Photo Credit: Ed Mason
Architects have announced that they’ll release their new album Holy Hell on the 9th November via Epitaph Records.
Holy Hell is Architect‘s first release since the passing of Tom Searle, the band’s founding guitarist, principal songwriter and twin brother to drummer, Dan Searle.
“In those first months after Tom’s death, I didn’t deal with it at all and I felt so unhappy and anxious,” Dan explains. “I’d ignored it and just tried to cope. But I knew that at some point, I had to learn from it.”
“Ultimately, there were two choices. Feel sorry for yourself and believe the world to be a horrible place and let it defeat you. Or let it inspire us to live the life that Tom would have wanted us to live. I was very worried about people taking away a despondent message from the album. I felt a level of responsibility to provide a light at the end of the tunnel for people who are going through terrible experiences.”
To coincide with the announcement the band have released the first single from the album, titled Hereafter.
Like what you hear? You can pre-order Holy Hell HERE – digital pre-orders will receive an instant download of Hereafter.
Architects have also announced their biggest UK/European tour to date, see them live at one of the following shows:
December
Tue 4th – ST. PETERSBURG, RU – A2
Thu 6th – MOSCOW, RU – Adrenaline Stadium
Sat 8th – KIEV, UA – Stereoplaza
January
Sun 6th – STOCKHOLM, SE – Fryhuset Arenan
Tue 8th – COPENHAGEN, DK – Vega
Thu 10th – DUSSELDORF, DE – Mitsubishi-Electric-Halle
Fri 11th – ANTWERP, BE – Lotto Arena
Sat 12th – AMSTERDAM, NL – AFAS Live
Mon 14th – MANCHESTER, UK – O2 Victoria Warehouse
Thu 17th – GLASGOW, UK – O2 Academy
Fri 18th – CARDIFF, UK – Motorpoint Arena
Sat 19th – LONDON, UK – The SSE Arena Wembley
Mon 21st – LUXEMBOURG, LU – Luxexpo
Tue 22nd – LYON, FR – Transbordeur
Thu 24th – BARCELONA, ES – Razzmatazz
Fri 25th – BILBAO, ES – Santana 27
Sun 27th – PARIS, FR – Olympia
Mon 28th – ZURICH, CH – Halle 622
Tue 29th – VIENNA, AT – Gasometer
Wed 30th – MILAN, IT – Alcatraz
Thu 31st – PRAGUE, CZ – Forum Karlin
February
Fri 1st – WARSAW, PO – Stodola
Sat 2nd – LEIPZIG, DE – Haus Auensee
Sun 3rd – OFFENBACH, DE – Stadthalle
Tue 5th – BERLIN, DE – Verti Music Hall
Wed 6th – MUNICH, DE – Zenith
Fri 8th – HAMBURG, DE – Sporthalle