Deserves its own thread.


Just discovered it and I like it a lot.

Yeah this is very cool.

I want to see this guy live.

good album.

I think Niobe might be my favourite song of the year. The whole album is great and even better than Milk of human kindness (which I also thought was great), for me.

yeah, it is deserving of it's own thread for sure... surprised i didn't start one. i was emailing snaith like crazy this past spring trying to find out what was going on with a new record.

also want to add that Caribou/Manitoba is still the best "electronic" live show i have ever seen. he knows how to make things entertaining: 2 drummers, video in sync with music, animal masks, and lots of volume.

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I can't wait to hear this album. It's sitting on my desk, but I don't have time to get to it yet. Hopefully after the weekend!


I agree, their shows are exhilarating. It's always fun to see how they translate and enhance the new material live. They're coming my way in November, so I'll be there to see them a third time.

Love "Niobe." After I first heard it, I played it two more times in a row.

It's great.

"Melody Day" is sissy indie neo psych pop done right and not sissily and gosh, it's good.

I liked it so much that I bought Up In Flames during the Virgin clearance sale, which is also the fucking tits. A more logical continuation of the sonically ball crushing, psychedelic wonderfulness of 90s landmarks such as Zaireeka and Boces than a whole lot of what the Lips and the Rev have done since those puppies.

Every music person on the planet should be getting in line to have this dude produce their fuckin' ass.

i'm confused because i wasn't so crazy about Milk of Human Kindness.


i need to go off somewhere and sort this one out.

I approve off this thread. I approve of this album. He has moved from creating brilliant textures and rhythms to just writing some stunning songs (with brilliant textures and rhythms).

Although "Up in Flames" may have more magic to it, this has some killer tunes.

... the street date is 8/21...I guess I'll have to wait.

Holy shit, that was you?? I picked it up, walked around with it, then put it back when I decided I was spending too much money. Then I came back a few days later and did the same thing, only this time my reason for putting it back was that I figured I wasn't that big a Caribou fan and could do without it. But I was still unsettled. After tossing and turning all night, I went back the next day to actually buy it, only to find that some asshole beat me to it. I'm glad you were that asshole.

it's simply one of my favorite records of all time.

Yeah, I got it on a Saturday... June 30th, I believe. Along with some other good shit.

If you had actually beaten me to it, I probably would have ended up buying A Part of America Therein instead! Way to dictate my life and shit.

You really should've cleared out their entire Fall catalog. That's what I would've done if I didn't have it all already

I need this record. Up In Flames is a masterpiece. Milk of Human Kindness? Not so much. It's actually not that great, but it helped spwan that "Boreal Forest Opper" track--which is simply one of my favorite songs of...ever (from the "Yeti" single), so it can't be completely disreagarded.

Still...I sense a massive comeback with this new one. Can't wait. Looking forward to spending some quality time with this one on the road.

i just downloaded Up In Flames because i've never heard it. looking forward to it.

the first 3 songs on Andorra are great, i'm especially liking "After Hours," i love that little drum part.

I just listened to this again this morning, and I like it more and more with each play. So many great songs.

yeah, "sundialing" is my favorite at this hour.

another one that's high on my best of the year thus far.
again Dr. J and I in a groove.

I'd like to hear this song.

after hours is my jam right now... but really hard to see any weaknesses on this thing.

melodies for days.

so, yeah, Up In Flames is really good. different style, but good. i've officially become a fan.

^ that was predictable. seems right up your alley.

what's with the milk of human kindness hate in this thread? that album kills as well.

True!

milk didn't grab me the way andorra has.


andorra has some serious hooks. definitely gonna be on my list.

No denying Andorra is a better record, but Milk has some great cuts, too. Really it's a pretty little disc in its own way.

Funny, I normally have your back (or vice versa) in cases like this (like, when folks trash Sumday, for example). But I'm not ready to say Milk of Human Kindness kills. But I don't detect any lactose intolerance in this thread--no hate. Just simple acknowldgement of the fact that Milk... was a wee bit of a let down after the brilliance of Up In Flames. Kind of like a lateral move, when one was expecting perhaps a step further.

and as much as i like Up In Flames, i like Andorra MUCH more.

it's just pop enough to win me over....which means it's going to win over a larger, more mainstream crowd. mark my words.

i guess for me, Milk is so good because it was my first exposure to Caribou. i picked it up when it came out and was drawn in and branched out from there. Yes, it's the weakest Caribou disc, but overall, it is very, very solid.

despite these differences, i assume we will still have each others backs or something

Well, yeah, okay Mr. Reasonable. I suppose I'm with you.

Expecting a step up from Up in Flames ::cough:: timeless masterpiece etc. etc.::cough:: would be ridiculous. But it was still among my favorite albums of the year and remains in regular listening rotation.

Up In Flames is the reason headphones were invented.

k, but Andorra is going to sell a lot more units.

Yeah, it's great... brilliant pop songwriting, masterful sonic execution, etc. Got it.

So how's that career as a mastermind record exec working out, Dr. J?

units? wtf are you talking about... we're talking about the music. you are such a weirdo.

Jimmy likes his music to be jam-packed with monster hooks that speak to the common man.

Like Radiohead, Sufjan, Arcade Fire, etc.




lol

it's been hard getting people to call me back.



and paves, i can't help it that i represent the indie mainstream. i didn't choose this calling.... i'm but a vessel.

okay, here's my ranking:

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That looks about right. I do like Milk of Human Kindness a lot though...

I like "MOHK" for being unique...looking forward to "andorra"...I checked out the video for "Melody..." hey, even the 17 yr. old dug it.

i found some links in case anyone is still looking for this...

Pretty fucking brilliant. Any tour dates announced? I have to see this act.

I love the chorus on 'Desiree'.

Caribou – "Melody Day" single
01. Melody Day
02. Melody Day (Four Tet remix)
03. Zoe

That Four Tet remix is a spare acoustic take with group vocals that is WAY different from the album version, but every bit as lovely.
"Zoe" is a brief, messy outtake.

and here's the album: xxx.mediafire.com/?1eng4dajy21

one of the best of the year.


and maybe even an album that can unite the board.

They're bringing this glorious noise to the Triple Rock Social Club on 7th November. Can. Not. Wait.

album is now revealing itself to be super-solid.

i didn't really like "she's the one" at first, but now it's got me hooked.