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"Daniela Gesundheit . . . has one of my favorite voices. Her singing is so confident, but it's also like she lets her voice catch on the breeze of every note, delicately & langorously, hanging on each speck of pollen floating by. Maybe more like the most beautiful kite you've ever seen. You almost forget there is a string and a human anchor."
—Onthemessiersideofneat, Brooklyn, NY
"Gesundheit’s backbreakingly gorgeous words and their airy movements . . . appear before us as startlingly as new colors or languages would. It’s quite spectacular and right."
—Daytrotter, Davenport, IA
"Their earthily whimsical melodies seem to reflect something bigger about our surroundings, while encouraging audience members to feel the same way."
—Queen's Journal, Kingston, Ontario
"As Snowblink, songbird Daniela Gesundheit makes hushed and eerily gorgeous music with a rotating cast of musicians, backup singers, and assorted whisperers. Gesundheit's voice is exquisite — a warbly, smoky, and delicate thing, somewhere between Jolie Holland and Cat Power. Her alias means 'a white sky glow reflected from snowy fields,' which aptly captures her sound, which is as crisp as a clear morning after a blizzard. 'Ruby' is a showstopper.
—Flavorpill, San Francisco, CA
"Every Snowblink song is like coming out of a depression, with deeper meaning, finally attuned to what you're hoping to get out of this crazy business of taking in air and letting it run your parts." —Daytrotter, Davenport, IA
"Snowblink is a true pleasure. You can dance to this, but it should be a slowdance. With someone you care about, please."
—Shitparade, Los Angeles, CA
"I thought Daniela of Snowblink was going to be the next voice of SF, but she just moved to Toronto."
— San Francisco Bay Guardian
REVIEWS OF LONG LIVE
Though officially still unreleased, Long Live was named in several end-of-year best-of lists.
Best Songs of 2008, Adult Alternative, UK
2008 Highlight Performances, WNYC Spinning on Air, New York, NY "Snowblink is the brainchild of onetime San Francisco transient Daniela Gesundheit, alongside a rich amalgam of collaborators throughout North America, and incorporating a bevy of unique influences. While of course owing some debt to those that came before, the sound of Snowblink is far removed from the canonized female folk royalty unwitting critics will try to compare it to.
"Long Live is by far Gesundheit's most mature musical statement to date, boasting rich and complex arrangements, a sensitive and singular approach to lyrics, and as always, her effortlessly fluid and sonorous vocals. To boot, the record was brought to life by the expert engineering of Jay Pellicci and the mixing of Thom Monahan, of Deerhoof and Brightblack Morning Light fame, respectively. Perhaps its greatest feat in the midst of diverse instrumentation boasting bowed glockenspiels and thrummed thumb pianos, is its almost severe intimacy. Given Gesundheit's inevitably serene vocals, she is at her best when her lyrics serve as a kind of gentle lance to the tension around her tales of archetypal traumas. However, not all is Bergmanesque psycho-drama, as several songs also exhibit a more playful and whimsical approach to storytelling. From start to finish, Long Live is a sturdy new plateau, from a promising young voice."
—Aquarius Records, San Francisco, CA
"Some songs just make you want to curl into a fetal position and crawl back into innocence. Snowblink is one of those fateful few. . . and lets you escape from the grasp of adulthood and obligation, priority and reality. It relieves you."
—Faith-Ann Young, RCRD LBL, NYC
"TOP 20 RECORDS OF 2008. Daniela Gesundheit aka Snowblink will not be on many best-of-year lists, but only because this absolute gem of a record is self-released and has no advertising or promotion behind it. I would surely not have known of Long Live if it weren’t for her playing a jaw-dropping show in Speakertree Records this year. Her poetry stresses the love of nature and simple worldly beauty while her voice soars above her light guitar, often accompanied by violin and keys. Look for this album to get picked up by a decent label next year."
—Speakertree Records, Lynchburg, VA
"Snowblink's lyrics stand alone silently as timeless, beautiful poetry. Then voice them with the sweet croons of songwriter Daniela Gesundheit and place them over sparse, delicate instrumentation, and these poems transform into soul inspiring songs. Long Live is a salute to the often under-recognized beauty of existence crafted from the dynamic scope of the natural world. Gesundheit distributes poetic visions: . . . the inner whirling eddies, the nests of folded fingers and the way love can 'some days leave the taste of an orchard.' Gesundheit gently handles her guitar, which is present in all songs, while undeniably impressing with the floating nature of her vocals. Her voice is confident, yet capricious, and her lyrics are built from the beauty of the earth. Stylistically, she could be compared to Joanna Newsom while vocally, she is a more intimate presentation of Feist."
—Blair Amberly, The Burg, Lynchburg, VA
"Like a series of beautiful short stories, poems or paintings, Snowblink's second album is stop-you-in-your-tracks gorgeous. With lead singer and songwriter Daniela Gesundheit's voice somewhere in the lovely space near Tanya Donnelly, and the elegant, sophisticated backing like carefully, artistically-arranged choreography, Long Live is a jewel of an album. With lines like 'one little tremor, as tender as a frost thawing into pond' in the perfect small song, 'The Tired Bees,' you get a clear sense of art, of a song that has not a drop more or less than it needs (or wants) to be perfect. The song bounces, it skips, and it delivers a clear, crisp shot to your heart. Snowblink is a loose collection of musicians around Gesundheit, an artistic grouping. Long Live is the sound of an angelic, earthbound soul, and it is an absolute treasure. Album of the week."
--Adult Contemporary Essentials, UK
