Daphni Returns With Fourth Studio Album, 'Butterfly'

Daphni (aka Dan Snaith) wastes no time on Butterfly, his fourth studio album, arriving today and snapping straight back into the restless, dance-floor-minded energy that’s always defined the project. Picking up where 2022’s Cherry left off, the record feels less like a reset and more like momentum carrying forward.

It’s been a noticeable gap between Daphni releases, aside from last year’s standout collaborative cut “Unidos” with Sofia Kourtesis, released via Ninja Tune. But that space wasn’t empty. Sitting right in the middle was Honey, the latest Caribou album, where Daphni’s more immediate, club-ready instincts were already bubbling to the surface. On Butterfly, that overlap comes fully into focus, with the lines between Snaith’s worlds feeling unbothered and closer than ever. You can hear it in how freely this album moves.

Daphni music is still music that I’m making primarily for the purpose of playing in my DJ sets”, Snaith says of the album’s variety, “the majority of the tracks on this record I do play regularly in my sets. But then there are a bunch - slower, weirder - that I don’t usually play… or wait… maybe the point is that I’d only play them in the right club.

Across 16 tracks, Butterfly jumps from punchy, no-nonsense club tracks to slower, weirder ideas that reveal themselves over time. It never feels like a toolbox of DJ weapons. Instead, it sounds human, curious, and alive, driven by experimentation, instinct, and the simple joy of seeing what happens next on a dance floor.

Buy it on Beatport.