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1. Wanna - N/A (intro)
2. Treat Each Other Right - 4.5/5
3. Waited All Night - 4.5/5
4. Baddy on the Floor - 4/5
5. Dafodil - 4.5/5
6. Still Summer - 4/5
7. Life - 4.5/5
8. The Feeling I Get From You - 4/5
9. Breather - 4/5
10. All You Children - 4/5
11. Every Single Weekend - N/A (interlude)
12. Falling Together - 4.5/5

ALBUM RATING - 4.3/5

Andorra is the culmination of Caribou's focus on 60s-70s psychedelic pop influences, with his later works leaning much heavier into purely electronic soundscapes. It's an excellent album with intricate melodies and some fantastic drum work. It doesn't stand amongst Snaith's best records in my opinion, as this psychedelic style gets a bit repetitive before the album's over, and it could have used one or two more big moments like those present on Melody Day and Niobe.

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Swim was my entryway into Caribou's music, but it wasn't a quick infatuation. In my opinion, it is one of the least immediately accessible records in Snaith's discography, but what is lacks in accessibility, it makes up for with incredibly rich, intricate explorations of a multitude of different electronic soundscapes. The combination of hypnotic looping beats and Snaith's gentle vocals creates an ethereal, often meditative atmosphere that has rarely been matched.

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One of my favourite electronic albums of the last decade, and arguably Caribou's best (although it wrestles with Swim for that title). It's intricately layered, experimentally rich and filled with a plethora of distorted synths and samples - yet it never loses sight of its emotional core, aided by Snaith's gentle vocals here better than ever before. It's an eclectic sound, but if its one that resonates with you, it really hits deep.

1. Can't Do Without You - 5/5
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