ARTIST: Living Things
TITLE: Ahead Of The Lions
LABEL: Jive/Zomba
GENRE: Rock
BITRATE: 229kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 42min total
RELEASE DATE: 2005-10-04
RIP DATE: 2005-09-06

Track List

01. Bombs Below                     3:00
02. I Owe                           3:00
03. Bom Bom Bom                     3:06
04. New Year                        3:38
05. God Made Hate                   4:20
06. End Gospel                      3:25
07. No New Jesus                    3:47
08. March In Daylight               3:36
09. Keep It Til You Fold            4:09
10. Monsters Of Man                 2:09
11. On All Fours                    3:50
12. I Wish The Best For You         4:22

Release Notes:

"One of the most ferocious straight-ahead rock albums since Nevermind," wrote
Brian Raftery in Spin magazine last April, describing the work of Living
Things, a band of three brothers from the socially conservative suburbs of
St. Louis. They are Lillian (vocals, guitar), Eve (bass) and Bosh Berlin
(drums).

Living Things will release their debut full-length album, Ahead of the Lions,
Oct. 4, 2005, via Jive Records.

Recorded by Steve Albini (Nirvana, PJ Harvey, Pixies), Ahead of the Lions was
tracked and mixed in St. Louis, Chicago and Stockholm. "Bom Bom Bom," the
lead track from the album, will be supported by a video directed by the much-
respected Floria Sigismondi. (She has also directed videos for two other
tracks on the album.)

Living Things released an EP called Turn in Your Friends and Neighbors
(DreamWorks) in March of 2003. It was followed later that year by a 10-inch
EP, released in the U.K., titled The Blackout Generation (Loog). Both were
recorded in Chicago by Albini.

During the past two years, Living Things have crisscrossed the U.S. and
Europe, opening for bands as diverse as Velvet Revolver and The Libertines,
Melissa Auf der Maur and The Vines. Along the way they picked up Corey
Becker, a friend from St. Louis, to add additional guitar on the road.

Living Things are distinguished, in part, by their lyrics, written by
Lillian, the band's chief provocateur. As noted by Robert Christgau in the
Village Voice: "Lillian Berlin is Johnny Rotten with politics. His art would
be nothing without his rage; he's so possessed by the need to get his point
across that he grabs his brothers' music by the throat and makes it bellow
his tune" (May 10, 2005).

In addition to Ahead of the Lions, Lillian has authored a book, "Post Mortem
Bliss" (Apocrypha Press), due this fall. It explores his life from 13 to 19,
a period marked by his being diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder, his subsequent addiction to anti-depressants, and his tenuous
coexistence with an anarchist mother and homosexual father. Excerpts will be
posted on the band's Web site: http://www.livingthingsmusic.com/ , to be
re-launched soon.

"Mainstream culture is a bigger threat to anarchy
than anarchy is to mainstream culture."
-- Lillian Berlin