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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Suddenly is one of Snaith's more experimental and somber albums to date, and while I enjoy a lot of what is here, a front-to-back listen can become a bit boring, which is so contrary to his normal offerings. I respect and appreciate that this album took things in a bit of a different direction than its predecessors, it just needed a few more moments of energy to offset the melancholy.
1. Sister - 3.5/5
2, You and I - 4/5
3. Sunny's Time - 3/5
4. New Jade - 3.5/5
5. Home - 4/5
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A return to form after the enjoyable, but overly experimental and somber Suddenly. Snaith fully embraces the dancier, pulse-pounding side of his eclectic style, and greatly succeeds.
1. Broke My Heart - 4/5
2. Honey - 4/5
3. Volume - 3.5/5
4. Do Without You - 4.5/5
5. Come Find Me - 4.5/5
6. August 20/24 - N/A (interlude)
7. Dear Life - 5/5
8. Over Now - 4/5
9. Campfire - 3.5/5
10. Climbing - 4/5
11. Only You - 4/5
12. Got to Change - 4.5/5
ALBUM RATING - 4.1/5
I shouldn't be surprised by how excellent this is considering the artist, but the fact that this is so beautifully composed despite being a video game lore tie-in project is astounding.
1. Everything Goes On - 4.5/5
As a longtime fan of both Porter Robinson and Madeon, Shelter really is the culmination of both of their best qualities. It's a quintessential synthpop song - emotional lyrics, beautiful vocals, immaculate samples, incredible buildups and an electrifying chorus. I'm still holding out hope that these two will collaborate on another track (or even better, a full album!) again sometime in the future.
1. Shelter - 5/5
I experienced this live for the first time at Digital Dreams 2013 in Toronto, and even back then it was evident how far ahead of its time this was. It has held up so much better than the vast majority of festival EDM songs from that era, and was an early indicator of Porter's incredible future potential. I heard it again live in 2024 as part of his SMILE! :D tour, and it still gives me chills.
1. Language - 4.5/5
Humble beginnings. Spitfire contains a few tracks that are certainly not the worst examples of EDM / brostep from this era, but the rest are really quite awful. This style of music has just not aged terribly well to my ears, and the included remixes are even more generically terrible, dragging the whole EP down with them.
1. Spitfire - 2.5/5
2. Unison - 3/5
3. 100% in the Bitch - 1.5/5
4. Vandalism - 3.5/5
5. The State - 1.5/5
6. The Seconds - 3/5
7. Unison (Knife Party Remix) - 2/5
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SMILE! :D sees Porter move away from the deep emotion and introspection of Nurture towards a sound that's more playful and optimistic. Yet despite the drastic change in sound, its still an incredible success thanks to the abundance of passion and polished production that Porter devotes to his work. It never quite reaches the highs of Nurture, but it is consistent in having no real lows, either. It's a fun and uplifting record that doesn't ask too much from its listener other than ... read more
Nurture will forever hold a special place in my heart. It has helped carry me through countless difficult times in the few years since its release. To me, it is the best demonstration of how much emotion, sincerity and authenticity can be conveyed through electronic music. The amount of effort and compassion that shines through its production is astounding. I can't say every song is perfect from start to finish, but the journey this album takes me on (represented perfectly by its cover) is ... read more
Worlds released when I was in my mid-20s, at a time when my friend group and I were attending lots of clubs, concerts and music festivals centred around EDM and electro house music akin to Porter's Spitfire EP. Around that time, I was starting to lose interest in those styles and began gravitating towards more indie and progressive soundscapes. Worlds was one of many records that helped bridge that transition for me, as Porter was moving in that exact same direction as an artist. ... read more
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