Butterfly

Daphni

Butterfly

Fourth house-oriented side project release from Dan Snaith (Caribou)

ADM rating[?]

7.5

Label
Jiaolong
UK Release date
06/02/2026
US Release date
06/02/2026
  1. 9.0 |   Clash

    It may only be February, but this already feels like a defining electronic record of the year
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  2. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    Butterfly feels less like a fusion of Daphni and Caribou, and more like an uninhibited manifestation of Snaith's ever-changing tastes and proclivities
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  3. 8.0 |   DIY

    It might already be the most relentlessly feel-good album of 2026.
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  4. 8.0 |   Mojo

    A sprawling Daphni DJ set in microcosm, Butterfly is feel-good music of the purest kind. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Dan Snaith’s latest is the music equivalent of a Painted Lady, with black round the edges dominated by riots of colour and invention
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  6. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Daphni’s Butterfly is made to get you moving, designed for the club, but it will sound equally as massive in the living room discos
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  7. 7.5 |   Spectrum Culture

    For all its immediacy, its hooks and high production values, you need to be a bit of a connoisseur to truly appreciate Butterfly’s intricacies
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  8. 7.0 |   Uncut

    Snaith largely maintains the requisite club-friendly bpm rates while deftly integrating more surprising elements. Print edition only

  9. 6.3 |   Pitchfork

    On the latest album from his DJ alias, Caribou’s Dan Snaith ups the tempo and doubles down on big-room oomph, sacrificing some of the appealing eccentricity of his best work
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