Reviewed by Ben Hogwood

What’s the story?

This is the fourth album under Dan Snaith’s Daphni alias, which remains his outlet for more club-based material. The boundaries between this and his other alias, the vocally-sourced Caribou, are beginning to blur however, as one track here ‘features’ both personas.

Snaith continues to be a busy, productive source of energetic music – and this album looks to represent the music he would play in a club – and indeed did do so, at Open Ground in Wuppertal, Germany.

What’s the music like?

Butterfly is the ideal name for this album, for the music is colourful, energetic and restless all at the same time. There are rich flashes of colour, plus the odd moment where Daphni folds the wings and the music turns in on itself. The Caribou guest slot, Waiting So Long, is easy on the ear, as is the dappled light of Sad Piano House. Clap Your Hands takes one of those small loops that Snaith chops up so well and mines it almost to death, stopping just short of being annoying, but AI. Shifty knows exactly how to get its audience up and dancing.

Does it all work?

It does – and, as Snaith says, is best experienced as one big ball of energy.

Is it recommended?

It is. Daphni makes really danceable music, and providing you can keep up with the beats, a lot of smiles and released endorphins are guaranteed!

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Published post no.2,798 – Saturday 14 February 2026