Facts: - years active: 2004-present - origin: chicago , illinois , united states - genre: indie , soul , rock - name: catfish haven - background: group_or_band - label: secretly canadian - current members: george hunter miguel castillo ryan farnham Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of catfish haven .
catfish haven is an indie soul rock band from chicago .their music was described by onion av writer kyle ryan in 2006 as '' creedence clearwater revival meets nirvana . ''ryan goes on in the same article to explain that '' because haven grew up playing punk , they mostly avoid acoustic-rock conventions by channeling punk 's aggression and intensity .few similar bands match the racket catfish haven makes , but few bands mix elements of folk , country , rock , and punk so well . ''catfish haven is signed to secretly canadian records .they performed at lollapalooza 2006 .