Caribou’s plush, outré grooves push and pull with freak magnetism. Creator/conductor Dan Snaith is a drummer, and his songs are governed by that drummer mind, no matter how off-the-wall the compositions and sounds get. Tracks ringing with digital elements like “Mars” and “All I Ever Need” gravitate back to Snaith’s hand-played touch. Our Love is Caribou’s first album in four years. Snaith’s cozy falsetto vocals report on emotional heartache and obsession. It’s an unorthodox funk mode that dials up the pomp of a late-’70s cruise-ship dance floor. You’re out there, flush with the captain’s Dom Perignon, feeling the red candy lights glowing up from below. “Back Home” comes on as the boat slowly rolls down the back side of a wave. Damn, did the captain slip you a ‘lude? Snaith spoke from Adelaide, Australia. Neither one of us was on a ship…
