life with the lions

Formed out of the ashes of 1992, life with the lions came to be. After releasing a nationally acclaimed independent CD in 1994 which was ignored by all labels except the ones they didn't want to be on, lwtl later on began recording for a major label and producer (both of whom will remain nameless) which will never see the light of day thanks to broken promises and supersize egos. Between appearances on Reaction Volume 4 and E=MP3 (both now out of print) and much thought upon the subject, founding members Jeffrey Ladd and Mike Fazio (ex-Black 47, Pierce Turner & eastern-bloc touring legends Copernicus) have decided to pick up the pieces and continue on by themselves. As Peter Gabriel once said: "If you want some control, you've got to keep it small."

Through the years, lwtl have found themselves constantly expanding their tonal pallet from dream pop and swirl to Achtung Baby era dance club to slow acoustic pieces straight out of the Zeppelin III era. Never ones to repeat themselves, life with the lions is as of late, preparing a new recording of somber organic landscapes washed with eerie pedal steel guitar and mellotron ambience. Dark, slow moodscapes and deep, mournfully textured tone poems with a powerful reflection on loss and its aftermath, that weave a spellbinding, ethereal aural cloth. To be released on Faith Strange.

There is a very small quantity ...these dream days from life with the lions in its original CD pressing. Presently, this is the only recording still in print. Includes a cover version of the Pierce Turner classic 'All Messed Up'. This title is exclusively available through Faith Strange.

 

Somewhere in N.Y.C.: Rick Watson, Jeffrey Ladd, Vincent James, Mike Fazio