Caribou announce new album 'Suddenly' (listen to "You and I")

Dan Snaith released “Home,” his first single as Caribou in five years, back in October and now he’s announced a new album, Suddenly, which will be out February 28 via Merge. “I record music every day, and I love it – as much or more than I have always done. I feel very lucky – the thrill has never, ever left me,” says Dan who also says the album came from nearly a thousand draft ideas and sketches.

With the album announcement comes a new single. “‘You and I’ was one of the first tracks on the album that I started, and one of the last tracks I finished; it existed in some form or other throughout the whole arc of making the record,” Dan says. “It also captures a lot of what the record, and the title of the album, are about – the track changes suddenly and unpredictably, and it is about a change in my life that happened out of the blue.” It does indeed make a left turn two-thirds of the way through the track, shifting from a shimmering glow into something decidedly more woozy but just as technicolor. You can listen to “You and I” below.

Caribou will be on tour in 2020, including two nights at Brooklyn Steel (3/27 is sold out, but you can still get tickets for 3/28). Updated dates are listed below.

Suddenly tracklist:
1. Sister
2. You and I
3. Sunny’s Time
4. New Jade
5. Home
6. Lime
7. Never Come Back
8. Filtered Grand Piano
9. Like I Loved You
10. Magpie
11. Ravi
12. Cloud Song

Caribou – 2020 North American tour dates:
16 Mar – Hamilton, ON @The Studio SOLD OUT
17 Mar – Toronto, ON @ Danforth SOLD OUT
18 Mar – Toronto, ON @ Danforth SOLD OUT
19 Mar – Toronto, ON @ Danforth
20 Mar – Chicago, IL @ Riviera
21 Mar – Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrews Hall
22 Mar – Ottawa, ON @ Bronson Centre
23 Mar – Montreal, QC @ M Telus
24 Mar – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
25 Mar – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
26 Mar – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club (Early show)
27 Mar – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel SOLD OUT
28 Mar – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
30 Mar – Brighton @ The Dome
01 Apr – Liverpool @ Invisible Wind Factory
02 Apr – Leeds @ O2 Academy Leeds
03 Apr – Manchester @ O2 Victoria Warehouse
04 Apr – Glasgow @ The Barrowlands SOLD OUT
05 Apr – Birmingham @ O2 Academy Birmingham
06 Apr – Bristol @ O2 Academy Bristol
07 Apr – London @ O2 Academy Brixton SOLD OUT
23 May – London @ All Points East
21 Apr – Hamburg, DE @ Grosse Freiheit 36
23 Apr – Prague, CZ @ Forum Karlin
24 Apr – Vienna, AT @ Gasometer
25 Apr – Munich, DE @ Muffathalle
26 Apr – Zurich, CH @ Kaufleuten
27 Apr – Paris, FR @ L’Olympia
28 Apr – Cologne, DE @ E-werk
29 Apr – Utrecht, NL @ Tivoli Vredenburg / Ronda
30 Apr – Brussels, BE @ Les Nuits Botanique / Chapiteau – Botanique
25 Jun – Rome, IT @ Roma Summer Fest
09 Jul – Bilbao, ES @ Bilbao BBK Live
10 Jul – Lisbon, PT @ NOS Alive
11 Jul – Dublin, IE @ Iveagh Gardens
12 Aug – Vilnius, LT @ Botanical Garden
15 Aug – Berlin, DE @ Zitadelle / Caribou and Friends
16 Aug – Kiev, UA @ Art-Zavod Platforma