Moment Bends
by Architecture in Helsinki
  • Record Label: Downtown
  • Release Date: May 3, 2011
Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
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  1. Q Magazine
    May 16, 2011
    40
    Unfortunately, too many of their other choruses aim high yet fall flat. [May 2011, p.109]
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  2. Under The Radar
    May 6, 2011
    60
    Never afraid to cop a new style or try something that might not work, Architecture in Helsinki has thrown listeners for a loop yet again.
  3. The A.V. Club
    May 3, 2011
    58
    The new record goes too far toward buffing out the quirks of its predecessor, mistaking studio compression and unexciting genre exercises for more focused songwriting.
  5. Drowned In Sound
    May 2, 2011
    60
    My problem is that AIH don't really give much away. There isn't any real personality on show. It could be any musicians.
  6. Uncut
    May 2, 2011
    40
    Unfortunately it ends up as the kind of glossily produced "perfect pop" you can spin a dozen times without ever remembering a single tune. [May 2011, p.77]
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  7. Slant Magazine
    Apr 29, 2011
    50
    After several listens, it's still not entirely clear what Moment Bends is striving to be, or, for that matter, what its creators are trying to say with it.

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User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. MetaCriticool
    Jun 17, 2019
    10
    This is a great album which grows to near-perfection upon several listens. Definitely under-rated.
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