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Caribou
Our Love (180 Gram Vinyl)
Merge 488
Released on October 7, 2014
Vinyl includes MP3 download card
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You reach a point in life where the question of how to stay at the top of your
game looms, with the only real solution being: you change the game. Our Love,
the new album from Caribou, is the sound of Dan Snaith doing just that.
Our Love, due October 7 on Merge Records, is the fifth studio album from
Caribou.
Our Love is formed around a mixture of digital pop production, hip
hop-inspired beats, muted house basslines, and a love of shuffling garage
that can be traced all the way back to the time of Start Breaking My Heart – all
of which are, of course, filtered through Dan’s own unique perspective. The
warm analog sounds of classic soul should not be overlooked either, for they
weave themselves most intensely into the record’s DNA. In fact, Our Love is
probably Caribou’s most soulful record to date, with tracks like “Back Home”
whose heartfelt lyrics – dealing in tired relationships and a weary kind of love
– and organic nature cut through the bubbling synths and blissful euphoria
of their synthetic constructions. It’s not all downbeat of course; while some
thoughts linger on mortality, loss, and letting go, there is always an element of
celebration.

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