Architecture In Helsinki

Architecture In Helsinki played the Students Union as part of the Queen’s Festival. The strange thing is that they played in the Speakeasy, a student’s bar with a door fee of only £5. Needless to say, the place was packed, and from the feel of the crowd, they were only there to get drunk and have a good time, the band being a side attraction. Therefore, for those of us who were there to see the band, it was a bit of a letdown as they were always out competed by the background noise of a hundred conversations.

However, they still played with enthusiasm except for perhaps the lead vocalist who was clearly not enjoying the audience’s full attention. This begs the question as to why Architecture In Helsinki was relegated to playing there in the first place. If it was £12 at the Spring & Airbrake, I would have paid the money and I’m sure they would have made the same money from fans paying a higher fee in a proper establishment than an average Saturday night student crowd who couldn’t care who was playing so long as there was something being played.

Nevertheless, we enjoyed ourselves and were also pleasantly surprised by support band Oppenheimer – a great local band who a CD of would have been purchased except for the fact that they had ran out and only had £7 t-shirts to shift. Unfortunately t-shirts don’t play well on my hi-fi.