Caribou

If you think you know Caribou, think again. Dan Snaith’s new album, Swim is the sound of the musical glass ceiling being blown away. If there is a link to previous album Andorra, it would be in the ravishing explosions of sound pulsing through album closer ‘Niobe’. A continuum of sorts leads us to 2010, but that finale gives mere hints as to the future Caribou. From the opening effervescent gambol of ‘Odessa’ to the glorious odyssey of ‘Jamelia’, it’s crystal clear that Caribou has made a massive leap forwards, upwards and sideways. With the trajectory of his previous three psychedelic wonderland albums culminating with The Flaming Lips asking Caribou to do ‘something special’ for ATP NYC in September 2009, Dan put together a 15 piece band including the likes of Marshall