Band To Watch: As Tall As Lions
Whenever my wife wears the As Tall As Lions t-shirt she totally stole from me, I wonder when I'll get to hear new music from the Massapequa indie rockers.
Listening to the boys' lush new album (and you should, now, at Absolute Punk), I can't believe they're from Long Island. All swirling guitars and dreamy harmonies, they have a serious Brit-rock/shoegaze sensibility reminiscent of Doves. Plus, Daniel Nigro can really sing. We expect big things.
ATAL were kind enough to let us exclusively premiere an MP3 from the album:
As Tall As Lions - "Ghost Of York" (MP3)
If you dig it -- and we hope you do -- load that stream and don't miss "Love Love Love (Love Love)," which has a soulful Jeff Buckley "Everybody Here Wants You" vibe.
Album's out 9/26 on Triple Crown. Lions hit the road with labelmates Dear Hunter & The Secret Handshake next week.
8/08/06 West Babylon, NY In Store @ Looney Tunes 7pm
8/09/06 S. Hackensack, NJ School of Rock
8/10/06 Hartford, CT Webster Underground
8/11/06 Allston, MA The ICC
8/12/06 Albany, NY Valentines
8/13/06 Providence, RI The Living Room
8/14/06 Amityville, NY Village Pub South
8/15/06 Nashua, HN Nashua VFW
8/21/06 New York, NY Knitting Factory
8/22/06 Buffalo, NY The Buffalo Icon
8/23/06 Detroit, MI The Shelter
8/24/06 Covington, KY The Madhatter
8/25/06 Lexington, KY Southside Church
8/26/06 Indianapolis, IN The Underground
8/27/06 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen
8/28/06 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
8/29/06 Iowa City, IA Picador
8/30/06 Kansas City, MO The Grand Emporium
9/01/06 Denver, CO Marquis Theatre
9/04/06 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
9/05/06 Houston, TX Fitzgeralds
9/07/06 Orlando, FL The Backbooth
9/08/06 Gainesville, FL Common Grounds
9/09/06 Tallahassee, FL Beta Bar
9/10/06 West Palm Beach, FL Rays Downtown Blues
9/12/06 Nasvhille, TN The End
Bands play Levittown now?! When I was growing up on Long Island the closest decent rock venue was ... wait, there wasn't one.
Let's give away two pairs of tickets to the Knitting Factory show, shall we? If you want to enter just place a comment saying you wanna go, and I'll pick 2 winners randomly by Saturday morning. (Use your real e-mail or I won't be able to contact you; don't worry, you're not signing up for anything.)
Posted at 5:00 PM in Band To Watch, Contest, MP3
Tags: As Tall As Lions
haha. we have (had?) backstreet blues in rockville centre?
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Is the mp3 link busted?
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Fixing mp3 link now... sorry!
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Thanks - lush seems to be the appropriate word for this track. Digging it.
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Mp3 cuts off abruptly at 2:28 - yikes, right when I was really enjoying it.
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I did not expect to see this band on this blog. I love it. The album is one of my favorites this year. Everyone should check out their album Lafcadio while they are at it.
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MP3 is all good; you were probably downloading while I was re-uploading. Give it another shot.
I am in the process of familiarizing myself with Mac apps and things are a little screwy this week. I'm getting better though!
Look ma, no mouse!
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Yep - it's all good now.
Welcome to Macintosh.
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theres a handfull of bands from long island but dont sound like they are from long island, i.e. they are really good example myspace.com/aeroplanepageant
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nice, not without its charm.
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These guys are awesome...Kinda Coldplay, kinda Sunny Day Real Estate and a lot of Doves in there. A friend told me their live show is fantastic as well. Thanks for posting this Scott.
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Check this guy out:
http://myspace.com/thomastobin
Should be worth the listen.
Jimmy
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I'm conflicted. This band sounds pretty good, and 'Summer' in particular stood out, but it's hard for me to listen to any music endorsed by AbsolutePunk.
Seriously, 'Music Mends Broken Hearts'? AbsoluteEmo, maybe.
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Hey scott
i get the strange feeling you are a Long Islander
Am I right? I am a Long Islander
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Hey, I'm from Queens and if I could rock out I'd be a Brit-popper. We on the island have got soul.
I'd love to go to the knitting factory show!
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i want to go!
i'm from long island!
i'm a poor student and free tickets would be nice!
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would definitely be up to go.
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While I do like them, isn't Keane already doing this?
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Came across this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ4P8Cn6kjw
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would love to go!
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would like to go..
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aw dude. I love these guys. I found them randomly on Amazon.com a long while ago. I was just checkin out songs by whoever, cuz i was aching to buy a cd. How lucky i was to find them.
Whole album was great stuff. Amazing
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