Architecture In Helsinki did a huge disservice to itself by releasing Moment Bends’ “That Beep” as a stopgap single in 2009. A shuffling, effervescent bit of mid-’80s pastiche that corrected the spastic excesses of 2007’s divisive Places Like This, “That Beep” set high expectations for a new Aih record full of slick, skeletal synth-pop and electro-funk. Unfortunately, Moment Bends isn’t that record. In the context of Moment Bends, “That Beep” still stands as an example of what could’ve been: It kicks off a four-song race to the finish—highlighted by “Denial Style,” a more-artful-than-Gaga pilfering of ...
- 5/3/2011
- avclub.com
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