Swim - Caribou
  • Band Name: Caribou
  • Record Label: Merge
  • Release Date: Apr 20, 2010
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Universal acclaim - based on 31 Critics What's this?

User Score

Universal acclaim- based on 47 Ratings

  • Summary: The Canadian electronic artist releases his follow-up to his Polaris Music Prize-winning album Andorra.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 31
  2. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. 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. Snaith is able to hold onto his Caribou identity despite the new techno influences. His new album Swim reaffirms the supreme artistic capability that is Caribou.
  3. Returning to psychedelia of a more modern variety after the Polaris-winning 'Andorra' saw him pegged by some as a '60s revisionist, electronic whiz Dan Snaith's latest offering is a triumph to top even that masterstroke.
  4. 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. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. 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
  2. Jared
    10
    Already a contender for album of the year.
  3. VincentD.
    8
    Caribou manages to creates a claustrophobic collection of raw electronic hits that easily captivate the listener throughout the duration of the album's nine memorable tracks. Its the complexity of it all that will keep you listening for weeks to come. Expand
  4. 7
    Very listenable. Some good tunes but overall I find this gets a bit repetitive after a while. There will be some great sounds with bags of potential but often the track will just stand still for 4 or 5 minutes. You can hear alot of ideas Radiohead have been using on The King of Limbs present on this. Expand

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