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Brothers Ben and Sam Potrykus played music together since junior high school. Together with a group of other friends they formed [[Sharp Teeth]]. In addition to guitar, the band featured upright bass, mandolin and a trash can and tambourine for percussion. In 2004, Christians and Lions formed in a stripped down version of Sharp Teeth, with Ben and Sam as the only members.
Friends and former roommates, guitarist Matt Sisto and drummer Chris Mara joined the band to record their first album. In 2006, the band released [[More Songs for Dreamsleepers and the Very Awake]] on [[ECA Records]]. It was recorded at Basement 247 in Alston, MA. It garnered favorable reviews, being called "smart and textured indie-folk" by the Boston Phoenix and "somehow comfortable, yet unsettling...like a Cadillac someone died in" by engineer Jack Younger.<ref> [http://www.ecarecords.com/artists/christians-and-lions/index.php| ECA Review]</ref> The lyrics are philosophical, having been inspired by theorists like [[Hélène Cixous]], [[Louis Althusser]] and [[Marshall McLuhan]].<ref>[http://christiansandlions.wordpress.com/lyrics/| ChristiansandLions.com]</ref> It is the musical equivalent of a warm fire on a cold winter night. An album full of memorable melodies and lavish intrumentation including brass, organ, and singing saw.
2006 also saw the release of their [[Acoustic LP]] which featured acoustic versions of the songs from ''More Songs.'' It includes an up-tempo version of "Sexton Under Glass" and an unreleased track "Firebelly Salamander."
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