Caribou - Yeti

Dan Snaith, with his new court-approved moniker Caribou, continues the folktronica tradition with his YETI ep. The title track is a densely layered piece of psychedelia, oddly cheery, while "The Spiritually Immature Mansion" sounds more akin to what had come before when he was still Manitoba -- simple, stripped-down, wistfully melodic. The introduction of "Boreal Forest Opper" toots along with pan flutes and guitars, layered over crunchy textures, before the bulk of the song appears as a thick miasma of sound. Quite enjoyable and rarely predictable.