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Brighton’s post hardcore mob Architects are
back with their new album “Daybreaker”
within a year of their previous effort “The
Here and now”. After the sheer vicious style
of “Hollow Crown” fans seemed a little
bit let down with “The Here and Now”
toning their heavier roots back a bit in favour
of more gentle melodies; whilst “Daybreaker”
definitely see’s the bands more aggressive
side returning, they’re still clinging to
the gentle melodies attempting to reach some form
of middle ground between the two releases as to
not make their effort in experimenting a waste.
It’s miles away from the bands earlier work,
many many miles but somehow they’ve kept the
gritty edge but added this really deep, beautiful
sound to it and brought out something distinctive.
“The Bitter End” is one of those introductory
songs that starts off silent but grows until eventually
erupting leading off into “Alpha Omega”
which works their heavier side around some beautiful
chorus lines you cannot help but sing along to.
Then there’s “These Colours Don’t
Run” which is a complete beast; high octane
aggression, thick riffs mixed among twangy fillers
and what an ending as well once the song hits 3:11
the whole thing just drops into a really dirty breakdown
seeing out the remainder of the song, “Even
If You Win, You’re Still a Rat” encompasses
a similar layout. They’ve kept up their heavier
side to please the hardcore fans but it’s
songs like “Truth, Be Told” and “Unbeliever”
that I think will stir the most backlash from the
more veteran of the bands fan base as it’s
a lot more gentle than anything we’ve been
used to hearing from the lads before, beautiful
as it may be and I personally enjoy it but it was
definitely a risky move.
I only got into the band when they released “Hollow
Crown” and I thought that album was a complete
beast, that’s why when I back tracked through
their past stuff and saw it was all in the same
vein I was expecting follow up’s to try and
push that style even further, but instead it would
appear they instead wanting to tone it back a bit,
perhaps not to ruin the style in which they can
come back to in years to come when they’ve
figured out where to go with it. I hope it’s
that and not the beginning of a sell out move because
we’ve had enough bands go down that road in
recent times, whilst I like “The Here and
Now” and even more so this latest output this
was never the band that they set out to be.
One thing I can give them kudos for is that they
definitely learned from their mistakes with their
past release and the heavier tracks I’ve already
mentioned along with “Devil’s Island”
and “Feathers of Lead” prove they’re
progressing in a more recognisable direction and
are really God damn enjoyable. As much as the heavier
side of their fan base may complain I must definitely
give credit where it’s due and say fair play
for playing around and keeping stuff fresh and it
proves Sam Carter can freaking sing.
3.5/5
Review by James Webb |
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Sam Carter
Tom Searle
Dan Searle
Tim Hillier-Brook
Ali Dean |
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1. The Bitter End
2. Alpha Omega
3. These Colours Don’t Run
4. Daybreak
5. Truth, Be Told
6. Even if You Win, You’re Still a Rat
7. Outsider Heart
8. Behind The Throne
9. Devils Island
10. Feather of Lead
11. Unbeliever |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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