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First I would like you introduce the band and talk about us what happened so far.

We are Living with lions from Vancouver BC canada. The band came together in 2007. Landon, Loren, and Shayne (our formal bass player) moved here from Medicine Hat Alberta to start a band. They met Chase and Matt at a bar one night. The dudes decided to move into a house together and start jamming. Shayne decided to go back to school, so Bill (who lived on the couch) took his place. Matt quit the band to pursue carpentry and male modeling in summer of 2010, so we asked Stu to join the band. He said yes.

Honestly I like your band name since the first time I listen. Is there any meaning behind it for the band?

No, not really, it sounded cool. Mushroom Head was taken, so we settled on LWL.

You guys had had a change of vocalist, how would you describe the transition of having Stu on vocals instead of Matt?

Well, Stu is a bit taller then matt, and i think he eats a bit more pizza. So we had to get used to someone else running around on stage. They have pretty similar voices, so that made the transition a lot smoother for us, and the fans of the band. The whole thing happened in the span of a couple months. So we just grabbed the bull by the horns and that was that.

Holy Shit is your last LP, it said that it has a darker wave than the previous LPs. Is that something you were looking for or on the other hand is it something that happened naturally while you guys writting? What do you think differentiates this new album of the previous?

The lyrics were a mix of Chase, Stu, and Matt’s ideas. I think the content of the record came out naturally, and were influenced by what was going on in their life’s at that time.

As one of the many high-energy bands coming out of Canada, how do you guys plan on making your mark in Europe and US?

Tour as much as possible! We love traveling, playing shows and hanging out with the people we meet. We want the fans to share that with us, and i think its an important part of the LWL experience.

In Eastpak Antidote Tour, you guys were on tour as a support band for A Day To Remember which did sold out in all of their previous tour in Europe. How did you feel about this tour?

The tour was amazing! All the bands and crew were some of the best people we have ever met! The shows were insane, and we got to play to a lot of people that may have not heard of us, or gotten the chance to see us play before.

Btw, what is your favorite song to play live and why?

Regret song is definitely my favorite song to play, i think most of the dudes agree. Even before that song was finished and recorded,i knew it was going to be my favorite. Its really melodic, and makes for a great sing along.

How is the tour going so far? Is the audience receptive to both the new material and you guys in general?

We prefer to play mostly new stuff when we come over here, a lot of people are only familiar with the stuff of Holy shit, but we like to throw in a couple of older songs for the older fans as well. Either way, the audience has been great.

How did you come up with the concept of decide to do a dating video for “Honesty, Honestly”?

Our good friend Cody Fennel came up with the concept. He also directed the video for “Later is Better”, designs all of our album work, and most of our merch. He got the idea from these crazy old dating service videos from the 80s. You can look them up on youtube.

Talking about the tour, what is the funniest and most interesting thing that’s ever happened to you while on tour?

I ts really hard to pin down one thing that is happened. Everyday something funny and crazy happens! Most of the things i can think of i dont want to talk about because im not sure if they are legal. But one that comes to mind is seeing a wild turkey go through the windshield of another bands van last spring, i dont know if thats legal or not, but if its not, please arrest The Wonder Years.

Finally, Did you like the spanish shows?

Spain is personally my favorite place to play in europe. The shows on the ADTR  tour were more then we could ever ask for, the kids here are nuts! Some of the toilets are weird, but i can deal with that.

Anything to add? Thank you so much!

Make sure to add us on facebook and twitter, and check out our new record HOLY SHIT out now on Redfield Records! Alex from Redfield is an amazing dude, and did an amazing job putting this record out. Go buy two copies of it. Thanks to the team at eastpak for hooking us up with new gear for the tour, Also we just got hooked up by Peter Says Denim, so check that out too. We hope to see you all sometime in early 2012.

Bill

By Juan Rodriguez