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ATTENTION Tom Petty fans - there's a new band in town to
fill that Heartbreakers-sized hole in your lives.
Central Victorian-based roots rockers Four Lions have unfurled their second single Stay, from the bands forthcoming album Hard Days.
Their latest slice of classic Americana-tinged heartland rock
comes hot on the heels of last months opening salvo How Much.
Stay marks Four Lions first foray into a full band composition. It started life as an unfinished demo of just three chords, brought into a band practice, and took about six sessions to complete.
It went from sounding like The Who to evolve into something vibing from Tom Pettys back catalogue, says frontman Shann Lions, normally the bands chief songwriter.
Indeed, keysman Stephen Briggs's lush Hammond organ - which provides the songs backbone and propels its banks of chiming guitars - is straight out of Heartbreaker Benmont Tench's playbook.
Lions penned the lyrics, about negotiating the evolving balance of power within a partnership and the need to make sacrifices. Its a triad - two separate individuals, and the relationship - these three entities should all co-exist, he says.
The person in Stay has come to the realisation that they have put their own personal fulfillment to the side.
Stay was recorded by Finn Keane (Wilco) at Melbourne's Head Gap Studios and produced by The Greasy Triplets (Lions, lead guitarist Keith MacQueen, and Keane).
It was mixed by Sam Kassirer (Josh Ritter, David Ramirez, Lake Street Dive) in Boston, Massachusetts, and mastered by Ludwing Diaz in San Francisco, California.
The album Hard Days will be released on May 3, followed by a series of dates in regional and metropolitan Victoria, and an East Coast tour.
lyrics
Stay
Lyrics Written By Shann Lions (Control)
Can't lie straight in bed crooked nook to lay your head
Self fulfilling prophecy resonates you and me
Why don't you want to stay I'll make it easier
Will you want to stay, still believe in us?
Standing in trenches of deceit, swept away found your weak
Nails in open and free, resonates blood you and me
Why don't you want to stay I'll make it easier
Will you want to stay, still believe in us?
Why don't you want to stay I'll make it easier
Will you want to stay, I'll make it easier
Will you want to stay, Why don't you want to stay
Will you want to stay, stay, stay
credits
released April 4, 2019
Stay
Lyrics Written By Shann Lions (Control)
Music Written By Lions/MacQueen/Moncrieff/Perry/Briggs (Control)
Produced By The Greasy Triplets
Recorded By Finn Keane At Head Gap Studios, Melbourne, VIC , AU
Mixed By Sam Kassirer At Meffa Studios, Boston, MA, USA
Mastered By Ludwing Diaz At US Mastering, San Francisco, CA, USA
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