Snailhouse
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Snailhouse is the pseudonym of the Canadian
Canada
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 indie rock
Indie rock
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 artist Mike Feuerstack. Feuerstack is also the guitarist of indie rock band Wooden Stars
Wooden Stars
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. Snailhouse is essentially a solo project with multiple contributing artists, including Julie Doiron
Julie Doiron
Julie Doiron is an award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter of Acadian heritage.-Background:Doiron started playing guitar in Eric's Trip at the age of eighteen, having joined the band at the insistence of her then-boyfriend, Rick White, also of Eric's Trip...

 of Eric's Trip
Eric's Trip
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, with production work by Jeremy Gara
Jeremy Gara
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 of The Arcade Fire
The Arcade Fire
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. His most recent full-length, Sentimental Gentleman was released in April 2011 by Mi Amante in Europe and in May 2011 by White Whale Records/Forward Music in Canada. Records from Snailhouse have previously been released on the Lunamoth, Rhythm of Sickness, Grand Theft Autumn, Unfamiliar Records and Scratch Recordings labels.

Discography

  • Fine
    Fine (album)
    Fine is an album by the artist Snailhouse. It was released in 1994 on the Lunamoth label, and is distributed by Scratch Records.The album was re-released in 1999 on the label Grand Theft Autumn, with new cover art.-Track listing:#"Preface"...

    (1994)
  • The Radio Dances
    The Radio Dances
    The Radio Dances is an album by the artist Snailhouse. It was released in 1998 on Rhythm of Sickness Records, and is distributed by Scratch Records.-Track listing:#Have A Good Time#Plans#Look What I've Done#Accidental Seabirds...

    (1998)
  • Fine (Re-released 1999)
  • A New Tradition
    A New Tradition
    A New Tradition is an EP by the artist Snailhouse. It was released in 2001 on the label The Snailhouse Institute For The Recording Arts, and is distributed by Scratch Records...

    (2001)
  • The Opposite Is Also True
    The Opposite is Also True
    The Opposite is Also True is an album by the artist Snailhouse. It was released in 2001 on the label The Snailhouse Institute For The Recording Arts, and is distributed by Scratch Records. It was recorded and between 2000 and 2001, at Little Bullhorn Productions in Ottawa. It was mastered at SNB...

    (2001)
  • The Silence Show
    The Silence Show
    The Silence Show is an album by the artist Snailhouse. It was released in 2005 on the Scratch Recordings label.-Track listing:#The Silence Show#Birds And Bees#Makeshift Family#Don't Blame Me#God Created Monsters#Out In The Sun#Thirty-Three#Mermaids...

    (2005)
  • Lies on the Prize
    Lies on the Prize
    Lies on the Prize is the fifth album by Canadian indie rock artist Snailhouse. It was released in July 2008 on the Unfamiliar Records label.-Award nominations:On June 15, 2009, Lies on the Prize was longlisted for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize....

    (2008)
  • Monumental Moments (2010)
  • Sentimental Gentleman (2011)

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