Caribou's Psychedelic Journey Back to the Club: The Birth of 'Our Love'

Dan Snaith has been an acclaimed electronic musician for more than a decade, but it was only recently that he realized he could make people dance. "It dawned on me gradually," says Snaith, better known as Caribou. On a quiet afternoon in July, he's in a spacious Manhattan hotel suite to talk about his upcoming album, Our Love. Due out in October, it's his boldest step yet toward the world of dance music: 10 deep grooves that hit with a physicality his heady psychedelic jams once only hinted at.

The change, he says, started with Caribou's previous release, 2010's Swim. "I......