Architects - Lost Forever // Lost Together (NAD 2025) Architects

After writing demos on their successful run on Warped Tour 2013, Architects
UK (whose lineup includes chief songwriter Tom Searle on guitars, keyboards,
his twin brother Dan on drums, Sam Carter on lead vocals, and Alex Dean on
bass) took to Studio Fredman in the Swedish city of Gothenburg in the middle
of the sunlight-starved winter
Working with producers Fredrik Nordstrom and Henrik Udd (both known for their work
with Bring Me the Horizon and chosen largely because "we've always been big fans of
how massive their records sound," according to Sam), Architects UK spent a month
living in the studio so that they could record whenever inspiration hit. Lost Forever,
Lost Together is the follow up to their 2012 release on Century Media, Daybreaker.
On Lost Forever, Lost Together the band artfully weaves in ambient elements that
sometimes verge on gauzy and dreamlike. Fans will notice the band deepen their
blend of brutal, thundering metal and melody-spiked hardcore with heavier riffs and
intricate arrangements inspired by This Will Destroy You, and even artists unlikely
such as Sigur Ros. With lyrical content delving into everything from the Fukushima
nuclear disaster to Tom's recent bout with skin cancer, Lost Forever, Lost Together
artfully delivers an emotional charge that's both devastating and glorious.
As for the album title Architects UK borrowed a lyric from the track "Youth Is Wasted
on the Young." As Tom Searle poignantly states, "we're all lost. Everyone's just trying to
find their place, and hopefully we'll all get there eventually."