Caribou / Manitoba (Dan Snaith) - Classic or Dud?

https://sickmouthy.wordpress.com/2020/03/01/caribou-suddenly/

Liking this a lot more than expected on first listen

Oh man, I love this. Like the latest James Blake, I feel like I like it a lot more than I should, it doesn't really break new ground, but the mood is incredible.

He's never been a better producer than he is on this every album, every single element sounds so good... except his voice which I don't think I'm ever going to get past, it just anchors everything in the emotionally lukewarm zone for me.

Is there a general consensus that Swim is his best one? It's clearly Andorra and then The Milk... and then a big gap imo

up in flames is still my fav

i haven't been able to get into the new one, it's too song-y. seeing him live in a couple of weeks and maybe that'll get me into it

Scik Mouthy: so sad you’re going through that heartbreaking experience with your kid. Sincerely send you some love.

I love how this album sounds, makes up for the disappointment of the Grimes one.

more into this than the last one

i always thought the consensus was that andorra and swim were the best in whichever order

"magpie" is lovely, one of his best sounding tracks

Yeah, really into the minimalism and sound palette of this album. The two singles are probably my least favorite tracks tbh.

yeah "never come back" feels like an Obligatory Single here and not a standout

Thanks Moka - we're generally all pretty good at the moment but we've been through the mill for sure.

I have reservations about his voice, although it's normally not obstrusive enough to have any detrimental effect, and I wasn't expecting to be so into this from radio play of the singles (Never Come Back sounded exactly like a continuation of Our Love, and Home seemed too reliant on the sample, but they both work much better in context of the album for me) and early reports of how much he's singing on it, but it's actually working for me way more than his singing has before.

There are a few points where I kind of want it to go wild and tip into that collapse/chaos he's done before - the end of Magpie, for instance, teases me that it's going to explode and then it pulls back and finishes - and initially I was a bit gutted that he hadn't pushed it right out there, but I'm also impressed by the restraint.

Great seeing you write about music again, Scik Mouthy. I remember following your blog years ago and getting some amazing recommendations. And I'm glad the family's doing better!

“Our Love” didn't grab me much either, maybe apart from the singles, and Daphni was never really my thing, but I'm looking forward to picking up a copy of the new one today after work. I actually like his singing on his older tracks so the focus on vocals shouldn't be a problem.

this album is beautiful

i enjoy it a lot, as i do with all manitoba/caribou lps

our love lost me, used to love his mid aughts stuff. worth a revisit?

40000%

like i skip a couple of tracks on our love, but there are some stunners on it

this new one is more dance-oriented. "home" feels like something he coulda done mid-aughts, tho.

I think this one is good but nothing on it sizzles for me