Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Canadians vs. Canadians, + Spleen U. rebooting.

Caribou
Junior Boys' new album, It's All True has been one of my very best electronic purchases this year. Caribou's Swim was one of my best electronic purchases last year. What happens when the two team up?


Well, listen for yourself - Caribou has remixed 'You'll Improve Me' off It's All True for the forthcoming single release, and it's a fucking treeeeat! It's one of those long, meandering remixes that isn't so much about the dancefloor, it's just more of a purely eargasmic refix. Yeah, Canada's really got it going.


Spleen United were talk of the town a few years back here in DK, and they're finally back with their third full length in January. Things have been really quiet around the band, and they've seen outfits like Turboweekend somewhat conquer their niche of indie electro to bop your head to.


Their new single is on the loose now, it's called 'Days of Thunder', and you can jump on it over at P3! It sounds pretty sweet, and very familiar, probably due to Bjarke Niemann's signature voice - definitely related to their sophomore album, Neanderthal, but even more upbeat perhaps. I can't really make out whether or not Spleen United will win back the prominence they had back around 2008. Funny thing is, since then, I've really jumped aboard their debut album, Godspeed Into The Mainstream, which is decidedly more slow moving than its successor. They probably won't go in that direction though.


We're listening to Sufjan Stevens right now - the only guy who can make an EP with a runtime of almost an hour. Crazy lad. The EP is All Delighted People, which was sort of a preliminary maneuver leading up to last year's The Age of Adz. Check out 'Djohariah' for good measure.