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Swim - Caribou
  • Band Name: Caribou
  • Record Label: Merge
  • Release Date: Apr 20, 2010
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Metascore
83 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 31 Critics What's this?

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8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 42 Ratings

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  • Summary: The Canadian electronic artist releases his follow-up to his Polaris Music Prize-winning album Andorra.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. NOW Magazine
    100
    Not surprising, then, that his newest leap into club-inspired techno and house feels just as substantial and weighty as his previous forays into experimental pop.
  2. The A.V. Club
    91
    Swim finds Snaith diving back into pure sequencing, but the result is his strangest and gutsiest work yet.
  3. cokemachineglow
    60
    This is the third album in a row where Snaith seems to have devoted most of his effort into submerging his own unique voice deep within the musical persona he's adopted, I just don't really get what I'm supposed to do with it. Like, should we get him some water wings to keep his head above the water?

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. mark
    10
    Score based on a live performance of this album in Shanghai 2010. These guys played like they are technical wizards solving a complex cosmic mathematical equation .. standing inside a clock ... in a science laboratory ... in the mind of a mad inventor ... who's tripping on acid. It was spellbinding.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. Jared
    10
    Already a contender for album of the year.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. JohnB
    5
    To be blunt, I'm disappointed with this record. Andorra really showed how unique Caribou was. That record gave me the sense that there wasn't anyone who could match the magical area that Dan Snaith occupied. However, almost all of Swim falls flat to me. It's almost like Dan was hanging out too much with Kieran Hebdan (Fourtet). In fact, Swim sounds like the tracks that didn’t make the cut for Kieran’s exceptional new Fourtet record. While there are a couple bright spots (I love the track "sun"), the rest of Swim sounds like someone just experimenting with mediocre house music and overlayering them with aimless samples that don't add anything. Maybe I hold Caribou to unattainable standards, and maybe Swim will grow on me, but so far no I'm not impressed.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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