Moment Bends is the fourth album by Melbourne indie pop

Indie pop

Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...

 band Architecture in Helsinki

Architecture in Helsinki

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. It was released on April 8, 2011 in Australia, and May 3, 2011 in the US. The project had previously been given the working title Vision Revision. The first single released from the album was "Contact High", although "That Beep

That Beep

"That Beep" is a single by Architecture in Helsinki that debuted at number 82 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. The single will be included on the 2011 album Moment Bends....

", which is included on the album, was released as an EP in 2008.

Reception

The album received mixed to positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album received an aggregate score of 59, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Heather Phares of Allmusic labelled the album a "return to form" and more focused than its predecessor. Writing for Pitchfork

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, Eric Grandy gave Moment Bends a score of 6.5. Noting the indebtedness to "lite-FM 80s", he praised first single "Contact High" as a "terrific pop song", thought felt the rest of the record was uneven.

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 Kevin Liedel expressed confusion with the album, asserting it was a "good bet" that "after only one track of Moment Bends, most longtime fans will have their brows furrowed." He added, "it's difficult to gauge whether or not the album is intentionally bad." Uncut

UNCUT (magazine)

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magazine dismissed it as "glossily produced 'perfect pop' you can spin a dozen times without ever remembering a single tune."

Track listing

1. "Desert Island" – 4:15
2. "Escapee" – 2:59
3. "Contact High" – 3:40
4. "W.O.W" – 2:51
5. "Yr Go To" – 4:21
6. "Sleep Talkin'" – 2:58
7. "I Know Deep Down" – 3:57
8. "That Beep" – 3:45
9. "Denial Style" – 3:24
10. "Everything's Blue" – 3:55
11. "B4 3D" – 4:16