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Toronto 2007 - Architecture In Helsinki - Multifunctional Structures

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Architecture In Helsinki

V2, Melbourne, Australia

Having first strung chords together as teens in a small Australian country town, Cameron Bird, Jamie Mildren and Sam Perry moved to Melbourne, that Antipodean port for the creatively inclined, and formed the romantic indie-electronic behemoth known as Architecture In Helsinki. Heartfelt dark folk ditties and shimmery jams emerged from Supermelodyworld, in a massive church hall on Melbourne's Southeast side, until a trip by Cameron to the Pacific Northwest led them to condense influences of Portland Oregon, post-acid Beach Boys, Wu Tang Clan, The Magnetic Fields and Mexican food into sub-2.5 minute pop songs, sharp and catchy, with no time to look at your shoes. Pump organ and busted-up guitar jangle against a new horn section, with Tara Shackell, Isobel Knowles and Gus Franklin adding their chops. Like a mutant gene or a polygamist cult, AIH keep growing in size and influence as they continue to redefine pop music.