Architecture In Helsinki's "Contact High" Remixed By Javelin, Drop New Album

Modern pop masters Architecture In Helsinki's new album Moment Bends drops today. Recorded over two years at the band's Buckingham Palace, bandmember Cameron Bird says "Moment Bends was all about being at one with our ideas, obsessed with popular music and falling in love with our hometown. We wanted to build a record to get lost in. A record that always feels exactly what you are feeling."

To celebrate the new album, the band is sharing a remix of the track "Conact High." Reworked by Brooklyn-based cratediggers Javelin, the song becomes a sleek, lush piece of pop perfect for sunny, summertime drives. Architecture in Helsinki will be kicking off a U.S. tour in Los Angeles at the Henry Fonda Theater on June 1st. Listen to and download the "Contact High" remix and view the band's tour dates below.

Contact High-Javelin Remix by Javelin


06/01: Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theater
06/02: San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
06/03: San Francisco, CA @ Slims
06/04: Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
06/05: Vancouver, BC @ Venur
06/06: Seattle, WA @ Neumo's
06/09: Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
06/10: Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
06/11: Toronto, ON @ Mod Club
06/12: Montreal, QC @ Le Tulipe
06/13: Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
06/15: Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
06/16: New York, NY @ Webster Hall
06/17: Washington, DC @ Black Cat
06/18: Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live

New Music: Javelin "Cowpoke"

Crate-digging connoisseurs Javelin have returned with a new track, the appropriately title "Cowpoke," which premiered over at Stereogum. The song is a complete 180 from the duo's usual R&B-influenced dance funk fun, instead drawing on a sound so country that you almost expect a tumbleweed to roll by while listening to it.

Javelin's new album Canyon Candy will be released on April 16th, Record Store Day. The band is also taking the western theme a step further by creating a companion video detailing the saga of a lone survivor of a wagon train massacre. You can contribute to band's project over at Kickstarter. View the pitch video below.


Canyon Candy will also be released as a Playbutton, a new, nonrecordable, nontransferable and  portable music format in the shape of a button pin, preloaded with the album of your choice. Find out more about Playbutton here.

The group will also begin a short tour in May. View the list of dates and listen to/download "Cowpoke" below.

Javelin - Cowpoke by Javelin

05/24 – Washington, D.C. @ DC 9*
05/25 – Baltimore, MD @ Sonar*
05/26 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge*
05/30 – Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall*
06/01 – Toronto, ON @TBC*
06/02 – Pittsburg, PA @ Shadow Lounge*
06/03 – Cincinnati, OH @ Midpoint Indie Summer Series @ Fountain Square
06/05 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle*
* w/ Big Freedia 

Artist Profile: Javelin

Brooklyn-based Javelin, made up of cousins George Langford and Tom Van Buskirk, have an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach to making music.  Blending old school R&B, hip hop, rock, electronica and even samples from Mike Tyson's Punchout (a classic-I'm just sayin'), they manage to twist them into something danceable, catchy and spectacular. I love it. The sound can laid back, or more aggressive and in your face. The duo, fresh from playing Lollapalooza,  released their debut No Mas in May. Listen to a few tracks below:

TWYCE by Javelin

Radio by Javelin

Susie Cues by Javelin

Intervales Theme by Javelin