Tom Caley - Vocals/Guitar
Brendon Pyers - Guitar/Vocals
Aaron Bell - Bass
Jon Edwards - Drums
Influences
Brian Wilson
Jimi Hendrix
George Lucas
Queens Of The Stone Age
The Beatles
Pixies
Ride
Salma Hayek
Magic Dirt
My Bloody Valentine
Radiohead
Thierry Henry
Felix Da Housecat
Ricky Gervais
Roni Size
Queen
Steven Gerrard
Dubheads Soundclash Vol 1
Frank Zappa
Fender
Super Furry Animals
"Gold Digger" By Kanye West
"The Planets" by Gustave Holst
Pink Floyd
Bob Marley
Withnail & I
the Boo Radleys
Sonic Youth
David Bowie
Purplene
Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy
The Divine Comedy
Leftfield
the Doves
the Stone Roses
Simon and Garfunkel
Orbital
the Orb
Black Books
the Panics
early Cure
The Smiths
The Clash
Happy Mondays
Jane's Addiction
Verve
Spiritualized
Primal Scream
Helsinki
Formed in 2002 by Tom, Brendon and Jon, Helsinki was originally a 3-piece, before Aaron was recruited on bass to allow the development of a more expansive sound. This culminated in the writing, recording and releasing of August, a record over 14 months in the making.
August August is a kaleidoscopic 12-song rollercoaster ride of indie-inflected rock, folk, blues and psychedelia written, for the most part as a continous piece of music rather than a collection of 'singles' and 'filler'.
August began in Tom's spare room with nothing more than a ragged 12 string, a snare drum (borrowed from Tom's neighbour), a big arse 70's organ that weighed more than life itself (given to Tom from his neighbour), and an old tape 4-track recorder (borrowed from Brendon).
August was entirely self-funded and recorded largely in Brendon's home studio. This gave the band immense freedom when attempting to capture the 'right' versions of the songs and gives the whole album an extremely personal and emotional feel.
Now the album is readily available, it has truly been 'born' and Helsinki just hope that as many people get to hear it as is possible.
August is available at gigs and at the below stores:
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Thursday CtrlAltDel @ Inflation 7:30pm till late 9/7 Anythium, Divine Fury, Skyland, Ayera, Scarecrow, Macca Fri Dark Realm @ Vedette Death of Art, Chiron, Harpy, St Vitus's Dance Fri @ Inflation A Punk Eclipse now No Idea, The Half Pints, D.R.S.S, Rank Waste, Spewin Guts Sat 11/7 @ Vedette The Punk Pit No Idea, Common Thread, Crack Whore, Strangehold CRACK Industrial, Breakcore, Speedcore, Hardcore
that sucks, I'm not in melbourne this weekend, and the gig is in my neighbourhood!! hope the gig goes well boys, I'll look fwd to another one soon. catch sides
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