Official Band Website: http://www.lucasdawson.com
My Space site: http://www.myspace.com/aintlifecruel
Management Website: http://www.deuxtigres.com

Lucas Dawson was born and raised in Western Australia.

Lucas played around Perth in various garage band combinations, even playing in a jazz poetry ensemble a short while, writing short stories and manuscripts for films. He got his heart broken at the age of 20 in a spectacular case of naiveté and misunderstanding, and fled to Europe shortly thereafter where he spent several months wandering aimlessly. Frequently approaching indigence but unwilling to return to Australia he eked his way around the continent, eating little, working short stints in restaurant kitchens, taking advantage of the kindness of strangers, failing hopelessly and repeatedly in all matters romantic.

London, dodgy bars and dingy nightclubs, occasional beatings on dark street corners. Lucas eventually ended up running a cinema in Camden Town.

Following the call of a promising romance, Lucas moved to Stockholm. The transition to a new country took its predictable toll. Engulfed by a foreign language, a small fish in a big new pond again. The promising romance hit unforeseen bad trouble and began a slow, inevitable self-implosion.

Lucas had returned to playing the bass again shortly after arriving in Sweden and started singing. He played in several outfits – ranging from noisy electro rock to straight pop to dinner jazz – for varying lengths of time, sometimes just standing in on bass on short tours or for single gigs. Several demos, and a full-length record (with instrumental agent-rockers Kalamare Beat Club).

Amidst the wreckage of a now utterly ruined relationship, Lucas found burning inspiration. He wrote and recorded a brutally honest break-up album. Got a band together and did it. While the tears were still hot.