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

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 the mechanics sort it all out, but hopefully we'll get back on the road with enough time to make it to Golden for our next show.

Still lots of good times ahead so we're not letting this little bump in the road dampen our spirits!

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

We'll have these cards sitting on our merch table at all of our upcoming shows, so come say hi to us and grab one!

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...

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Saturday, November 15
Kamloops - The Loft
All-Ages. w/ Melody Unwinding, The Box Policy

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Sunday, November 16
Kelowna - Doc Willoughby's
w/ Melody Unwinding, Malibu Knights

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Tuesday, November 18
Calgary - The Stetson
w/ A Trophy Life

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Wednesday, November 19
Drumhellar - Sandstone Lanes
All-Ages. w/ 8 Bit Evolution, A Trophy Life

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Thursday, November 20
Canmore - Canmore Hotel
w/ Carpenter

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Friday, November 21
Edmonton - The Pawn Shop
w/ A Trophy Life, The Maddigans

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Saturday, November 22
Medicine Hat - The Silver Buckle
w/ A Trophy Life

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There may be a couple additional dates in Golden, Leduc, and Edmonton, so keep checking the tour dates page on www.acresoflions.com for more info about that. Sorry we're not making it out any further than Alberta on this trip, but we've got a cross Canada tour in the works for early in the new year that should bring us right to your door step.

Interview on From The Garage

Here's an interview we did last week at our jam spot with Brad who runs From The Garage. Also included in the video is some live concert footage from the Island Tour we did a couple weeks back with our friends Conversation and Along Way Home...

Acoustic Recordings / Big Casino

Me and Jeff were hanging out in my apartment yesterday recording parts for an acoustic version of a new song called "Narrow Miss", and I managed to convince him to play a cover of the Jimmy Eat World song "Big Casino"...



If things go as planned, we'll probably have some more footage of us recording in my apartment over the next week or so. We've got a bit of downtime before we hit the road again in November so we decided it would be fun to experiment with some acoustic stuff. Sorta like doing some early pre-production for a future album. Who knows, maybe we'll even release these acoustic demos in one form or another if they turn out good enough.

Island Tour Announced

Hello Ladies and Gentlemen! Just a quick note to let you know about some fun shows we'll be playing around Vancouver Island next week...



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Thursday, October 16th
Nanaimo - Mount Benson Legion
With: Along Way Home, Conversation
All Ages. Doors 6:30 PM. Tickets $10 at the door.
RSVP to the Facebook Event

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Friday, October 17th
Courtenay - Fallen Alders Hall
With: Along Way Home, Conversation
All Ages. Doors 6:30 PM. Tickets $10 at the door.
RSVP to the Facebook Event

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Saturday, October 18th
Ucluelet - Uclulet Lodge
With: Steph MacPherson
18+. Doors 9 PM.

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Sunday, October 19th
Victoria - The Event Center
With: Skies Kill, Aegis Fang, Introverter
All Ages. Doors 7 PM. Tickets $10 at the door.
RSVP to the Facebook Event

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It's awesome that most of these shows are all-ages because it's been months since we've played an all-ages show in Victoria and even longer than that since we've played an all-ages show up Island. Should be a fun little trip!