Laika is one of the more interesting electronic bands out there today; while their formula hasn’t kept pace with the breakneck pace of change electronic music as a whole has sustained for the past decade, there are still enough off-kilter elements to their music to leave an impression—a claim few bands from 1995 can make today. Imagine the effect their music must’ve had in the mid-90s.
The band has always been very good at establishing a particular atmosphere; “Starry Night” is one of their best in this regard. Laika does spooky amazingly well, and the sparse, percussion-driven song has spooky in spades.
