• Record Label: Merge
  • Release Date: Oct 4, 2024
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 14
  2. Negative: 0 out of 14
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  1. Oct 9, 2024
    80
    With such a joyous energy across the record, it’s easy to get lost in its layers.
  2. Oct 7, 2024
    80
    Snaith's work is meaningful, and it pushes music forward in a way that's genuinely exciting.
  3. Oct 6, 2024
    80
    AI vocals or not, this is an album that goes up near the top of Caribou’s achievements, a feelgood set of tracks clinging on with determination to the summer, providing a sun-drenched idyll as Europe heads towards autumn. Dan Snaith is clearly in rude health – and with Honey his experimentation has paid off.
  4. Oct 3, 2024
    80
    Much like his longtime collaborator Four Tet, Snaith has fully entered his festival dance era, making some of his most outwardly expressive music by injecting his own personality and emotions into superbly crafted club tracks.
  5. Oct 3, 2024
    80
    With its intricate production, mesmerising melodies, dynamism and scope, ‘Honey’ is no doubt a stellar addition to Caribou’s catalogue.
  6. Oct 3, 2024
    80
    Honey is rave music for a party of one as Snaith balances his nimble pop tendencies with sprawling soundscapes. In an attempt to balance his two worlds, Snaith landed on an infectious middle ground.
  7. Oct 6, 2024
    78
    AI is simply another tool that will sometimes be used badly and sometimes be used well, and on Honey I think it’s used well.
  8. Oct 9, 2024
    72
    For a collection of semi-throwback electronica, the first half of the album feels very accomplished and prêt-à-porter. It works: the AI doesn’t get in the way, the tempo remains fairly steady, and its minimalist nature makes for a very tight package. “Over Now” starts the second half as a reminder that this is Caribou and unfortunately lets the air out.
  9. Jan 2, 2025
    70
    Honey is fun, easy listening, and it is just about guaranteed to get toes tapping; it’s just not as substantial or stirring as one might hope.
  10. Uncut
    Oct 3, 2024
    70
    Honey finds Snaith embrace sampling and AI vocal processing to refine a sound that pops with possibility. [Nov 2024, p.34]

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