Following the release of their debut album Selfish Age via Better Noise Records last week, UK five piece As Lions have announced a 10-date US tour this Spring with US metallers Shinedown. They have also announced their first UK festival appearance of the year at Bristol’s Fat Lip Festival in July, along with Young Guns and will be playing a number of US festivals including Rock On The Range, Welcome To Rockville and Northern Invasion.
The debut album was produced by the acclaimed Kane Churko (Five Finger Death Punch, Disturbed, In This Moment), and award-winning producer David Bendeth (Of Mice & Men, Paramore, Bring Me The Horizon) and blends hard-hitting rock with the melodic, soaring vocals of Austin Dickinson, creating a seamless album ranging in both emotion and sonic expression. It also features the latest single Bury My Dead.
Lyrically the album draws from current matters, speaking to consumerism and the world’s image-obsessed culture, letting go of life’s burdens, and navigating the way out of disaster. ‘I was thinking about the idea of where we’re at in the world—where I sit and where my generation sits,’ says Austin Dickinson.
TOUR DATES
Sat 1st April – Rialto Theatre, Tucson, AZ (supporting Shinedown)
Tue 4th April – House Of Blues, San Diego, CA (supporting Shinedown)
Wed 5th April – Fox Theater, Bakersfield, CA (supporting Shinedown)
Fri 7th April – Belasco Theatre, Los Angeles, CA (supporting Shinedown)
Sat 8th April – Blaze Fest, Paul Paul Theater, Fresno, CA
Mon 10th April – Medford Armory, OR (supporting Shinedown)
Tue 11th April – Eureka Municipal Auditorium, CA (supporting Shinedown)
Thu 13th April – Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, CA (supporting Shinedown)
Fri 14th April – Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, Chico, CA (supporting Shinedown)
Sat 15th April – Grand Sierra Resort & Casino, Reno, NV (supporting Shinedown)
Mon 17th April – House Of Blues, Anaheim, CA (supporting Shinedown)
Sat 29th April – Rockville Festival, Jacksonville, FL
Fri 5th May – Carolina Rebellion, Charlotte, NC
Sat 13th May – Northern Invasion, Somerset, WI
Fri 19th May – Rock On The Range, Columbus, OH
Sat 17th June – Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, Belgium
Sat 29th July – Fat Lip Festival, Bristol, UK