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- Summary: The first full-length release from Dan Snaith as Caribou in four years features the use of artificial intelligence to alter his vocals.
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- Record Label: Merge
- Genre(s): Electronic, House, Garage, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Club/Dance, Indie Electronic, Alternative Dance
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Mixed: 4 out of 14
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Oct 6, 2024AI 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.
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Oct 7, 2024Snaith's work is meaningful, and it pushes music forward in a way that's genuinely exciting.
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Oct 9, 2024With such a joyous energy across the record, it’s easy to get lost in its layers.
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Oct 9, 2024For 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.
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Jan 2, 2025Honey 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.
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UncutOct 3, 2024Honey finds Snaith embrace sampling and AI vocal processing to refine a sound that pops with possibility. [Nov 2024, p.34]
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Oct 3, 2024More creative input might have helped Snaith in other ways: he is really losing his facility with melody. Not only does opener Broke My Heart boringly approximate PinkPantheress-type UKG, its central melody is a limp tweak to Suzanne Vega’s Tom’s Diner chorus without any of its cleverness or dark symmetry.