The moniker The Fast Sails evokes the imagery of travel, movement, distance and progression. Perhaps that is why vocalist and songwriter Simone Snaith chose it as her new musical identity following several years in the post-hardcore rock band Wallace. Freed from the anarchy and aural intensity of the band, Snaith is now able to explore the folk and new wave artists that so heavily formed her musical upbringing.

The petit half-Jamaican, Baton Rouge native was raised by musician parents who pl...