Slim Twig
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Postcard issued by DFA Records.
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| Birth name | Max Turnbull |
| Born | 1988 (age 28–29) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Years active | 2005–present |
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| Website | Slim Twig.com |
Max Turnbull (born in 1988), better known by his stage name Slim Twig, is a Canadian songwriter, musician and film actor. He was born the son of Toronto-based filmmakers, Ross Turnbull and Jennifer Hazel, and graduated from the Claude Watson School of the Arts in 2006.
Twig began self-releasing music in 2005 and eventually earned a deal with Paper Bag Records. His first album under the label was Contempt!, released in 2009. He also worked in the film industry, playing "Billy Zero" in the 2007 film The Tracey Fragments. Other films he appeared in were Dog Pound and Sight Unseen, in which he played the film's lead character.
Twig co-founded the Calico Corp. record label alongside American-Canadian band U.S. Girls. Twig's second album under Paper Bag, Sof' Sike, was released in August 2012. His third studio album, A Hound at the Hem, was released under Calico Corp. three months later. This album was eventually re-released by DFA Records, who signed Twig in 2014. In 2015, he released a cover version of Serge Gainsbourg's "Cannabis" as well as his fourth studio album, Thank You for Stickin' with Twig, both under DFA Records.
Slim Twig played 'Billy Zero' in the 2007 film, The Tracey Fragments, directed by Bruce McDonald and starring Ellen Page. Slim was cast as 'Max' in French director Kim Chapiron's film, Dog Pound, set in a juvenile detention centre, and plays the lead character in an independent feature film produced by his parents entitled Sight Unseen, for which he also composed the score. He has acted in numerous commercial productions and shorts, and scored other films. In 2013, he composed the score for the documentary, We Come as Friends, directed by Hubert Sauper.
Paper Bag Records has released two Slim Twig EPs and two, full-length albums. His most recent LP, A Hound at the Hem, was released by his own label, Calico Corp., in conjunction with Pleasence Records. In September 2014, New York-based DFA Records announced that it is re-releasing A Hound at the Hem.
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