Likes Lions

GHOSTPOET SHOW

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Pritchard) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:54:00 +0000

We're playing a show with the mercury prize-nominated Ghostpoet this Thursday at DQ, Sheffield!

Also on the bill are the brilliant Alt-J and Wooderson. We'll be on around 9.30 so don't miss it!

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BBC Introducing Sheffield

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Pritchard) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 02:34:00 +0000

We were played on tonight's BBC Introducing Sheffield! Thanks very much to Christian Carlisle for all his kind words! If you missed the show you can catch it again on iPlayer all week. You can hear our track Author, Dreamweaver Visionary played at around 26 minutes in.

Some Sad (And Some Happy) News

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Pritchard) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:04:00 +0000

Over the past two years our band has become five of the closest friends any of us have ever had, a fully-fledged pride if you will, sharing some awesome experiences together and making some music we are all very proud of. Last month, Ross decided that he wanted to take up the incredible opportunity to work for the BBC in Northern Ireland, which we are sad to announce, means that he has had to leave Likes Lions. Ross is the best drummer and friend we have ever played with, and it’s safe to say that without him our band would never have existed. We will of course miss him hugely, but we’ve had an amazing time as Likes Lions so far, making the music we love and playing some fantastic gigs, which is why we decided that we needed to continue this band. Without doubt we will play with Ross again, not as Likes Lions, but as friends who love music. He is no longer our drummer, but he will always be our friend. He will always be a lion.

Of course, we wouldn’t want to carry on with the band without knowing that we had the best possible replacement for Ross, which is why when we knew that Martin Ruffell was available, we knew that we needed to get him onboard. Some of us were already aware of Martin’s phenomenal abilities as a musician in Will and Greg’s hometown, primarily as the former drummer for The Joyous Kaput, who played with, amongst others, Bloc Party, Pull Tiger Tail, Bombay Bicycle Club and Twin Atlantic. We were delighted when he agreed to take up the sticks and become our new full-time drummer. As we’ve got to know Martin further, he has floored us with not only his drumming, but his stellar personality. It didn’t take long for us to realise that Martin is one of the coolest dudes around, and would fit in perfectly as both a musician, where he has already added so much to our sound, and as a friend. He even gets our in-jokes! Now as a group, we can’t wait to take Likes Lions even further, with new and better songs already in the pipeline that we’re totally psyched for you to hear.

We also want to wish Ross the very best in his media career. Good luck dude!

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Pritchard) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:01:00 +0000

OUR DEBUT EP FUTURE COLOUR IS OUT NOW!

Click HERE or on the banner above to download for however much you like!

All donations are greatly appreciated, but we're in it to share our music so:

TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS!

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Missed our gig at Tunbridge Wells Forum?

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Pritchard) — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 01:55:00 +0000

Never fear! The entire set is available for viewing on our youtube channel in three parts. Just click on the links below to view:

Part One:

Part Two:

Part Three:

Don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more video updates!

LL x

Next Gig: Tunbridge Wells Forum

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:19:00 +0000

We're very pleased to annouce our first gig outside of Sheffield happening September 3rd at the Tunbridge Wells Forum.

We're playing alongside some fantastic bands including our long term friends and vicious rivals Zigo, the fantastic Lo and The Beholds and the overly talented for his age Corey Fox-Fardell.

Doors open at 7:30 with Corey kicking things off at 7:45. Tickets are only £5, avalible on the door.

For all the info you could ever want check out the Facebook event!

EP Preview Track Now Up!

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:04:00 +0000

We're incredibly excited to announce that you can now listen to an unmastered version of the track 'Futures' from our upcoming debut EP right here on the music page of likeslions.com, over at our MySpace page or even on Facebook and SoundCloud.

We've worked really hard to produce something we're really proud of and are putting the finishing touches to the other tracks right now! Expect to be able to grab yourself a copy of the full 5 track EP soon!

LL x

Tramlines Festival

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:17:00 +0000

We're very excited to announce we'll be playing Tramlines this year! If you've never heard of it before it's an awesome free festival in Sheffield (22-24th July) where all the best venues open their doors to anyone and everyone and put on a load of sweet gigs!

We'll be playing The Harley, one of our favourite venues on Saturday 23rd at about 4pm so make sure you come on down and show some support!

For all the info you could ever want about Tramlines visit their site at http://www.tramlines.org.uk/

Next Gig: May Day BBQ w/ Nice One Greg

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 13:57:00 +0000

Looking forward to this one! We're playing Sheffield Union's May Day BBQ at 4pm in the Bar One beer garden alongside the fantastic Nice One Greg.

Check out the Facebook Event

LLx

Next Gig: The White Mirror Ball II

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 13:56:00 +0000

We're incredibly excited about our upcoming gig (Facebook: The White Mirror Ball II) at The Harley on April 29th. Not only are we playing at an awesome venue but were on a bill alongside some other fantastic bands!

The lineup is as follows:

The Purgatory Players
The Hipshakes
Pete David & The Payroll Union
The Death Rays of Ardilla
Likes Lions
The Contortionists

So if royal weddings aren't really your scene why not come and spend your bank holiday watching some live music all for only 3 of your english pounds!

Advance tickets are available through See Tickets & We Got Tickets

SOYO Gig

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:33:00 +0000

Thanks to everyone who came down to see us at SOYO last night! It was our last gig before easter but we'll be back on April 29th to play The Harley!

Here's a few pictures from last night:

LL x

Recording Diary Day 3

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Pritchard) — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:44:00 +0000

3 days in and things are starting to come together, at the same time Ross goes ahead and shows us his miming skills:

LL x

Recording Diary Day 2

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 03:35:00 +0000

Another productive day for the pride in the studio although things did take a turn for the worse when we took it in turns to copy the below picture of Will...

Think of it as a really easy game of spot the difference

LL x

Recording Diary Day 1

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:24:00 +0000

We began a 4 day recording session today at the Soundhouse as part of a student project with our good friend Eleanor Hamed. We're recording some of our older songs as well as some acoustic versions so watch this space as to when they're available!

Here's some pictures from our time in the very swanky studios so far:

LL x

Last Gig Before Easter

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:29:00 +0000

We'll be playing SOYO Live next Monday (April 11th) which just so happens to be our last gig before we come back to Sheffield after easter.

It's free entry with some nice cheap drink offers and some other great bands including The Tivoli, Driftrun & Middleman so why not come hang with the pride?

Check out the Facebook Event for the night

Click on the picture below to check out SOYO Live

LL x

Sheffield Uni Band Comp!

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Pritchard) — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:58:00 +0000

Thanks to everyone who came down to the Sheffield University Band Comp Final and helped us win!

There were some fantastic bands in the final which made winning all the more awesome!

Check out some pics from the night below:

LL x

Bandcamp Now Online

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Pritchard) — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:51:00 +0000

You can now purchase our old demo over on our BandCamp Site

You can pay whatever you want for it, including nothing if you're feeling stingy!

LL x

Acoustic Set for Forge Radio's 24 Hour Broadcast

noreply@blogger.com (Greg Pritchard) — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 03:06:00 +0000

Here's a report on Forge Radio's 24 Hour Broadcast featuring an acoustic set from us!

Big love to Matt Smith for providing the video.

Check out his other work here

LL x