Dan Snaith aka Caribou has shared “Never Come Back.” The track, off his forthcoming release Suddenly, will be released Feb 28th via Merge/City Slang Records. In support of the album, Caribou will tour North America in March with support from Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Then heads to the UK and Europe for additional dates which include festivals Osheaga Festival in Montreal.

Caribou on “Never Come Back:”

“Never Come Back was the first track from Suddenly that I finished. It came together very quickly and was one of those tracks that is a lot fun to make. As soon as I landed on the main synthesizer chords and the repeated refrain the rest came together very quickly and naturally. I felt like it was my job to get out of the way and not over complicate or over think it. Sometimes the best pleasures are the simple ones.”

As with previous Caribou albums, Suddenly was mined from hundreds of draft ideas (this time over 900). “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,” Snaith says.

There is a moment where the daunting piling up of rough ideas morphs into an album quickly taking shape. “For the last few albums at least, there’s been a point about three-quarters of the way through where I work late into the night (as usual), but when I try and go to bed, ideas keep forcing me to get up and go back to the studio again,” Snaith recalls. “It happens over and over in one night. I can feel the gears whirring as I lie there trying to sleep, and I can’t ignore the ideas for fear that it will be gone when I wake up the next morning.”

Caribou
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 (Early show)
1 Apr – Indio, CA @ Coachella Festival
14 Apr – Austin, TX @ Emo’s
15 Apr – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall (Downstairs)
16 Apr – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
18 Apr – Indio, CA @ Coachella Festival
1-2 May – Miami, FL @ III Points
2 Aug – Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival

UK tour dates:

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

European tour dates:

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