It's been a while since we've seen an album from Dan Snaith's Caribou project; his last, Swim, came out back in 2010. That will all change on October 7, when Merge releases his latest LP, Our Love. Snaith's already shared "Can't Do Without You," and now you can stream the album's title track "Our Love," which features contributions from Owen Pallett, who recently collaborated with Snaith's other project, Daphni, adding his trademark string arrangements to Snaith's psychedelic wizardry.
Every Caribou album sounds a little different, and it seems that Our Love will be no exception; "Can't Do Without You" and "Our Love" are a hint at what new tricks Snaith has up his sleeve. The tracks feature both normal and pitch-shifted vocals, and rather than having full-fledged lyrics as on most Caribou songs, they substitute this for one hypnotically repeated line, a tactic more often found in dance music. Dan Snaith is as consistently inventive as they come, he's never let us down before, and Our Love is looking to be an exciting new chapter.
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Caribou will tour North America and Europe with support from Hyperdub's Jessy Lanza, who's debut LP Pull My Hair Back is very worth checking out in its own right. Full tour dates are below.
Caribou Worldwide Dates:
23 Aug FYF Fest, Los Angeles, CA
27 Aug 27 Dimensions Festival, Pula, HR
5 Sept Bestival
6 Sep Estragon, Bologna, IT
8 Oct KOKO, London* SOLD OUT
9 Oct Botanique, Brussels, BE*
10 Oct Ewerk, Cologne, DE*
11 Oct Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, DE*
12 Oct Melkweg Old Room, Amsterdam, NL*
13 Oct The Circus, Helsinki, FI
14 Oct Berghain, Berlin, DE*
15 Oct Conne Island, Leipzig, DE*
16 Oct Meet Factory, Prague, CZ*
17 Oct A38, Budapest, HU*
18 Oct Electronic Beats @ TMuseumsquartier, Vienna, AT*
19 Oct Muffathalle, Munich, DE*
20 Oct Komplex 457, Zurich, CH*
21 Oct Transbordeur, Lyon, FR*
22 Oct Aeronef, Lille, FR*
23 Oct Liverpool Music Week at Camp & Furnace, Liverpool*
24 Oct Simple Things Festival at Motion, Bristol*
31 Oct The Warehouse Project, Manchester, UK* SOLD OUT
1 Nov Pitchfork Festival Paris, Paris, FR*
5 Nov Vicar Street, Dublin, IE*
6 Nov Razzmatazz, Barcelona, ES*
7 Nov Alfa MiTo Club To Club, Turin, IT*
8 Nov Iceland Airwaves, Reykjavik, IS*
10 Nov Le National, Montreal, QC*
11 Nov Paradise, Boston, MA*
12 Nov Webster Hall, New York, NY*
13 Nov Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA*
15 Nov Black Cat, Washington, DC*
16 Nov Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC*
17 Nov Terminal West, Atlanta, GA*
18 Nov The Social, Orlando, FL*
19 Nov Grand Central, Miami, FL*
20 Nov Club Downunder, Tallahassee, FL*
21 Nov One Eyed Jacks, New Orleans, LA*
22 Nov Fitzgeralds, Houston, TX*
23 Nov The Mohawk, Austin, TX*
24 Nov Danforth Music Fall, Toronto, ON*
12 Mar Columbiahalle, Berlin, DE
14 Mar Brixton Academy, London, UK
*support from Jessy Lanza
Caribou
"Our Love"
- Merge
- New album 'Our Love' out 10/07/14