Four Lions

Wide Awake

Produced By Shann Lions/Keith MacQueen/Finn Keane (The Greasy Triplets)

Engineered By Finn Keane At Head Gap/Preston/Victoria/AUS

Mixed By Bohdan Dower At Bulb Audio/Bendigo/Victoria/AUS

Mastered By Ludwing Diaz At US Mastering/Miami/Florida/USA

"Feels So Right", "Obsession", "Century's War"
 Additional Recording By Finn Keane At RPM/Bendigo/Victoria/AUS

"Black and White"
Mixed By Phil Joly At The Gatsby House/Allentown/Pennsylvania/USA

"Black and White"
Mastered By Ludwing Diaz At US Mastering/San Francisco/California/USA

All Songs Lyrics Written By Shann Lions (Control)

All Songs Music Written By Shann Lions (Control)

Except "Wide Awake" "Laughter In The Slaughter" 
Music Written By Shann Lions/Keith MacQueen (Control/Control)

"No Junk Male" Music Written By Lions/MacQueen/Moncrieff/Bradford/Briggs (Control/Control/Control/Control/Control)

Four Lions are Stephen Briggs/Bradley Bradford/Shann Lions/Keith MacQueen/Gavan Moncrieff

Wide Awake Executive Producer Lynette Walker, Keith MacQueen, Shann Lions

Contact Four Lions Management - Lynette Walker Email: gdayvcv@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/fourlionsmusic

Wide Awake

Century's War

Obsession

No Junk Male

So Terrified

The Faders

Brave New World

On May 15, 2021 I jumped on a train from Bendigo and headed to Melbourne. I walked into the studio, Loui made sure we had two matched condenser mics for acoustic guitar and two (Dynamic and Condenser) for my voice and harmonica as I requested (Essential for panning in headphones for the listener and to add some room bleed). I then played all the singles from Four Lions Album Wide Awake live a few times and picked the best take to keep. With no overdubs I just wanted it as natural as when these songs were written on my couch but with less chips and gravy. - Shann Lions 09.08.2021. 

Produced By Shann Lions
Recorded/Mixed By Loui Froia at Campus Lawn Studio, Melbourne
Mastered By Ludwing Diaz at US Mastering, Miami, USA

Four Lions Management E: gdayvcv@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/fourlionsmusic

Century's War (Live Acoustic)

Black And White (Live Acoustic)

Brave New World (Live Acoustic)

Feels So Right (Live Acoustic)

Obscured view is my take on five songs which were written by underrated Australian songwriters. These are the writers with no platinum records, concert riders with guacamole dip or appearances on Today between them. On August 14, 2015  I had a goal for the day which was learn these wonderful songwriters songs then record them on my 4-track just like Springsteen's Nebraska. I soon figured out that all my good microphones are condensers and need phantom power work so I was forced to shelve that idea. I totally love the sound of my kitchen for recording so that afternoon I learnt the songs, brewed some coffee and then recorded straight to an Ipad using it's inbuilt microphone. So this is it, with unique half notes, warbled lyrics compiling and resulting in an interpretation aptly  titled "Obscured View".  

1. Serpentine - Kings Of The Sun 

Kings Of The Sun were my favourite aussie band in primary school I wrote a novel about them called "Serpentine" in Grade 6. I read about them in Hot Metal Magazine which my brother used to order from the newsagent in Stanhope,Vic, Aus . It's where I found out about this metal/punk scene coming out of Sydney as you got a 7 inch single on occasion with Hot Metal which had 30 second samples of songs. I had this childhood fantasy that I would one day go to Sydney head into Utopia records to find someone from the Hard On's browsing the metal section and ask me to go Skateboarding with him.  

2. Everybody - Flanders

Flanders were a band from Perth they played in Bendigo once maybe 1999 with Knievel. The band changed the gig night from a Saturday to a Friday I think? Well no one knew so I ended up missing seeing them play live.

3. Hi C's - Screamfeeder

Tim from Screamfeeder was very supportive of the music I was making when I first started writing. I actually listened to some of those early tracks I wrote today they were terrible. Anyway just shows how nice he is Screamfeeder are one of those bands who should have been bigger. I remember their newest album at the time "Rocks On The Soul" obtain album of the week on JJJ, man I was chuffed for them thought now they should get the crowds they deserve.

4. I Am Not Approachable - The Fauves

Coxy from the Fauves is one of the best lyricists in Australia. This song is maybe a good insight into being a big rock star, but I feel it's just typically a tongue in cheek composition from The Fauves.  

5. Trippin' - Prettymess

John who produced the Four Lions album what can I say except this is one of his many golden moments in songwriting. 

- Shann Lions 10/09/2015

Photo Taken By Lincoln McChalk Of The Nightrain On The Rochester-Bendigo Line. Recorded & Performed Live By Shann Lions In His Kitchen On An Ipad Using It's Inbuilt Mic on August 14, 2015. 

Everybody - Flanders

Four Lions are an independent band out of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia 

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