Caribou’s music has always been atmospheric. Back when producer and DJ Dan Snaith was still working under the name of Manitoba, he released Up in Flames, a record that’s still beloved by fans for its eclectic mix of cascading beats and sounds. Tracks like “Crayons” recalled childhood nostalgia with music box chimes, whereas “Skunks” was laced with banjo strums and frog calls.

On Swim, Snaith’s latest LP, he still creates a heady blend of sound, but it’s in turns darker, more introspective and-well, there’s no other way to put it: watery. The album came about, Snaith recently told Pitchfork in an interview, because he had taken up swimming lessons. He wanted to recreate the experience of moving water in music-something that modern technology made it much easier for him to do.

Speaking to Pitchfork, he said Swim’s tracks represent “specifically this idea of having all the elements in the song be kind Levitra Professional of liquid or fluid, sort of flowing from one ear to the other or appearing and then floating away again, crashing into one another, kind of interacting with each other in some way. Just having that be a guiding principle for the kind of aesthetic quality of the sounds.”

It’s easier to hear what he’s talking about then to verbalize it. On Swim, songs like “Odessa” and “Sun” have lots of echoes and reverb, like the synthesized squalls that pierce the songs are bouncing off the walls of a cave next to an underground lake. They’re trippy and warped, and parts of the music fade in and out, just like passing water. Snaith definitely gets that ethereal feeling across very well.

But it’s not all just gauzy layers of synth. There’s still a firmness in the songs, carried by the cascade of beats in each track. Snaith told Pitchfork that he didn’t set out to make the album he now has. When he started recording, he was doing a lot of DJing. He would pick music to listen to and separate them into two piles: one for the clubs and the other for headphone listening at home.

But what he found over time was that the influences from one stack of music started to creep into the other. The result is a record that almost gets you dancing, but is also very introspective and mysterious.

Standout songs like “Bowls” even feature some bizarre and very creative instrumentation. In the Pitchfork interview, Snaith said that the loud ringing sounds that he produced on that track are caused by slapping a set of Tibetan singing bowls. “That’s an interesting sound, even though that’s not what you’re supposed to do with them,” he said. The end result is indeed alien sounding, but it fits well into the overall feel of the album.

Snaith’s Swim was well received by Pitchfork, earning an 8.4 rating, and fans across the country are waiting for him to take his music on the road. When his upcoming tour comes near you, get Caribou tickets.

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