Silver Apples

𝙎𝙞𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨’ “𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙩” 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙖𝙬, 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙪𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 — 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙨, 𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙃𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙤 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 60𝙨 𝙨𝙘𝙞-𝙛𝙞 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙨𝙚.

The 1969 follow-up to their groundbreaking debut, Contact saw Silver Apples dive deeper into their uniquely electronic psych-rock vision. Where their first record introduced the world to their oscillating, otherworldly sound, this second album is more urgent, emotionally charged, and sonically adventurous. It captures the duo at their most boundary-pushing, building warped pop songs from pulsing electronics, primitive rhythms, and detached vocals.

Remastered from the original tapes, this edition includes an inner sleeve featuring rare images of the master tape boxes. It also restores the original artwork, which led to a lawsuit from Pan Am due to the front cover’s cockpit photo and a back cover collage of a plane crash—an incident that contributed to the band’s early demise.

Though short-lived, Silver Apples left a long shadow, influencing artists from Stereolab and Blur to the Beastie Boys and beyond.