Caribou Reworks “Pump Up the Volume” on New Song: Listen

Caribou has shared a new song, “Volume,” which reworks the 1987 hit “Pump Up the Volume”. The M|A|R|R|S original marked Dan Snaith’s first experience with electronic music (note the press shot taken from the period). Watch the era-appropriate video, directed by Richard Kenworthy of Shynola, below.

In a press release, Dan Snaith explains, “‘Pump Up the Volume’ was the first time in my life I heard electronic music—sitting in front of the family stereo system listening to the top 40 countdown on the radio when I was a kid. It completely blew my mind—it sounded like something from another world. It’s stuck with me ever since—I always wanted to rework it in some way. I didn’t consciously think about it when I started working on my track but I think there’s something really special about having gone right back to the very beginning in making this.”