Jón Björn Árnason and Leifur Kristinsson formed Ourlives in 2005 and recorded demos for four years before releasing their first album in Iceland, We Lost the Race.

[2] Their United States history began when CEO of Spartan Records John T. Frazier discovered them on a trip to Iceland.

After signing them to Spartan Records they released a debut EP to the United States, Out of Place.

[3] After some rumors circulated about a second release to the United States of Den of Lions several nationally viewed television shows such as ABC's The Fosters, NBC's About a Boy and MTV's Awkward featured songs from the album before a release date had even been set.

[4][5][6] Currently it is available for pre order through spartan records and is set to be released on 14 October 2014 on limited edition vinyl and digital download.