Claude says:As Tall As Lions' 2004 debut takes its name from a Shel Silverstein children's book about a lion who learns to shoot a rifle and joins the circus — an odd touchstone for a Long Island alt-rock band, but it hints at the record's wide-eyed ambition and slightly surreal storytelling. A few plays in late 2009 mostly stuck to "96 Heartbeats" and "Break Blossom," five years after release, but it never went anywhere for you.