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Title: Architecture In Helsinki pushes the musical boundaries
Review: It's hard to describe this album since there are so many influences, just think the Polyphonic Spree let loose in an enormous music store with just about every instrument imaginable. 'In Case We Die' combines the rhythmic theatrics of The Fiery Furnaces with a sound that falls somewhere between Frank Zappa/Can-like (you can even throw-in early Beta Band) experimental noodling with the neo-psychadelia of The Flaming Lips or Mercury Rev. There's alot of other subtle stuff thrown in there, NEU, Cornelius, early High Llamas, Apples In Stereo, Belle and Sebastian, Captain Beefheart, Stereolab, a bit of J Rock. I probably missed-out on a few, which I can only pick-up if I listened to it 50 more times. Call it what you will, theatrical post-rock, symphonic Krautrock, an orchestral music collage...one thing you can definitely call 'In Case We Die' is playful, idiosyncratic, and grandiose.
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