{"id":3807,"date":"2020-02-12T11:45:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T18:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=3807"},"modified":"2024-08-04T19:03:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T02:03:56","slug":"caribou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/caribou","title":{"rendered":"Episode 178: Caribou"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Home&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SongExploder178-Caribou-600x314.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"314\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SongExploder178-Caribou-600x314.jpg 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SongExploder178-Caribou-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SongExploder178-Caribou-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/SongExploder178-Caribou.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder&amp;ge=prx_93_4830dd6c-3e45-429f-a248-0a6183bb506d\" width=\"650\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/song-exploder\/id788236947#episodeGuid=prx_93_4830dd6c-3e45-429f-a248-0a6183bb506d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">APPLE PODCASTS<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/radiopublic.com\/SongExploder\/s1!9ea8e\">RADIOPUBLIC<\/a> \u00b7 <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/10lMwCjvzLCLwth2AW6cLG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SPOTIFY<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Dan Snaith has been making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caribou.fm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caribou<\/a> records since 2001. He won Canada\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/1043936\/caribous-andorra-wins-polaris-music-prize\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Polaris music prize in 2007<\/a>, and this month, he\u2019s releasing the seventh Caribou album, <em>Suddenly<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode, Dan breaks down the song \u201cHome.\u201d He talks about how he managed to get past several moments of creative uncertainty to figure out the final track.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1480857078\">buy or stream &#8220;Home&#8221; here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/caribou-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Illustration by <\/i><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Lerma<\/a><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1062419448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Home&#8221; &#8211; Gloria Barnes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Four_Tet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kieren Hebden aka Four Tet<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Igor_(album)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Igor<\/em> &#8211; Tyler, the Creator<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colinfisher.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colin Fisher &#8211; saxophone<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Home&#8221; \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff LISTEN: APPLE PODCASTS \u00b7 RADIOPUBLIC \u00b7 SPOTIFY Dan Snaith has been making Caribou records since 2001. 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