Lost Forever/Lost Together [Bonus CD]

by Architects

Overview

Though the label made their bones with driving punk rock, Epitaph continues to explore the brave new world of metalcore with an outing from Architects, who return with their first album for their new label, Lost Forever, Lost Together. While the U.K. band has always taken an accessible and melodic approach to the genre, their sixth album finds their sound taking a turn for the grandiose. Heavier and more expansive than any of their previous work, Architects' sounds feel more dynamic, incorporating elements that are both more ambient and more extreme. By creating more soaring highs and crushing lows, Architects break the creeping homogeneity of metalcore, instead delivering a sound that shows the band at their most visceral. On tracks like "Youth Is Wasted on the Young," the song slows down and opens up in the middle, creating a glacial, gut-churning heaviness toward the end of the song that feels like a welcome change from the rapid-fire aggression of its beginning. It's in these slower moments that Lost Forever, Lost Together really shines, especially on closing track "The Distant Blue," which feels like the perfect marriage of the band's melodic past and monolithic present. Like the label they're calling home, Architects have embraced change, and although they're still mindful of the sound that got them where they are, their refusal to be beholden to it makes Lost Forever, Lost Together one of their most exciting records to date. ~ Gregory Heaney

Product Details

Release Date:	03/11/2014
Label:	Epitaph
UPC:	0045778731817
Rank:	17872

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Gravedigger
2. Naysayer
3. Broken Cross
4. The Devil is Near
5. Red Hypergiant
6. C.A.N.C.E.R.
7. Dead Man Talking
8. Colony Collapse
9. Castles In the Air
10. Youth is Wasted On the Young
11. The Distant Blue

Disc 2

12. Gravedigger
13. Naysayer
14. Broken Cross
15. The Devil is Near
16. Red Hypergiant
17. C.A.N.C.E.R.
18. Dead Man Talking
19. Colony Collapse
20. Castles In the Air
21. Youth is Wasted On the Young
22. The Distant Blue

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Architects   Primary Artist
Michael Rollins   Cello
Murray MacLeod   Vocals,Guest Artist
Elizabeth Clarke   Cello
Jenn Allen   Violin
Emily Rust   Violin
Julie Slaugh   Viola
Ariel Loveland   Violin
Kelsey Georgeson   Viola
Mark Shipley   Viola

Technical Credits

Fredrik Nordstroem   Additional Production
Architects   Composer,Lyricist
Henrik Udd   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Mastering
Tom Searle   Composer
Ken Dudley   Mixing
Josh Kline   Booking
Joey Simmrin   Management
Paul Ryan   Booking
Adam Sylvester   Booking
Randy Slaugh   Producer,String Engineer,String Arrangements
Johan Henriksson   Assistant Engineer