Hard Day Compact Disc - With 12 Page booklet in a Jewel Case. Limited to 450. This CD price includes download of Hard Days in Digital Format. Hidden track for the 1st run only hey Nirvana did it so what?
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Hard Day Compact Disc - With 12 Page booklet in a Jewel Case. Limited to 50 Copies. This CD price includes download of Hard Days in Digital Format. Hidden track for the 1st run only hey Nirvana did it so what?
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via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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180 Gram Black Vinyl made by Zenith Records in Melbourne. Comes with the album download once purchased.
HARD DAYS
by FOUR LIONS
Format: Vinyl, CD, digital
Label: Verse Chorus Verse
Release date: May 1, 2019
Central Victorian roots rockers Four Lions will release their fourth album Hard Days on May 1 - and the band says it is their best work yet.
“It’s something I listen back to, and there is nothing I would change,” frontman and chief songwriter Shann Lions says.
Hard Days was recorded over a fortnight last July at Melbourne’s Head Gap Studios by Finn Keane (“He’s very understated and utterly brilliant,” says Lions), and produced by The Greasy Triplets (Lions, lead guitarist Keith MacQueen, and Keane).
“I wanted to make an album that wasn’t rushed, but sonically was an amalgamation of everything we had done previously,” Lions says.
Unlike previous albums, five of Hard Days’ 11 tracks feature inter-band collaborations. “There is one song which we all wrote together (the second single Stay), and I can see album No.5 having more of that approach,” Lions says.
“I did a combination of the styles of writing of all the previous albums, but listened to alot of pop music. I wanted my writing to be diverse in an indirect way.”
Hard Days was mixed by Sam Kassirer in Boston, Massachusetts, to whom Lions reached out after hearing his production work on David Ramirez’s 2017 album We’re Not Going Anywhere – his favourite record of that year.
“Being able to have Sam mix the album is one of the best things musically to happen in my life,” Lions enthuses. “Great people strive you to build towards greatness.”
And Lions’ ambitions for the album? “A tour with (Bruce) Springsteen or Wilco after they hear it!” he laughs.“Plus to have enough people like it and buy it so we can record album No.5, and I can buy myself a ‘90s pinball machine.”
The release of Hard Days will be followed by a tour of regional and metropolitan Victoria in late May and early June, and a string of interstate dates later in the year.
credits
releases May 1, 2019
Produced By The Greasy Triplets
Engineered By Finn Keane at Head Gap, Preston, Victoria, Australia
Mixed By Sam Kassirer at Meffa, Boston, MA, USA
Mastered By Ludwing Diaz at US Mastering, San Francisco, CA, USA
Four Lions - Bradley Bradford, Gav Moncrieff, Stephen Briggs, Keith MacQueen and Shann Lions.
Includes unlimited streaming of Hard Days
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Limited Edition 180 Gram Vinyl Record - Blood Red (42 Copies Only)
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
180 Gram Vinyl made by Zenith Records in Melbourne. Limited copies. Comes with the album download once purchased.
HARD DAYS
by FOUR LIONS
Format: Vinyl, CD, digital
Label: Verse Chorus Verse
Release date: May 1, 2019
Central Victorian roots rockers Four Lions will release their fourth album Hard Days on May 1 - and the band says it is their best work yet.
“It’s something I listen back to, and there is nothing I would change,” frontman and chief songwriter Shann Lions says.
Hard Days was recorded over a fortnight last July at Melbourne’s Head Gap Studios by Finn Keane (“He’s very understated and utterly brilliant,” says Lions), and produced by The Greasy Triplets (Lions, lead guitarist Keith MacQueen, and Keane).
“I wanted to make an album that wasn’t rushed, but sonically was an amalgamation of everything we had done previously,” Lions says.
Unlike previous albums, five of Hard Days’ 11 tracks feature inter-band collaborations. “There is one song which we all wrote together (the second single Stay), and I can see album No.5 having more of that approach,” Lions says.
“I did a combination of the styles of writing of all the previous albums, but listened to alot of pop music. I wanted my writing to be diverse in an indirect way.”
Hard Days was mixed by Sam Kassirer in Boston, Massachusetts, to whom Lions reached out after hearing his production work on David Ramirez’s 2017 album We’re Not Going Anywhere – his favourite record of that year.
“Being able to have Sam mix the album is one of the best things musically to happen in my life,” Lions enthuses. “Great people strive you to build towards greatness.”
And Lions’ ambitions for the album? “A tour with (Bruce) Springsteen or Wilco after they hear it!” he laughs.“Plus to have enough people like it and buy it so we can record album No.5, and I can buy myself a ‘90s pinball machine.”
The release of Hard Days will be followed by a tour of regional and metropolitan Victoria in late May and early June, and a string of interstate dates later in the year.
credits
releases May 1, 2019
Produced By The Greasy Triplets
Engineered By Finn Keane at Head Gap, Preston, Victoria, Australia
Mixed By Sam Kassirer at Meffa, Boston, MA, USA
Mastered By Ludwing Diaz at US Mastering, San Francisco, CA, USA
Four Lions - Bradley Bradford, Gav Moncrieff, Stephen Briggs, Keith MacQueen and Shann Lions.
Includes unlimited streaming of Hard Days
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
...more
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Limited Edition 180 Gram Vinyl Record - Navy Blue (38 Copies Only)
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
180 Gram Vinyl made by Zenith Records in Melbourne. Limited copies. Comes with the album download once purchased.
HARD DAYS
by FOUR LIONS
Format: Vinyl, CD, digital
Label: Verse Chorus Verse
Release date: May 1, 2019
Central Victorian roots rockers Four Lions will release their fourth album Hard Days on May 1 - and the band says it is their best work yet.
“It’s something I listen back to, and there is nothing I would change,” frontman and chief songwriter Shann Lions says.
Hard Days was recorded over a fortnight last July at Melbourne’s Head Gap Studios by Finn Keane (“He’s very understated and utterly brilliant,” says Lions), and produced by The Greasy Triplets (Lions, lead guitarist Keith MacQueen, and Keane).
“I wanted to make an album that wasn’t rushed, but sonically was an amalgamation of everything we had done previously,” Lions says.
Unlike previous albums, five of Hard Days’ 11 tracks feature inter-band collaborations. “There is one song which we all wrote together (the second single Stay), and I can see album No.5 having more of that approach,” Lions says.
“I did a combination of the styles of writing of all the previous albums, but listened to alot of pop music. I wanted my writing to be diverse in an indirect way.”
Hard Days was mixed by Sam Kassirer in Boston, Massachusetts, to whom Lions reached out after hearing his production work on David Ramirez’s 2017 album We’re Not Going Anywhere – his favourite record of that year.
“Being able to have Sam mix the album is one of the best things musically to happen in my life,” Lions enthuses. “Great people strive you to build towards greatness.”
And Lions’ ambitions for the album? “A tour with (Bruce) Springsteen or Wilco after they hear it!” he laughs.“Plus to have enough people like it and buy it so we can record album No.5, and I can buy myself a ‘90s pinball machine.”
The release of Hard Days will be followed by a tour of regional and metropolitan Victoria in late May and early June, and a string of interstate dates later in the year.
credits
releases May 1, 2019
Produced By The Greasy Triplets
Engineered By Finn Keane at Head Gap, Preston, Victoria, Australia
Mixed By Sam Kassirer at Meffa, Boston, MA, USA
Mastered By Ludwing Diaz at US Mastering, San Francisco, CA, USA
Four Lions - Bradley Bradford, Gav Moncrieff, Stephen Briggs, Keith MacQueen and Shann Lions.
Includes unlimited streaming of Hard Days
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
...more
180 Gram Vinyl made by Zenith Records in Melbourne. Limited copies. Comes with the album download once purchased.
HARD DAYS
by FOUR LIONS
Format: Vinyl, CD, digital
Label: Verse Chorus Verse
Release date: May 1, 2019
Central Victorian roots rockers Four Lions will release their fourth album Hard Days on May 1 - and the band says it is their best work yet.
“It’s something I listen back to, and there is nothing I would change,” frontman and chief songwriter Shann Lions says.
Hard Days was recorded over a fortnight last July at Melbourne’s Head Gap Studios by Finn Keane (“He’s very understated and utterly brilliant,” says Lions), and produced by The Greasy Triplets (Lions, lead guitarist Keith MacQueen, and Keane).
“I wanted to make an album that wasn’t rushed, but sonically was an amalgamation of everything we had done previously,” Lions says.
Unlike previous albums, five of Hard Days’ 11 tracks feature inter-band collaborations. “There is one song which we all wrote together (the second single Stay), and I can see album No.5 having more of that approach,” Lions says.
“I did a combination of the styles of writing of all the previous albums, but listened to alot of pop music. I wanted my writing to be diverse in an indirect way.”
Hard Days was mixed by Sam Kassirer in Boston, Massachusetts, to whom Lions reached out after hearing his production work on David Ramirez’s 2017 album We’re Not Going Anywhere – his favourite record of that year.
“Being able to have Sam mix the album is one of the best things musically to happen in my life,” Lions enthuses. “Great people strive you to build towards greatness.”
And Lions’ ambitions for the album? “A tour with (Bruce) Springsteen or Wilco after they hear it!” he laughs.“Plus to have enough people like it and buy it so we can record album No.5, and I can buy myself a ‘90s pinball machine.”
The release of Hard Days will be followed by a tour of regional and metropolitan Victoria in late May and early June, and a string of interstate dates later in the year.
credits
releases May 1, 2019
Produced By The Greasy Triplets
Engineered By Finn Keane at Head Gap, Preston, Victoria, Australia
Mixed By Sam Kassirer at Meffa, Boston, MA, USA
Mastered By Ludwing Diaz at US Mastering, San Francisco, CA, USA
Four Lions - Bradley Bradford, Gav Moncrieff, Stephen Briggs, Keith MacQueen and Shann Lions.
Includes unlimited streaming of Hard Days
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
...more
180 Gram Vinyl made by Zenith Records in Melbourne. Limited copies. Comes with the album download once purchased.
HARD DAYS
by FOUR LIONS
Format: Vinyl, CD, digital
Label: Verse Chorus Verse
Release date: May 1, 2019
Central Victorian roots rockers Four Lions will release their fourth album Hard Days on May 1 - and the band says it is their best work yet.
“It’s something I listen back to, and there is nothing I would change,” frontman and chief songwriter Shann Lions says.
Hard Days was recorded over a fortnight last July at Melbourne’s Head Gap Studios by Finn Keane (“He’s very understated and utterly brilliant,” says Lions), and produced by The Greasy Triplets (Lions, lead guitarist Keith MacQueen, and Keane).
“I wanted to make an album that wasn’t rushed, but sonically was an amalgamation of everything we had done previously,” Lions says.
Unlike previous albums, five of Hard Days’ 11 tracks feature inter-band collaborations. “There is one song which we all wrote together (the second single Stay), and I can see album No.5 having more of that approach,” Lions says.
“I did a combination of the styles of writing of all the previous albums, but listened to alot of pop music. I wanted my writing to be diverse in an indirect way.”
Hard Days was mixed by Sam Kassirer in Boston, Massachusetts, to whom Lions reached out after hearing his production work on David Ramirez’s 2017 album We’re Not Going Anywhere – his favourite record of that year.
“Being able to have Sam mix the album is one of the best things musically to happen in my life,” Lions enthuses. “Great people strive you to build towards greatness.”
And Lions’ ambitions for the album? “A tour with (Bruce) Springsteen or Wilco after they hear it!” he laughs.“Plus to have enough people like it and buy it so we can record album No.5, and I can buy myself a ‘90s pinball machine.”
The release of Hard Days will be followed by a tour of regional and metropolitan Victoria in late May and early June, and a string of interstate dates later in the year.
credits
releases May 1, 2019
Produced By The Greasy Triplets
Engineered By Finn Keane at Head Gap, Preston, Victoria, Australia
Mixed By Sam Kassirer at Meffa, Boston, MA, USA
Mastered By Ludwing Diaz at US Mastering, San Francisco, CA, USA
Four Lions - Bradley Bradford, Gav Moncrieff, Stephen Briggs, Keith MacQueen and Shann Lions.
Includes unlimited streaming of Hard Days
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
...more
180 Gram Vinyl made by Zenith Records in Melbourne. Limited copies. Comes with the album download once purchased.
HARD DAYS
by FOUR LIONS
Format: Vinyl, CD, digital
Label: Verse Chorus Verse
Release date: May 1, 2019
Central Victorian roots rockers Four Lions will release their fourth album Hard Days on May 1 - and the band says it is their best work yet.
“It’s something I listen back to, and there is nothing I would change,” frontman and chief songwriter Shann Lions says.
Hard Days was recorded over a fortnight last July at Melbourne’s Head Gap Studios by Finn Keane (“He’s very understated and utterly brilliant,” says Lions), and produced by The Greasy Triplets (Lions, lead guitarist Keith MacQueen, and Keane).
“I wanted to make an album that wasn’t rushed, but sonically was an amalgamation of everything we had done previously,” Lions says.
Unlike previous albums, five of Hard Days’ 11 tracks feature inter-band collaborations. “There is one song which we all wrote together (the second single Stay), and I can see album No.5 having more of that approach,” Lions says.
“I did a combination of the styles of writing of all the previous albums, but listened to alot of pop music. I wanted my writing to be diverse in an indirect way.”
Hard Days was mixed by Sam Kassirer in Boston, Massachusetts, to whom Lions reached out after hearing his production work on David Ramirez’s 2017 album We’re Not Going Anywhere – his favourite record of that year.
“Being able to have Sam mix the album is one of the best things musically to happen in my life,” Lions enthuses. “Great people strive you to build towards greatness.”
And Lions’ ambitions for the album? “A tour with (Bruce) Springsteen or Wilco after they hear it!” he laughs.“Plus to have enough people like it and buy it so we can record album No.5, and I can buy myself a ‘90s pinball machine.”
The release of Hard Days will be followed by a tour of regional and metropolitan Victoria in late May and early June, and a string of interstate dates later in the year.
credits
releases May 1, 2019
Produced By The Greasy Triplets
Engineered By Finn Keane at Head Gap, Preston, Victoria, Australia
Mixed By Sam Kassirer at Meffa, Boston, MA, USA
Mastered By Ludwing Diaz at US Mastering, San Francisco, CA, USA
Four Lions - Bradley Bradford, Gav Moncrieff, Stephen Briggs, Keith MacQueen and Shann Lions.
Includes unlimited streaming of Hard Days
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
...more
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Limited Edition Signed Hard Days Poster. 20 Copies only.
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Words Written By Keith MacQueen/Shann Lions
Music Written By Keith MacQueen/Shann Lions
lyrics
The Saddest Place
Kev's a brickie
Chucks the occasional sickie
But he’s as straight up as you can get
He doesn’t squirrel away
All that much of his pay
‘Cause he lives for a beer and a bet
On site in the mornin’
Mixing mortar, yawnin’
With a ciggy dangling from his lips
He says ‘computers are weird’
As he scratches his beard
‘I only deal in cash. Get a grip’
Every night, right on five
You know he’ll be hangin’ in this dive
It’s the saddest place in all this town
It’s the saddest place in a this town
Sonya’s alright
Yeah she’s here every night
After she’s finished her day cutting hair
Though the years have wandered by
There’s still a sparkle in her eye
In her day she used to be quite a tear
The kids are all gone
But no use being forlorn
Why sit at home alone with the cats
She needs a good bloke
To light her heart, and her smoke
A good brickie could take care of that
It’s the saddest place in all this town
It’s the saddest place in all this town
Now every night, right on five
They’re walkin’ in, side by side
It’s the happiest place in all this town
It’s the happiest place in all this town
It’s the happiest place in all this town
It’s the happiest place in all this town
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