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There’s a benevolent sense of passion on Canadian musician Dan Snaith’s latest LP under the Caribou moniker, Our Love. This isn’t just because of the record’s self-evident title, either—it’s a record filled with the the kind of warm, effervescent, and excellently crafted electronic music that seems all too vacant in most big-stage IDM fantasias happening lately. Released last month, Our Love weaves together disparate voices both sampled and recorded into a synth-laden fabric that is just as comfortable in a live, dance-oriented environment as it is serving as relaxed (albeit infectious) background music. Snaith, who also records under his more dance-oriented Daphni alias, brings all of the ebullient parts of a relationship—be it romantic, platonic, familial—to the forefront and compresses them into perfect, dazzling dance gems.

Luckily for us, Caribou is bringing his live show to New York’s Webster Hall tonight with support from Canadian musician Jessy Lanza. Lanza, who also features on Our Love on standout “Second Chance,” is the perfect accompaniment for Caribou, with a buoyant, gorgeous voice set to lush backdrops of dance-ready synths. With her excellent debut Pull My Hair Back from last year still sounding fresher than ever as 2014 winds down to a close, we can’t wait to hear what she’s planning next. Webster Hall can sometimes be a complete shit show, but there’s no question that tonight’s going to be one of their better nights.

Caribou and Jessy Lanza perform tonight at 8:00PM at Webster Hall.