Snowblink

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Snowblink
Origin Toronto, Ontario
Genres Indie pop
Years active1988-present
Labels Out of This Spark
Arts & Crafts
Fire Records
MembersDaniela Gesundheit
Dan Goldman
Website http://snowblinksays.com/

Snowblink is an indie pop band based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [1] Snowblink is now a duo of singer/songwriter Daniela Gesundheit and multi-instrumentalist Dan Goldman. [2] The band has opened for Feist, Jeff Tweedy, Owen Pallett, Timber Timbre, Ohbijou, Great Lake Swimmers and The Hidden Cameras.

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History

An earlier version of Snowblink began in Sherman Oaks, California, Gesundheit's hometown, before she moved to Toronto in 2008. [1]

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. [1]

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. [3] 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 . [4]

In 2016, Snowblink released Returning Current, [5] [6] drawing from Gesundheit's interest in the ocean and her familiarity with cantorial and Indian religious music. [7] The band collaborated with Feist on the track 'How Now'. [8] The album features drumming by Phil Melanson and production by Robbie Lackritz’, and reviews were generally positive. [9] [10]

In 2018, Snowblink contributed the song "Outdoor Hotel" to the compilation album The Al Purdy Songbook . [11]

Discography

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Snowblink Unveil 'Inner Classics' LP, Share New Tracks". Exclaim! , June 27, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Snowblink's Returning Current avoids all the breakup album cliches". NOW Toronto, by Carla Gillis, September 21, 2016
  3. ↑ "Exotic Nova Scotia: Park Life" Archived 2013-07-08 at archive.today . National Post , March 12, 2012.
  4. ↑ "The Hidden Cameras Release 7-Inch in Advance of 'Age' LP". Exclaim! , July 4, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Snowblink explores love and loss in 'Returning Current'". CBC Radio. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  6. ↑ Kennedy Enns. "New Snowblink album ‘Returning Current’ navigates the waters, in both sunshine and starlight". BeatRoute, 13 September 2016
  7. ↑ Dreaming with Snowblink , retrieved 2016-10-15
  8. ↑ "Snowblink and Feist ponder the wonder of the new on "How Now"". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  9. ↑ "Snowblink offers peeks into singer's subconscious". Georgia Straight, by Alexander Varty on September 22nd, 2016
  10. ↑ " Review – “Returning Current” – Snowblink". Greypoint Owl, Michael Thomas, September 14, 2016
  11. ↑ "Canadian poet Al Purdy inspires songs by Jason Collett, Sarah Harmer and more" Archived 2019-02-03 at the Wayback Machine . Now , January 22, 2019.
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