If you think you know Caribou, think again. Dan Snaith’s new album, Swim is the sound of the musical glass ceiling being blown away.
With the trajectory of his previous three psychedelic wonderland albums culminating with The Flaming Lips asking Caribou to do ‘something special’ for ATP NYC in September 2009, Dan put together a 15 piece band including the likes of Marshall Allen (Sun Ra Arkestra band leader) as part of a 5 piece horn section, Kieran ‘Four Tet’ Hebden, Jeremy ‘Junior Boys’ Greenspan, Koushik, Luke ‘Born Ruffians’ Lalonde, four drummers, gong, synths, vibes and everyone who has ever played live with Caribou, collaborating on the most epic Caribou performance, ever.
We can’t think of another multi-instrumentalist/ producer/ songwriter/singer/ arranger/ composer who has the ability to harness all these talents into something as breathtakingly gorgeous yet dancefloor-ready as Dan Snaith.
We’re not alone in thinking just how special Caribou is. After the winning the prestigious 2008 Polaris Music Prize (Canada’s answer to the Mercury Music Prize, where he saw off the likes of Black Mountain & Holy Fuck in so doing), Dan decided to use the winnings to take his home...
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