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A House For Lions - Peace and War

from Lost Ark Studio Compilation - Vol. 07 by Various Artists

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The Lost Ark Studio presents "Peace and War" by A House For Lions, the latest single from the Lost Ark Studio Compilation - Vol. 07. Enjoy...

Daniel Norman, singer/songwriter of A House for Lions, was a music lover who never intended to become a musician. But while hitchhiking through Germany, a melody and a few words popped into his head and never left: “we'll write a book worth reading!” - the first line of what would become the first song Daniel ever wrote and A House for Lions' statement of purpose, “Let Back”.

In early 2010 he found just that in an unlikely group of strangers. Adding guitarist and designer Mike Nissen, bass player Eric McCann and drummer Joe Luisi, A House for Lions has developed a sound that according to The Deli Magazine “manages to blend the sleeker side of angsty 90s rock with the laid-back instrumentation and heart-string pulling melodies you might expect from an alt-country band”.

Within six months, the band had recorded their first EP I Want Us To Be Remembered, with LA producer Raymond Richards (Local Natives) and were off and running. From there the band garnered rave reviews from the LA Times and Billboard.com, made impressive debuts at CMJ and SXSW and established themselves as one of Los Angeles' most promising young bands.

lyrics

A House For Lions - Peace and War

a painted fool waits on the floor
for the keepers of pretend to call him in
(or i did i end up singing: to be called up by the keepers of pretend?)
each night asking for his chance
to retrieve the life he's offered up to them

lords above
am i your song?
O!

he give a bite to one and all
a banquet for the cosmopolitan
thought it seems an errant call
in his fever dreams he's cursed, he's the forgiven
sees with the eyes of the reflection in the mirror
knows the truth: that all is void, still there's an army at your back
what could real life offer him

lords above
i am your song
o my love

o since we first touched i've wanted more
i am your song of peace, your song of war
i dare to scream your name from every shore
i long to scream my name from every shore

credits

from Lost Ark Studio Compilation - Vol. 07, track released October 24, 2013
Daniel Norman - Vocals, Guitar
Mike Nissen - Guitar, Omnichord
Eric McCann - Bass, Keyboards
Joseph Luisi - Drums, Percussion

Recorded and Mixed by Mike Butler at The Lost Ark Studio, California
Mastered by Jamal Ruhe at West West Side Music, New York

www.ahouseforlions.com

www.lostarkstudio.com
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www.randmrecords.com
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