With its driving psychedelic swagger, light headed melodies, balmy bits of carefully calculated vintage throwback, and esoteric electronics, Andorra (Merge), the latest release from
Caribou, demands more than a few musical variables for the bands curator, Dan Snaith, to balance. Fortunately, the Canadian artist and certified numbers nerd comes well equipped to compose order out of the kaleidoscopic compositions that make up the album
turns out he is a Ph D in mathematics. And like the elaborate equations he no doubt conquered daily during his studies, Andorras erratic tendencies slowly ease over the course of several listens, revealing a still wandering, yet ultimately catchy as can be collection of summertime songs that toyfully teeter on an unexpected precipice.
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MP3: Caribou:: Melody Day from Andorra
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