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Fear Is A Man's Best Friend

from Translations by Michael Feuerstack

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Written by John Cale.

Billy Bragg (who also could easily have appeared on this collection of covers) did this song on his Peel Sessions collection, and that’s where I first heard it. Much later, I fell hard for Cale’s album Fear, which has such a strong kaleidoscopic mix of uncertainty, hope and bravado. The original is much more demented than mine – it taps into real fear. I needed to include some of fear’s antidote, or I wouldn’t have been able to pull it off.

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from Translations, released January 7, 2022
Michael Feuerstack: guitars, pedal steel, keys, singing
Mixed by MF at Salad Feelings
Mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market
Artwork by Jon Claytor

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Michael Feuerstack Montreal, Québec

Montreal-based song-maker, musician and producer Michael Feuerstack (fka Snailhouse) has built an ever growing archive of crooked and beautiful songs. Live and on record, Feuerstack’s panoramic and literate song-craft can be heard in many forms, transcending boundaries with his unmistakable voice and unique perspective hovering between humour and heartbreak. ... more

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