Dan Snaith’s last album as Caribou, Andorra was described here as “nine songs of beautifully crafted melodious vaporous pop”. It looks like the followup Swim out on City Slang on the 16th of April (19th – UK,Europe / 20th – US) is a massive diversion from that sound.
Judging by the opener and free download track from the album, ‘Odessa’, Snaith is on a dance music tip. There are ravey bits and lots of funky percussion underneath it all. Luke Lalonde of Born Ruffians appears…
Stereogum — When Dan Snaith stopped by and gave a Progress Report on Swim, his followup to 2007's Andorra he let Jessica know that "rather than planning and writing out structures as... more info
I Guess I'm Floating — Here's the lead single "Odessa" from Caribou's upcoming Swim LP. We knew 2010 would be a banger but I completely forgot about Caribou. Let-errrr-rip:[MP3] Caribou - Odes... more info
Nialler9 —
Dan Snaith’s last album as Caribou, Andorra was described here as “nine songs of beautifully crafted melodious vaporous pop”. It looks like the followup Swim out ... more info
Chorus.fm — *Caribou* (http://www.myspace.com/cariboumanitoba) will release a new album titled Swim on April 20th (http://www.absolutepunk.net/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=24332&day=201... more info
Pitchfork - Forkcast —
We've been anticipating a new Caribou album since 2007's Andorra, the last album from Dan Snaith's ever-mutating psych-pop project, appeared on our year-end lis... more info