Years active 2008–present | Active from 2003 | |
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Associated acts Future Islands, Lower Dens, Wume, Nuclear Power Pants, Small Sur, Teeth Mountain, Lonnie Walker, Wing Dam, Fell Band, Peals, Hemlock Ernst, Trouble Knows Me Website future-islands.com/snails.html Members Sandy Snailbelow (Andy Abelow)Snailliam (William Cashion)Sammy Snail (Samuel T. Herring)Snailburne (Drew Swinburne)Snailbraham (Abram Sanders)Snailrell (Ryan Syrell)Snailpril (April Camlin). Albums Songs from the Shoebox, Worth the Wait EP Genres Rock music, Surf music, Post-punk, Reggae, Ska Record labels Friends Records, Ideas For Housecrafts Similar Samuel T Herring, Pilfers, High School Football, Peals, Future Islands | ||
The Snails is an American rock band with touches of post-punk, ska and reggae, based in Baltimore, Maryland. It is currently composed of Sandy Snailbelow, Snailliam, Sammy Snail (also known as Snamuel or Snammy), Snailburne, Snailbraham, Snailrell and Snailpril. As snails, they live in a Shoebox, where they like to play basketball.
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History
The Snails formed in the summer of 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland, when rapper Spank Rock asked Future Islands to play his birthday party. Future Islands' third member Gerrit Welmers was out of town, so Samuel T. Herring and William Cashion put together a group of friends to play some old songs by Art Lord & the Self-Portraits (the band that preceded Future Islands). Gradually producing their own material, the Snails are described by their record label - Friend’s Records - as “Baltimore’s answer to the California Raisins”.
As far as the meta-concept behind being a snail, there really isn't. We were just born this way, snails. The music that we breathe out is pretty natural, mitochondrion and all that stuff.
Wearing colorful snail headpieces and outfits, the Snails have had a rotating cast of members. From 2008 to 2013, they played some 10 shows in the Baltimore area. In April 2013 they released the EP Worth the Wait, a 5-song gatefold double 7" which was promoted by an East Coast tour of another 10 shows. A full-length album Songs from the Shoebox was recorded between December 2013 and November 2015, produced by Chester Endersby Gwazda and released in February 2016. It features 10 songs, of which “Flames” is an Art Lord & the Self-Portraits cover.
Apart from being snails, the slow pace of their relesases can also be explained by the fact that their members come from several Baltimore bands – Future Islands, Lower Dens, Wume, Nuclear Power Pants, Small Sur, Teeth Mountain, Lonnie Walker, Wing Dam amongst others - with different touring calendars. After the success of their album Singles released in March 2014, Future Islands toured massively until late 2015, leaving the project on hold.
In November 2015, The Snails released the Christmas song “Snails Christmas (I Want A New Shell)”. A re-recording of an already released track included on the 2013 compilation Baltimas!!!!! In March 2016 they toured the US East Coast again, to promote the release of their debut album.
Band members
Current members
Former members
Albums
EPs
Compilation appearances
Songs
Snails ChristmasSongs from the Shoebox · 2016
ShoeboxSongs from the Shoebox · 2016
Tight Side of LifeSongs from the Shoebox · 2016