SNAILHOUSE
The Silence Show
Scratch
· Pop for sophisticates.
Mike Fuerstack is the type of songwriter whose gentle lullabies hold hooks so subtle and layered they almost seem to hit and stick by osmosis. The Silence Show, recorded with long-term Snailhouse associates Aaron Booth, Samir Khan (Kepler) and Jeremy Gara (The Arcade Fire), is as sad as a rainstorm and as warm as a hug.
Singing "Fold me/in your sweet dishonesty," on "God Created Monsters," Fuerstack breaks our hearts while at the same time giving us an irresistible simple melody. Whether picking the simplest of pop figures on his acoustic (the immediately familiar "Don’t Blame Me"), or building a driving highway song atop a bed of echoed oohs and aahs (the lovey-dovey "Birds and Bees"), The Silence Show guarantees Fuerstack’s spot as one of Canada’s finest songwriters, and offers up a perfect summer rainy-day album worth staying inside for.
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