Caribou - Swim

Dusted Magazine“Even the failures are pretty listenable...” When it works, it speaks more accessibly than anything else he’s done, and also attests to his growing ability to snag your attention without throwing all of the kitchen sink’s contents at you...

Pitchfork“Even at his most challenging, his compositional capabilities can dazzle...” Unlike many artists who attempt to dive headlong into the genre, Snaith demonstrates a deep understanding of dance music-- not just how it works, but why, right down to its most pleasurable idiosyncratic tics...

The Times“A career with more U-turns than a getaway driver...” It’s not as immediate as Snaith’s previous output but the deep, percussive grooves of Bowls and Hannibal are worth sticking with...

The Telegraph“A pulsatingly tender dancefloor journey...” Funk and acid house loops are refracted into a sonic kaleidoscope over which Snaith, reminiscent of Arthur Russell, sings abstract lines in a hushed, soulful tone...

The Independent“He has succeeded...” This is blissed-out electronica, that puts human warmth on a par with electronic experimentalism to create something entirely new to listen to. Or dance to. Almost uniquely, this works both ways...

Guardian“An itchy, gurgling, shapeshifter of an album...” Repeated listening softens Swim's clinical edge, and when closing track Jamelia explodes with emotion, the thought occurs that if Snaith's next album picks up where this leaves off, it will be extraordinary...

MusicOMH“Refreshingly organic, but also remarkably downbeat...” Caribou have succeeded in marrying up these two things and still managed to make an album that is infused with a rhythm, a groove and a watery loveliness all of its own...

Drowned In Sound“Elegant wonder...” However, even if we are in for a raft of artists making music that sloshes freely around your headphones, you’d be hard-pushed to top the elegant wonder of Swim...

Uncut“Not yet reviewed”

allmusic“Not yet reviewed”