Dan Snaith’s approach to music has always been multi-layered. There is no minimalism in the songs of his band, Caribou. Everything from the ’60s-inspired vocal harmonies to the dual drum parts seem perfectly crafted for maximum sonic and emotional effect. The Caribou live show follows the same premise: Adding projections and some bizarre instrumentation, but ultimately creating a warm cacophony of fuzz that feels oddly complete.

Yet Caribou was not content merely to envelop the audience at Rock and Roll Hotel Monday with their sound. Many of the tracks off of their recent release, Swim (which comprised most of their set), also motivated the audience to move their feet. The drum kits of Snaith and Brad Weber were located front and center precisely to achieve this effect. The speed and precision of Weber’s drumming made it clear how much the set would have suffered without him — which the band’s local fans would have found out had Caribou not canceled its 2008 stop in D.C. due to his broken wrist.