CARIBOU Start Breaking My Heart LP
25th Anniversary Repress
Before he was Caribou, Dan Snaith was a 20-something student in a "crappy" Toronto bedroom, recording music on a beat-up computer that used to strain under the weight of digital recording.
Start Breaking My Heart was Snaith's 2001 debut, originally released under the name Manitoba. Twenty-five years on, it still sounds like an artist finding his voice in real time - rainbow melody, hopscotch percussion, and playground laughter stitched into warm, tactile electronic pop.
Reflecting on the record, Snaith said it was the first time something clicked - he'd been making music since his early teens, but this was when he first felt he understood what he wanted his tracks to be. That moment coincided with the chance encounter that changed everything: he met Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) at a UK festival, who helped Dan get this album released - the start of a career that has spanned a quarter century and many albums since.
A1 Dundas, Ontario
A2 People Eating Fruit
A3 Mammals Vs Reptiles
A4 Brandon
A5 Children Play Well Together
B1 Lemon Yoghourt
B2 James' Second Haircut
B3 Schedules & Fares
B4 Paul's Birthday
B5 Happy Ending