On his fourth album as Caribou, Dan Snaith continues the pleasurable drift into dance music that picked up on his 2010 album Swim (which boosted his popularity as a live act) and was quickened by subsequent releases under his Daphni alias. Our Love is more stripped back than Swim – he’s taken a lesson in minimalism from fellow Canadian Jessy Lanza, who guests on Second Chance – and clearer in its floor-filling aims. Snaith knows the power of a careful build-up and a well-timed drop. The fine line between euphoria and melancholy is negotiated brilliantly on tracks such as Can’t Do Without You.
