Caribou is releasing a new album before the year is over.
Titled Honey, it features previously released singles in the title track, ‘Broke My Heart’ and ‘Volume’, as well as the new single ‘Come Find Me’, which you can watch a video for below.
This is the first full-length to emerge from the artist, real name Dan Snaith, under the alias since 2021’s Suddenly, though he also released the LP Cherry under his Daphni moniker in 2022.
Of the process behind producing Honey, Snaith said in a statement: “One thing that hasn’t changed for me from the very beginning is a manic curiosity of seeing what I can make out of sound. Not so much what someone can make out of sound – a ‘professional’ with a host of collaborators and resources at their disposal, but me… in my little basement studio.
“There’s more equipment in here than there used to be but essentially it’s the same as ever: still chasing that thrill of when something hits really hard and I find myself jumping up and down or the hairs standing up on my arms in excitement. How lucky am I that that’s never gone away?”
Speaking about ‘Come Find Me’, he added: “I love this kind of chord sequence and the sort of French touch type of vibe, but it took a lot of time to find the right vocal hook and breakdown and make it more pop and concise.
“When I play that one in DJ sets, when it drops down to just the singing and then suddenly it’s a song that surges back in, I know for a fact no one in the crowd has heard it before and yet people always respond in this really emotionally charged, euphoric way… that’s always the best litmus test that a track has come together in the right way.”
To mark the album’s release, Snaith will play four live shows as Caribou at London’s The Waiting Room each night from September 8 to 11. The 120-capacity shows will mark his smallest live gigs as Caribou ever in the UK. Free tickets for the dates will be available to get hold of via a lottery system on the Caribou Instagram page tomorrow (August 29) from 10am BST.
City Slang will release Honey on October 4, 2024.
