Pitchfork

A few years ago, critics started using the phrase "hyper-prog" to describe the short-attention-span mini-suites of groups like the Fiery Furnaces, Head of Femur, and Architecture in Helsinki. The phrase has since fallen back out of use, but Architecture in Helsinki sometimes put the "prog" back in hyper-prog at live shows by covering "Beef in Box", a rarity by long-running UK prog-rockers IQ. The Australian collective's version, since recorded for the upcoming Like It or Not EP and posted on MySpace, builds off of a spastic Talking Heads groove. There's time for frilly guitar solos, outer-space synths, Carnivale percussion, and energetic chanting galore: "You don't stop, you don't stop/ You don't stop until the beef is in the box." 'Cause if you stop, you might end up like this beef-boxing clown. And no, "Beef in Box" doesn't have anything to do with "Dick in a Box", ya pervs.

Stream:> Architecture in Helsinki: "Beef in Box" (IQ cover)
[from the Like It or Not EP; forthcoming from Polyvinyl]