Snowblink is an indie pop band based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada."Snowblink Unveil 'Inner Classics' LP, Share New Tracks". Exclaim!, June 27, 2012. Snowblink is now a duo of singer/songwriter Daniela Gesundheit and multi-instrumentalist Dan Goldman."Snowblink's Returning Current avoids all the breakup album cliches". NOW Toronto, by Carla Gillis, September 21, 2016 The band has opened for Feist, Jeff Tweedy, Owen Pallett, Timber Timbre, Ohbijou, Great Lake Swimmers, and The Hidden Cameras.
History An earlier version of Snowblink began in Sherman Oaks, California, Gesundheit's hometown, before she moved to Toronto in 2008.
Gesundheit and Goldman released three albums independently before signing to Out of This Spark in Canada and Fire Records internationally in 2010; the two labels jointly reissued the band's 2008 album Long Live in 2011. The album Inner Classics followed in 2012 on Arts & Crafts.
Gesundheit also participated in the 2011 documentary film series National Parks Project, visiting Cape Breton Highlands National Park with Tony Dekker, Old Man Luedecke, and filmmaker Keith Behrman."Exotic Nova Scotia: Park Life" . National Post, March 12, 2012. In 2013, the band collaborated with The Hidden Cameras on a cover of Duran Duran's "The Chauffeur" for the compilation album Arts & Crafts: X."The Hidden Cameras Release 7-Inch in Advance of 'Age' LP". Exclaim!, July 4, 2013.
In 2016, Snowblink released Returning Current,Kennedy Enns. "New Snowblink album ‘Returning Current’ navigates the waters, in both sunshine and starlight". BeatRoute, 13 September 2016 drawing from Gesundheit's interest in the ocean and her familiarity with cantorial and Indian religious music. The band collaborated with Feist on the track "How Now". The album features drumming by Phil Melanson and production by Robbie Lackritz, and reviews were generally positive."Snowblink offers peeks into singer's subconscious". Georgia Straight, by Alexander Varty on September 22nd, 2016" Review – “Returning Current” – Snowblink". Greypoint Owl, Michael Thomas, September 14, 2016
In 2018, Snowblink contributed the song "Outdoor Hotel" to the compilation album The Al Purdy Songbook."Canadian poet Al Purdy inspires songs by Jason Collett, Sarah Harmer and more" . Now, January 22, 2019.
Discography Interim at Afton Villa (2005) My Oh My Avalanche (2006) Long Live (2008, rereleased in 2011) Inner Classics (2012) Returning Current (2016)
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