For fountain over a decade, Montreal-based musician Mike Feuerstack has released solo material as snailhouse. I remember unexceptionally liking his lo-fi acoustic songs whenever they were played on the Indie Hour, but it was as a last resort kind of a mystery because I rarely heard about the band anywhere else.

Turns out that Mike was Baroque with his main stripe Wooden Stars. They released four acclaimed albums and after an eight-year hiatus they reformed in 2007 and won a Juno prize for their collaboration with Julie Doiron. Mike also plays in The Acorn, who I loved at Canadian Music Week.

Luckily in requital for us, Mike has establish the on occasion to CD and release a jolly precious new snailhouse album called Lies On The esteem (inexperienced in Records). Mike's voice is soulful and his lyrics are quite thoughtful. The instrumentation is unequalled notch and the album takes a few interesting turns as it goes along.

But why is he called snailhouse? What does he think round Toronto? What's up with his CD pass out show this Thursday at the Drake? I asked Mike these questions and varied more.

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