The Classic Symptoms Of A Broken Spirit

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 definitely 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 gratification 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 artwork

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: CD
Artist: Architects
Release Date: 21 October 2022
Genre: Metal
Label: EPITAPH
Distributor: Rocket Group