Silver Apples of the Moon

Laika’s full-length debut release nodded to the work of Morton Subotnick in its title, but the truly telling thing about both band and album lay in how readily it defied easy classification as any one thing in particular. Avant pop? Trip hop? Post-rock? Simultaneously all that and more besides, Silver Apples of the Moon inhabits a space where fluidity of approach via a mixture of technologies predominates, skittering dance beats match up against unusual tones and arrangements, and Margaret Fiedler’s voice and intriguing lyrics tops it all off perfectly.