in your underwear killing time, you should check out a new interview that I did with staff writer Brandon Shaw from 12:51 Magazine. It’s up on their blog today as their Featured Artist Interview, and we talk about some of the band’s upcoming plans for releasing our new record and touring across the country in the new year. Here’s the link:http://www.1251mag.com/blog >> read more
Nov 17, 2008
Tour Update / Van Troubles!
Hey friends, Just a little update for you since we’ve got a few hours to kill. The tour has been awesome so far. We played a couple great shows with our friends in Melody Unwinding. Kamloops was a small and sweaty all-ages show at the Loft, and Doc Willoughby’s in Kelowna was a super fun bar show party last night. Unfortunately our van decided it needs a new fuel pump so after we loaded our gear in last night we realized our van was dead in the water. Thankfully our bro ‘Shaner’ helped us out and pulled our trailer with his truck, and my magic BCAA card got the van towed away to the shop so we could continue partying. We’re stranded in Kelowna for a few more hours while >> read more
Nov 13, 2008
Free Download Of ‘Closer’
Hey friends, Some exciting news….as a little extra incentive for people to come out to our shows over the next couple weeks we’re going to be giving away little download cards that contain special codes that will allow you to download the first single from our upcoming album! The single is a brand new track called “Closer”, and it won’t be available to the general public until January 6th when it will come out digitally on iTunes. The full album, entitled “working”, comes out February 10th; so this is your chance to get a sneak peak at the new album a full two months in advance! If you’ve already gotten your hands on a download card, simply enter the access code on the back, and follow the directions at: www.acresoflions.com/downloadmanager >> read more
Nov 12, 2008
BC/Alberta Tour Dates Announced
Hey folks! We just wanted to let you know that we’re hitting the snowy road out to Alberta for a week or so and it’d be great to see you if we happen to be coming through your town! Here’s a list of the dates… ———————————————————— Saturday, November 15Kamloops – The LoftAll-Ages. w/ Melody Unwinding, The Box Policy ———————————————————— Sunday, November 16Kelowna – Doc Willoughby’sw/ Melody Unwinding, Malibu Knights ———————————————————— Tuesday, November 18Calgary – The Stetsonw/ A Trophy Life ———————————————————— Wednesday, November 19Drumhellar – Sandstone LanesAll-Ages. w/ 8 Bit Evolution, A Trophy Life ———————————————————— Thursday, November 20Canmore – Canmore Hotelw/ Carpenter ———————————————————— Friday, November 21Edmonton – The Pawn Shopw/ A Trophy Life, The Maddigans ———————————————————— Saturday, November 22Medicine Hat – The Silver Bucklew/ A Trophy Life ———————————————————— There may be >> read more