Caribou Dips Into Upcoming Album ‘Honey’ With New AI-Boosted Single ‘Come Find Me’

After releasing a string of singles this year, Caribou formally announced a new album, Honey. The new single “Come Find Me” arrived along with details of the sixth album issued under Dan Snaith’s Caribou moniker.

The 12-track Honey will arrive on October 4 via Merge Records. Previously shared singles “Broke My Heart,” “Volume” and the title track “Honey” preceded the album’s announcement.

Regarding the follow up to the 2020 Caribou album, Suddenly, Snaith discussed using AI to manipulate his own singing voice, stating:

“One thing that hasn’t changed for me from the very beginning is a manic curiosity of seeing what I can make out of sound. Not so much what someone can make out of sound — a ‘professional’ with a host of collaborators and resources at their disposal — but me in my little basement studio. There’s more equipment in here than there used to be, but essentially it’s the same as ever: still chasing that thrill of when something hits really hard, and I find myself jumping up and down or the hairs standing up on my arms in excitement. How lucky am I that that’s never gone away?

“That the chance of making something new and exciting is still as exhilarating as ever, and as much fun as ever? Starting the day with nothing (and finishing most days with nothing good) but occasionally having something that didn’t exist before stuck in my head by the end of the day. It still seems like a kind of alchemy.”

“The word ‘alchemy’ kind of captures something about this, I think. One of the big things that changed while making this album was the ability to manipulate my voice using AI. I found it impossible to resist trying it, and once I did, it was impossible to look away.

“I have such a limited vocal range and style. Over the years, I’ve managed to find ways of making it work, of making it feel at home in the music I make. But what about being able to change it completely? What could that do? What possibilities are opened up by that?

“Well, actually, not change it completely. The central thing that drew me to using this technology on this album was that if I listened closely, I could still hear myself in there, even when trying on different voices using AI. It still captures all the phrasing, the pitch imperfections, the delivery, the breath… even when turning it into someone else’s voice. It sounds both very much not like me but also like me.

“I tried these tracks out on my closest friends and asked, ‘Who do you think is singing?’ They always guessed someone close to me — my daughter, for example — or that it was me with some kind of effect on it. Why? Because it is some kind of alchemy, changing my voice into something that is both mine and not mine.”

Caribou will embark on a tour in support of Honey later this year. Hear the new Caribou single, “Come Find Me,” via the video below:

Honey Tracklist

1. Broke My Heart
2. Honey
3. Volume
4. Do Without You
5. Come Find Me
6. August 20/24
7. Dear Life
8. Over Now
9. Campfire
10. Climbing
11. Only You
12. Got To Change