Architecture In Helsinki tell Undercover that their field recordings directly ripped off John Farnham’s classic.
Undercover sat down with Cameron Bird and Kellie Sutherland from the endlessly inventive nouveau indie pop act Architecture In Helsinki to talk about their latest album Moment Bends.
Part of the long process of making the album included laying down field recordings, such as punching a football or walking on gravel; sounds which Cameron thinks, “give depth to pop songs”.
But a car door slam that they recorded for their first single ‘That Beep’ was a “homage” to Australian icon John Farnham’s classic single.
“The car door slam was a direct rip-off of ‘You’re The Voice’ by John Farnham,” Cameron admits, and Kellie confirms, “That’s true.”
“In that song there’s a car door slamming which I think was recorded on [manager] Glenn Wheatley’s Mercedes in the car park at Metropolis [Studio],” Cameron smiles, “We were kinda wanting to emulate that, but we just did it in a car park at a mall. It wasn’t really that glamorous.”
So we must know: what kind of car was it? “It was a Volvo,” Cameron admits as he and Kellie burst into laughter.
Cameron and Kellie talk about their other odd sounds, the creepy 'Contact High' video, their new home at Modular, their fascinating Lindsay Buckingham-haunted studio, making “audiophile” music and touring the world.
Check out the whole interview below.
