After the tour cycle for Now + 4eva , the band took an informal sabbatical. Bird stated that, from 2004 to 2014, they had been in a constant album cycle and “there comes a time that you need to step away in order to have that life experience that you…
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In early 2012, the band began work on their follow-up to Moment Bends , deciding to stick with the polished pop sound that had worked on the previous album. They recorded in a makeshift studio above a café in Melbourne, which had previously been a hideaway for junkies. As a…
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In January 2011, the first single from the album, “Contact High”, was released, which became the most popular song Architecture in Helsinki had released in Australia. It was nominated for “Pop Release of the Year” at the ARIA Music Awards of 2011 and polled at number 12 on the Triple…
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In November 2008, the five-piece band released “That Beep”, the first taste of a new sound that they developed with Tétaz over a two-year period. Tétaz was working simultaneously on Gotye’s Making Mirrors album, toggling between the two records. In October 2010, the band announced via Twitter that the record…
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During the ensemble’s New Year’s Eve performance on 1 January 2008, they came on at midnight and announced that it was James Cecil’s last show with Architecture in Helsinki. After leaving the band, Cecil provided backing vocals, engineering and mixing for Kes Band’s 2008 album Kes Band , and drums…
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In mid-2008, the band hired long time mentor and collaborator François Tétaz to help them produce their fourth album. Work began immediately in a new studio space, named Buckingham Palace, that the band had set up in the Melbourne suburb of East Brunswick .
Even though the group’s name includes Finland’s capital Helsinki , they first played there at the Flow Festival in August 2007: “When we were in Norway at the end of last year there were a few Finnish interviewers who came to interview us mainly about the name. I think they…
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Architecture in Helsinki released their next album, Places Like This on 28 July 2007 on Polyvinyl Record Co. In September 2006, Pitchfork Media reported that they were working on tracks with Bird in Brooklyn and other members in Melbourne. The album was recorded between October 2006 and January 2007, at…
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The band also issued other singles, “Debbie”, “Hold Music”, and “Like It Or Not”. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2007 , “Heart It Races” was nominated as “Single of the Year”. “Heart It Races” and “Hold Music” were listed in the 2007 Triple J Hottest 100 at No. 19…
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On 28 October 2006, as a six-member group, Architecture in Helsinki released We Died, They Remixed , a remix album consisting of all tracks from In Case We Die , and the song “Like a Call” from Fingers Crossed . Artists who provided remixes included Hot Chip , New Buffalo…
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