A snowblink is a white luminosity on the underside of clouds, caused by the reflection of light from a snow covered surface. An apt choice of name then for Daniela Gesundheit’s band as her music is a kind of reflected and dreamy folk music which has the feel of being there yet somehow not there.

Long Live, the third Snowblink album (It follows two limited edition and now out of print home recorded albums), meanders gently through the landscape of its fifteen tracks in an unforced manner which is possibly a reflection of the fact that it was recorded in as wide a range of locations as it is possible to imagine – a studio in Sacramento, a log-cabin in Mammoth Lakes and an apartment in Toronto are among the places the album was put together.

Since the inception of the band Gesundheit has surrounded herself with a cabal of musicians and vocalists, which at one time included MGMT, to fill out her delicate arrangements and layer them with strings, glock, and a host of less conventional instruments. Despite the musical patchwork which makes up the album, it never sounds less than intimate with Gesundheit’s crystalline voice shimmering throughout. If you are looking for straightforward folk music look elsewhere though, there isn’t a moment of ordinariness in Long Live, everything is slightly off kilter and so much the better for it.

Sssshhhhh. Quiet. Listen – it’s beautiful.

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