Silver Dapple - Moody Boots (2018)

Following their well-received debut LP English Girlfriend back in 2011, Montreal’s Silver Dapple has finally returned with their sophomore LP, Moody Boots.

The recent addition of vocalist / guitarist Melissa Di Menna has expanded the band’s sound, with her vocals intermingling with singer / guitarist Emily Deimert in very effective ways. The pair play off each other throughout Moody Boots, which alternates between dreamy pop soundscapes and dark, driving post-punk (often in the same song).

Backed by a powerful rhythm section (drummer Julien Bakvis and bassist Markus Lake), the band weave through a number of styles here, from the pounding, JAMC-sounding first single “Vibration,” to the hazy shimmer of “January.”

Filled with some truly catchy earworms and enough stylistic changes to keep things interesting, Moody Boots is an eminently re-listenable album that might just be this summer’s soundtrack.