{"product_id":"caribou-start-breaking-my-heart","title":"Caribou - Start Breaking My Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003eBefore he was Caribou, Dan Snaith was Manitoba, and Start Breaking My Heart is where his playful, glowing electronic pop first took shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleased in 2001, the debut was written and produced by Snaith alone while he was still a student, and it quickly drew comparisons with Boards of Canada and Four Tet. A few years later he changed his recording name to Caribou, and the album has carried that name ever since. Snaith later turned to the shimmering dance records that made him a festival headliner, but the melodic instincts were there from the start.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sound is warm and handmade, all crunchy beats, wobbling keyboards and toy-box melodies that feel recorded on a sunny afternoon. Dundas, Ontario opens with a hazy nod to his hometown, People Eating Fruit was the first single, and Paul's Birthday stretches into the record's longest daydream. Happy Ending, fittingly, has the last word.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is quieter and more intimate than what came later, closer to a sketchbook than a statement, and that is exactly its appeal. Each sound seems placed by hand, with tiny melodic surprises tucked into the corners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn origin story worth owning on vinyl, and a lovely, sunlit listen in its own right for anyone who has fallen for Caribou's later records.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57139156451633,"sku":"5051142054319","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/Caribou-Start_Breaking_My_Heart.jpg?v=1793087986","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/caribou-start-breaking-my-heart","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}