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  • Architecture In Helsinki

    Moment Bends

    ::READ OUR REVIEW OF MOMENT BENDS

    ::READ THE FULL INTERVIEW 

    Melbourne indie-pop trailblazers, Architecture in Helsinki took their sweet time with fifth album, Moment Bends. Written in their Melbourne studio space, humbly known as Buckingham Palace, the five-piece reunited after not being in the same room as one another since 2005. There they spent months, instead of weeks, doing everything in their power not to repeat the mistake of Places Like This. “Our last record was a train wreck. Emotionally, it’s very intense and it sounds like a band that’s toured too much to me,” explains frontman Cameron Bird. “We wanted to take our time to make this record and take some time off from making records and touring, and reconnect with Melbourne and our sanity... We’ve never been closer.”

    As close as they may now be, one of the big questions that often arises after an extended respite is will their fans care as much as they did before? Fortunately for AiH, the first single from the new offering, Contact High debuted at #1 on the Australian Alternative Chart. The other concern is whether the band cares as much anymore? As Bird recalls the recording process, he uses terms like “soul searching”, “exploring” and even says he “always thinks about recording as an exorcism.”


    Contact High, the lead single from Moment Bends

    Considering the quintet even appointed a ‘time-out’ system to members who obsessed too much, it seems their hearts are in it as much as their devotees. “There was a lot of soul searching when stuff wasn’t working out. You’d have to go away and take a week out of the studio to try and get things right in your head, and with the songs.

    “There were times when things just weren’t working, we do have a thing where we obsess over details,” he admits.


    TOUR DATES

    Saturday April 30 - Groovin the Moo Bendigo, VIC,

    Sunday May 1 - Groovin the Moo Townsville, QLD

    Saturday May 7 - Groovin the Moo Maitland, NSW

    Sunday May 8 - Groovin the Moo Canberra, ACT

    Saturday 14 May - Groovin the Moo Bunbury, WA

    Sunday 15 May - Capitol Capitol Perth, WA

    Thursday 26 May - The Hi-Fi Bar The Hi-Fi Bar Melbourne, VIC

    Friday 27 May - Hi Fi Bar Hi Fi Bar Brisbane, QLD, Australia

    Sunday 29 May - Vivid Live with Architecture In Helsinki and Cut Copy at Sydney Opera House 


    Moment Bends is out April 8

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