"Odessa" is the opening track to Caribou's third album and it gets the album off to a roaring start. A bubbling, stabbing bass bit is center-stage throughout the song along with squealing synths and industrial metal clanking noises. Caribou's soft lyrics round out what is one of the best songs of the year so far. The rest of the album follows the same liquid electronic sound especially in second and third tracks "Sun" and "Kaili", the former using a repeated filtered uttering of 'sun' to go along with a jazzy drum-line. Another highlight is fifth track "Bowls", an instrumental minimal techno number that brings master of the genre Pantha Du Prince to mind upon hearing it. The following track "Leave House" is a funk/pop song and it's use of pan flutes and other woodwinds makes it the closest thing in sound to Caribou's previous album "Andorra". The weakest track on the album is the finale "Jamelia" which features guest vocals from some nerdy, nasally sounding guy and on the whole is a little bit over the top. Nevertheless, "Swim" is one of the year's finest so far.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
New Music That Matters 2010: Caribou - Swim
"Odessa" is the opening track to Caribou's third album and it gets the album off to a roaring start. A bubbling, stabbing bass bit is center-stage throughout the song along with squealing synths and industrial metal clanking noises. Caribou's soft lyrics round out what is one of the best songs of the year so far. The rest of the album follows the same liquid electronic sound especially in second and third tracks "Sun" and "Kaili", the former using a repeated filtered uttering of 'sun' to go along with a jazzy drum-line. Another highlight is fifth track "Bowls", an instrumental minimal techno number that brings master of the genre Pantha Du Prince to mind upon hearing it. The following track "Leave House" is a funk/pop song and it's use of pan flutes and other woodwinds makes it the closest thing in sound to Caribou's previous album "Andorra". The weakest track on the album is the finale "Jamelia" which features guest vocals from some nerdy, nasally sounding guy and on the whole is a little bit over the top. Nevertheless, "Swim" is one of the year's finest so far.
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Sounds awesome, I had no idea they were releasing a new album though I guess they're kicking off a nationwide tour soon.
Yeah, it's a good record. There's a remix contest on the City Slang blog that may be of interest. I plan on giving it a shot and posting the results as part of the ongoing daily music bean project on my blog.
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