In 2008, Acres of Lions signed a recording and development contract with Victoria-based Cordova Bay Records. The band's debut album, Working, was released on 10 February 2009, and distributed in Canada by Fontana North. It was later released in Japan by Bullion Records. The recording supplied three radio singles: "Closer", "Let's Get Sentimental", and "Dance Sequence". Working was recorded in Victoria by Adam Sutherland and mixed by Warne Livesey. On 13 September 2011, Acres of Lions released their second full-length album, Collections, also on Cordova Bay Records. The album was recorded in Victoria by Adam Sutherland and the first single, "Reaction", was mixed by well-known engineer Mike Fraser. "Reaction" reached #19 on the Canadian Alternative Rock Chart and later went on to take 3rd place in the Pop/Top 40 Category of the 2012 International Songwriting Competition. Collections has also been released in Japan by Bullion Records and came out in Europe and the United Kingdom on 26 November 2012 as a joint release by UK Indie labels Fierce Panda Records and Alcopop! Records. Acres of Lions recorded their third album, Home, in Toronto at Rattlebox North Studios with producer/engineer Brian Moncarz. Home was released in Canada on 10 April 2013. The first single from the album on Canadian radio was "Bright Lights". Music by Acres of Lions has been played on major Canadian music stations, university radio, SiriusXM Radio, The Peak 100.5, and CBC Radio 3, and has been featured in the TV shows and Majority Rules!. Acres of Lions have performed at numerous music festivals including Canadian Music Week, JunoFest, Edgefest, Halifax Pop Explosion, Rifflandia Music Festival, BreakOut West, Rock The Shores, New Music West, and Bristol's Fear of Fiction Festival. They have toured across Canada numerous times, including a cross-Canada tour with Ten Second Epic in 2011. In April 2012, the band travelled to London, England, to perform several showcases, and then returned in November 2012 to tour in support of the release of Collections. In support of their 2013 album Home, they toured across Canada, including a run of shows with The Town Heroes, Kingsfoil, and Thunderhawks.
Associated acts
Guitarist Tyson Yerex is a former member of Victoria band Moneyshot. Jeffrey Kalesnikoff and Dan Ball used to play together in a band called Accident Scene. In February and March 2010, Yerex played guitar and keyboard with Florida band Against Me! on their North American tour. In March and April 2010, vocalist Jeff Kalesnikoff played guitar with Toronto band Theset.
Awards and accolades
Acres of Lions was selected as one of the Top 20 artists in British Columbia in the 2010 and 2011 Peak Performance Project, where they placed 5th in 2011. In November 2010, the Times Colonist newspaper named them one of the Top 10 Bands in Victoria.
