PLEASE NOTE: this album was originally released under the name Manitoba, before Dan Snaith was obliged to change his artist name for legal reasons. The original LP & CD of the album were released as Manitoba. The 10th anniversary 2013 vinyl edition is released under the name Caribou. In 2015, this album was reissued on limited edition black and white vinyl as part of Leaf 20.
If there’s one thing Dan Snaith has learnt since his debut album Start Breaking My Heart it’s “I don’t give a shit about the electronic music scene!”
A bold statement for one whose first album shot him to the top of the electronic pops, but tell us more, young Snaith (he’s still only 24). “There’s all this lazy, complacent shitty electronic music where everyone uses the same keyboard sounds and shit drum sounds. Fuck that! Electronic music can sound like anything you want it to so why does it all sound the same? People aren’t very ambitious. Why be an imitation? Why not try be on some next level shit ? some Brian Wilson / Timbaland type shit?”
Consider these thoughts for a moment as Snaith’s incredibly self-confident second album Up In Flamescomes a-shimmering out of your stereo. Isn’t it… an electronic music album? Very perceptive. In fact, it was made with exactly the same dinky computer equipment as the last album, except he now plays glockenspiel as well as guitar and keyboards.
FORMATS
Vinyl
Limited edition vinyl LP (1,500 copies) – BAY 26V
Limited edition clear vinyl LP (1,000 copies) – BAY 26VX
2013 vinyl reissue LP – BAY 26VC
2015 Leaf 20 edition black vinyl LP + CD – BAY 26VC
2015 Leaf 20 edition white vinyl LP + CD – BAY 26VC
2021 black vinyl repress (1000 copies) – BAY 26V
CD
CD – BAY 26CD
Special edition double CD – BAY 26CDC
UK Limited Edition double CD in foil-blocked slipcase (4,000 copies) – BAY 26CDX
Digital
BAY 26E
Special Edition – BAY 26EC