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snailhouse

Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Montréal, Quebec, Canada
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"Guelph Mercury Review"

Feuerstack has the age and experience to write with a mature voice where pessimism and harsh realism never surrender entirely to cynicism... These lucky 13 tracks comprise the most underrated Canadian album of 2008... With an album this timeless, however, it's never too late to catch up. - Michael Barclay, Guelph Mercury - Guelph Mercury


"The Star Review"

As befits such a talented and unpredictable guitarist, Feuerstack – who played most of the instruments himself, with drum, keyboard, recording and mixing assistance from Arcade Fire's Jeremy Gara – doesn't use going a bit "pop" as an excuse to simplify his arrangements or the instrumentation. Nearly every tune has a few weird angles and shady corners to ponder in the weeks and, in all likelihood, months to come. Now more than ever, Snailhouse would appear ready for its spotlight. - Ben Rayner, The Star - The Star


"Ottawa Sun Review"

... Feuerstack lives in the songs of Snailhouse. Songs that detail life's failing and triumphs in the most delightful way. Songs that reflect the ever-evolving project of a kind, gentle and funny artist not content to play it safe. - Allan Wigney, Ottawa Sun
- Ottawa Sun


"Eye Weekly REview"

Lies on the Prize is the best representation of Feuerstack’s songwriting gifts. He composes slyly earnest lyrics, where sincere romanticism mingles effectively with playful black humour, and he marries these to unique soundtracks on what is ultimately an intricate guitar/voice record.
- Vish Khanna, Eye Weekly - Eye Weekly


"Exclaim Review"

The lyrics on their own are lovely but they attain sublime status due to how the music envelops and caresses them, framing them perfectly. ... add in the weeping strings, the plaintive guitar and Feuerstack’s pining voice and you’ve got perfection. Forget lies, the hidden truth makes this music the real winner. - Chris Whibbs, Exclaim!

- Exclaim


Discography

Sentimental Gentleman (Coming soon, Mi Amante)
Monumental Moments (EP 2010. Mi Amante)
Lies on the Prize (2008. Unfamiliar Records)
The Silence Show (2005. Scratch Recordings)
The Opposite is Also True (2001. Snailhouse Institute)
A New Tradition, 2001 ( EP 2001. Snailhouse Institute)
The Radio Dances (1998. Rhythm of Sickness Records)
Fine (1994. Lunamoth + 1999. Grand Theft Autumn)

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Bio

Snailhouse is an ongoing collection of songs by Montreal based artist Mike Feuerstack. Half singer-songwriter, half experimental guitar player - Feuerstack is in love with words and music and how they play together. Over the course of 5 albums and an EP, Snailhouse has earned a very loyal following all over the underground music world.

Snailhouse's last record, the Jeremy Gara produced Lies on the Prize was widely acclaimed (including a Polaris nomination) for its panoramic and literate musicality.

At once classic and inventive, the unique song-craft and sensibility listeners come to expect from Snailhouse takes genres both new and old and weaves them into something that can never be listened to the same way twice.

Also

In 2008, "Do You want to Talk All Night? - A Sappy Records Tribute to Snailhouse" was released, on which many of Feuerstack's peers and fans in other bands (among them Maritime, The Acorn and Rick White) performed versions of Snailhouse songs.

Feuerstack was also a founding member art-rock band Wooden Stars, who were awarded a Juno for best alternative album for their collaboration with Julie Doiron, titled Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars.

Mike can also be found offering his guitar and lap steel skills to the ear bending Bell Orchestre (Juno Winners, Polaris nominees) and the heartbreaking folk of Angela Desveaux.

Snailhouse music has featured contributors as diverse and renowned as Julie Doiron, Dave Draves, Angela Desveaux, members of Arcade Fire, Wintersleep, Bell Orchestre, Maritime and The Acorn - to name a few.
selected press for snailhouse

The lyrics on their own are lovely but they attain sublime status due to how the music envelops and caresses them, framing them perfectly. ... add in the weeping strings, the plaintive guitar and Feuerstack’s pining voice and you’ve got perfection. Forget lies, the hidden truth makes this music the real winner. - Chris Whibbs, Exclaim!

Feuerstack has the age and experience to write with a mature voice where pessimism and harsh realism never surrender entirely to cynicism... These lucky 13 tracks comprise the most underrated Canadian album of 2008... With an album this timeless, however, it's never too late to catch up. - Michael Barclay, Guelph Mercury

Steering clear of any arena bluster or faddish gimmicks, Feuerstack finds a stealthy way to give ’er like a cream-of-the crop singer-songwriter. His pretty and poignant songs about the (somewhat) simple things—love, homesickness, the sun—flow with ease, bolstered by the subtlest of strings and horns and keys. - Lorraine Carpenter, Montreal Mirror

As befits such a talented and unpredictable guitarist, Feuerstack – who played most of the instruments himself, with drum, keyboard, recording and mixing assistance from Arcade Fire's Jeremy Gara – doesn't use going a bit "pop" as an excuse to simplify his arrangements or the instrumentation. Nearly every tune has a few weird angles and shady corners to ponder in the weeks and, in all likelihood, months to come. Now more than ever, Snailhouse would appear ready for its spotlight. - Ben Rayner, The Star

... Feuerstack lives in the songs of Snailhouse. Songs that detail life's failing and triumphs in the most delightful way. Songs that reflect the ever-evolving project of a kind, gentle and funny artist not content to play it safe. - Allan Wigney, Ottawa Sun

Lies on the Prize is the best representation of Feuerstack’s songwriting gifts. He composes slyly earnest lyrics, where sincere romanticism mingles effectively with playful black humour, and he marries these to unique soundtracks on what is ultimately an intricate guitar/voice record.
- Vish Khanna, Eye Weekly