Inner Classics is the sophomore record from critically acclaimed Toronto duo, SNOWBLINK.
Written in a cottage on Lake Erie in winter, an attic studio in Toronto in the early spring, and a guest house in Malibu, California in the summer while listening to a live feed of whales singing off the coast of Maui, Inner Classics represents singer-songwriter Daniela Gesundheit's first body of work since moving to Canada. The album title itself is inspired by the "Inner Classic," or Huang Di Nei Jing, a Traditional Chinese Medicine text written by several anonymous authors between 300 and 100 B.C.E.
Recorded in Toronto, Montreal and Los Angeles, Inner Classics was co-produced by the band and Chris Stringer (Timber Timbre, Ohbijou) and mixed by Mark Lawson (Arcade Fire, Timber Timbre). Guest players on the record include friends and past collaborators of the band Barbara Gruska (Jenny Lewis Band, The Belle Brigade), Ryan Driver (Sandro Perri), Thom Gill (Owen Pallett), Misha Bower (Bruce Peninsula), and Caley Monahon-Ward (Extra Life).
"Unsurfed Waves" is the second single from Snowblink's upcoming sophomore full-length album, Inner Classics, available September 11 on Arts & Crafts.
Snowblink are Daniela Gesundheit and Dan Goldman, a Toronto-via-California duo whose debut record, Long Live caught the attention of ears worldwide. The band has spent the past two years touring relentlessly supporting artists such as Jeff Tweedy, Owen Pallet, Local Natives, Destroyer, Dawes, Great Lake Swimmers, Timber Timbre, amongst others.
In 2008, Daniela Gesundheit of Snowblink moved from San Francisco to Toronto, irreversibly altering Snowblink from a whimsical warm-weather band touting four male backup singers (two of whom were MGMT) to the current acclaimed duo with Dan Goldman (Luxury Pond). Snowblink quickly became "one of the most compelling new voices on the Canadian scene" (CBC), opening for Jeff Tweedy, Owen Pallett, Timber Timbre, Ohbijou, Great Lake Swimmers, and The Hidden Cameras on extended tours throughout the US, Canada, and Europe.
