Classic Symptoms Of A Broken Spirit, The

ARCHITECTS have delivered their 10th studio album; an arena-ready opus entitled, the classic symptoms of a broken spirit , the follow up to their 2021 breakout album For Those That Wish To Exist, which hit #1 on the Aria chart. Finding yourself with a Number One album and selling out arenas is enough for some to repeat a winning formula. Architects however, are forever moving forward. 'It was defi- nitely validating and felt really cool for like a day,' recalls drummer, producer and song- writer Dan Searle of hitting the top spot with For Those That Wish To Exist. 'For a lot of the bucket list things you reach in any career, there's a momentary gratifica- tion then you're like, 'What next?' You just move on. By the time the album came out, my head was already in the mindset of 'broken spirit'. That was where I was at.' Searle notes how it was their albums Lost Forever/Lost Together, All Our Gods Have Aban- doned Us, and Holy Hell that really 'cemented what the band was about' and 'took them to a new level' as a rock powerhouse and leaders of the UK's metalcore scene - making it all the more 'daunting' to reinvent themselves on the records that would follow. 'I wanted to make this album with a different aesthetic. We were enjoying working with the synths and doing stuff that we hadn't done before.' As a band who never stop writing, the kernels of the songs that make up the classic symp- toms of a broken spirit were already in progress before the ink had time to dry on the artw

Tracks

1~1~Deep Fake
1~2~Tear Gas
1~3~Spit The Bone
1~4~Burn Down My House
1~5~Living Is Killing Us
1~6~When We Were Young
1~7~Doomscrolling
1~8~Born Again Pessimist
1~9~A New Moral Low Ground
1~10~All The Love In The World
1~11~Be Very Afraid

Details

Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Architects
Release Date: 21 October 2022
Genre: Metal
Label: EPITAPH
Distributor: Rocket Group