When Dan Snaith stopped by and gave a Progress Report on Swim, his followup to 2007′s Andorra he let Jessica know that “rather than planning and writing out structures as he did with with Andorra … [he] recorded bits of pieces of things he likes to see what sticks and what doesn’t.”
One thing that’s emerged: Snaith has decided to combine the dancier tracks from his Daphni project (he recently completed a Courtney Tidwell remix) with the songs he’s been prepping as Caribou. “It just happens that some of the tracks that were supposed to be dance-y were the most interesting to me. They had elements that dance music wasn’t supposed to have, or had sounds dance music doesn’t traditionally have in it, or some beat or tempo that wasn’t characteristic of dance music or whatever,” he explains. “I’ve never been successful at being rigid and saying, ‘Okay, this track is going to be in this genre.’ I always follow my nose and throw in any elements that appeal to me.”
As far as the Swim title, Pitchfork quotes a statement where Snaith said he “got excited by the idea of making dance music that’s liquid in the way it flows back and forth, the sounds slosh around in pitch, timbre, pan… Dance music that sounds like it’s made out of water…” See how all of this holds up after listening to the opener, “Odessa.”
(via caribou.fm)
The tracklist:
01 “Odessa”
?02 “Sun”
?03 “Kaili”
?04 “Found Out”
?05 “Bowls”
?06 “Leave House”?
07 “Hannibal”?
08 “Lalibela”
?09 “Jamelia”
Swim is out 4/20 in the US via Merge and in the UK and Europe via City Slang. The collection was recorded in Wales and with Junior Boy’s Jeremy Greenspan in his Hamilton, Ontario studio. Guest reportedly include Keiran Hebden, Born Ruffians’ Luke Lalonde, Greenspan, Stone Throw’s Koushik, etc.
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“odessa” sounds like it is influenced by arthur russell.
Dag…that was SUPPOSED to be the cover for the new Jicks single…this music has nothing to do with it…
^Not to mention the new Tokyo Police Club single.
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you sound like a shitty spoon coverband
You shouldn’t be such a douche bag.
Album art aside, I love this song.
sounds like he got a new mic
i was just going to say something about the arthur russell thing, towels. the similarity is almost scary. does his voice sound different? i understand that all great art bears borrowed ideas/themes, but why can’t i help but feel a little frustrated? whatever, i’ll get over it soon enough. it really is a great song and the production is amazing. thanks for the preview, stereogum,
Out on 4-20?
dear listeners:
PLEASE consume Swim with a hefty side of substance.
Is that what they’re trying to say?
i live this track and i dont know who arthur russell is but im suprised nobody thinks of whitest boy alive when they hear this
Haha…didn’t really think about that before, but he does sound a bit like Mr. Oye. Good call!
Anonymous Collective said ?i dont know who arthur russell is?
Nooooo, stop it! Are you serious!?!