PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Dave Hurlow grew up in Toronto and studied English Literature and Critical Theory at King's College University in Halifax. From 2006 to 2014, he played bass and synthesizer in the Juno-nominated band The Darcys. He has published a collection of short stories in Hate Letters from Buddhists (Steel Bananas Press, 2014) and facilitaties creative writing programs in underserved communities in Toronto through Story Planet. He is also playing bass in the Toronto band Nightshades and working on his first solo album.
Deep Sea Feline is mesmerizing and exhilarating. It sneaks into your psyche and sticks with you throughout the day, the month, the year... just like a great song you just cannot get out of your head. -Jennifer Morrison, filmmaker/actor/Jen's Bookshelf Deep Sea Feline is a wild bag of an opera, full of digital piano tracks, art gallery visits, and musicians on tour in mid-life. There's a train running through a Manitoba landscape -- a mysterious connection between science and art. Dave Hurlow pierces the membrane that separates this world from another world that runs under it: a lake of ice and, below, a world where mothers depart, friends question life choices while still attempting to reach a truth, through both figurative and sonic art. You might have to be on ketamine to read Hurlow correctly, or maybe just a long sleepless night on Nyquil, but you'll learn how to live inside a painting and a piece of music. Deep Sea Feline is funny, adventurous, and a break from the reality we know as the normy 9 to 5 - everyone will agree the more interesting hours in life usually occur between six in the evening and eight the next morning. -Michael Winter, author of The Death of Donna Whalen and Minister Without Portfolio Serious fun. Loved it. Dave Hurlow is one of those rare writers who can dig deep into the bag of weird but still somehow engineer a brilliant plot with lovable characters. A bright crackling sparkler of a mind. -Charles Spearin, musician (Do Make Say Think, Broken Social Scene)
