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BIOGRAPHY + PRESS + HIGH RES PHOTOS

A Snailhouse biography:

Snailhouse is an ongoing collection of songs by Mike Feuerstack. Obscuring the distinction between a singer-songwriter and a rock band, snailhouse is always a labour of love. Over the course of three albums, an EP and a host of 7"s and compilations, Snailhouse has garnered a very loyal following in the underground music world.

Snailhouse has attracted collaborators as diverse and renowned as Julie Doiron, Dave Draves, Aaron Booth, members of Arcade Fire, Bell Orchestre, Maritime and most recently, The Acorn.

Feuerstack is also a founding member of the Wooden Stars, who besides offering four of their own acclaimed full length CDs since the mid-nineties, were awarded a Juno for best alternative album for their collaboration with Julie Doiron (curiously titled Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars).

Fans of Snailhouse come to expect many things - unique song-craft, stunning musicianship, and a lyrical prowess that is deceptive in its simplicity. From the bare acoustic recordings of (1994's) Fine to the grandoise pop experiments of The Opposite is Also True to the subtle, skewed soul of The Silence Show, Snailhouse takes genres both new and old and weaves them into something that can never be listened to the same way twice.

Lies on the Prize, the latest offering, is out June 27 on Unfamiliar Records.

Mike lives in Montreal.

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High resolution press photos:


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Photographer: Aaron MacKenzie Fraser (please credit him)


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links to reviews and features:

2008:
Torontoist
Exclaim (Where I play)
National Post

press for The Silence Show:
Exclaim
Fake Jazz
Indieish
Foxy Digitalis
View Magazine
Now Magazine
Emoragei
The Coast
All About Jazz (live review snailhouse w/ Bell Orchestre)
Kindamuzik (Dutch review)
2 1/2 Pounds of Bacon (mp3 blog)
Said the Gramophone (mp3 blog)
Ffwd Weekly
Derives
McGill Daily

circa The Opposite is Also True:
Exclaim (20 questions)
Ffwd Weekly
Pulse magazine
Derives (en Français)
Crazewire (German review)

circa A New Tradition, 2001:
Wavelength

circa Fine, the re-issue:
Splendid E-zine
Pop Matters
Ink 19

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