Born in Toronto in 1988, Max Turnbull went through art school and spent some time as a film actor before developing the musical persona of Slim Twig in the mid-2000s. His early sounds included patches of blues-informed rockabilly, rugged punk, fuzzy psychedelia, and even a fair amount of rudimentary sampling and ramshackle beats that sounded patched together from thrift store records. While pursuing his solo work, Slim also played guitar in more aggressive punk snarlers Tropics and worked on occasional film scores, in addition to making solo work under the name Archaic Women. In 2012 he started a label with U.S. Girls' Meghan Remy, with whom he would eventually marry. ~ Fred Thomas