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For Brighton metalcore titans Architects<\/strong>, 2014 is proving to be a remarkable year. Having released the critically acclaimed and award winning ‘Lost Forever \/\/ Lost Together’<\/em> through the renowned Epitaph Records<\/strong>, the quartet have been on the road ever since. Having toured in the UK earlier this year, they\u2019ve since been to the States alongside Letlive. before heading to Asia and Europe.<\/p>\n We caught up with guitarist Tom Searle as Architects<\/strong> made a brief return to the UK for last month\u2019s Leeds Festival<\/strong> before they continued jetting off round the globe. In our brief discussion, Tom spoke about the differences in crowds around the world, being part of Epitaph<\/strong>, their 2015 UK tour with Every Time I Die, Blessthefall and Counterparts, and we also ask him what\u2019s his favourite albums of the year so far.<\/p>\n AH: First off Tom welcome back to Leeds and Reading. How are you finding it so far?<\/strong> AH: I saw some pictures from last night. It looked pretty packed out in that tent.<\/strong> AH: I was going to ask you if you prefer the intimate setting of a tent, but clearly you do. <\/strong> AH: These are your first UK dates since your tour earlier this year. Since then you\u2019e been around Europe and toured with Letlive. in the States. How has that been?<\/strong> AH: Right after this your back on the plane again as you\u2019re off to Australia, Mexico and Canada. Because you\u2019ve been touring all over the world, have you noticed differences in crowds?<\/strong> AH: Then in the new year there\u2019s a UK tour happening with Every Time I Die, Blessthefall and Counterparts. That\u2019s a great line-up. Why should people who haven’t seen you here or before come out to these shows?<\/strong> AH: As I mentioned the support for the tour is pretty impressive. Are you looking forward to playing with those three bands?<\/strong> AH: The new album is the first record on Epitaph. How does it feel to be part of such a legendary independent label like Epitaph?<\/strong> AH: I guess it\u2019s restored your faith in independent labels?<\/strong> AH: Going back to Reading yesterday, did you get chance to see any bands or catch up with any friends?<\/strong> AH: Personally one of my favourite albums of the year is ‘Lost Forever \/\/ Lost Together’<\/em>. What have been your favourite albums this year?<\/strong> AH: It\u2019s been a long time coming.<\/strong> AH: Besides The Xcerts, what other music would you recommend for our readers to check out?<\/strong> ‘Lost Forever \/\/ Lost Together’<\/em> by Architects<\/strong> is out now on Epitaph Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Architects<\/strong> links: Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n
Tom: Yeah good. Yesterday at Reading was pretty spectacular. It was one of those lovely heartwarming shows you do every now and again. It\u2019s great. It\u2019s somewhere between hot and freezing cold. When the sun is out I\u2019m baking, then the sun goes in and it\u2019s generally cold. That\u2019s a ridiculously thing to moan about. I\u2019ve lived in England for 26 years, you\u2019d think I would be use to it by now.<\/em><\/p>\n
Tom: At this festival, it\u2019s a relatively modest size stage but last time we did main stage and I felt like it was a great opportunity, something you would never say no to but as a metal band, it\u2019s not your place almost. You’re like a weird experiment putting a metal band on that main stage, and it\u2019s great that the organisers do that and this year they had a lot of heavy bands like Crossfaith and Hacktivist, it\u2019s sweet, but it\u2019s the tents where we feel most at home. I don\u2019t mind it being a modest size. <\/em><\/p>\n
Tom: Yeah tents are where it\u2019s at man!<\/em><\/p>\n
Tom: Yeah Letlive. in America was really great, and I feel like our \u201cfan base\u201d or whatever, I don\u2019t want to talk like a CEO of a corporation; \u201cwe\u2019ve expanded our demographic\u2026\u201d But no it\u2019s been cool. The new album has connected with some people over there, and in Europe we\u2019ve just been doing festivals and stuff. It\u2019s been tiring, a lot of flying at 3am and that sort of thing but it\u2019s been cool. We\u2019ve been to Russia and Ukraine, where a lot other bands were pulling out but I felt like we got a lot of love and appreciation for doing that. It didn\u2019t seem like a chore as all the shows were amazing. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Tom: Yeah everywhere is different. Some places are harder than others but the main thing is once they do click wherever you do click, it\u2019s great and the crowds are great. We might of said a year ago the Americans are tough cookies or whatever, but when they like you, they stamp on everyone\u2019s heads. It\u2019s almost a bit too much. Asia is crazy. Everywhere is great right now.<\/em><\/p>\n
Tom: You know I was thinking about it last night when we played Reading, I really kind of hope our band, when we play, has some sense. We\u2019ve been around for a long time. You know we were an underground band for a really long time, I feel like there is a real sense of togetherness (now). As I was saying the crowd last night we played to wasn\u2019t a crowd and a band, it reminded me of how a crowd supports a football team. We love it and I hope they do too. I hope there is something geniune people conenct with, and it sounds cheesy, but I feel like there has been times this year where I have felt it.<\/em><\/p>\n
Tom: Yeah absolutely. They\u2019re all bands we\u2019ve toured with in the past. I think it\u2019s cool. It\u2019s nice and varied. There\u2019s something for everyone. Personally I\u2019m a longtime fan of Every Time I Die and a huge fan of their new record. I don\u2019t want to almost lower them by saying \u201cwe looked up to them\u201d when we were younger as they are still a really relevant band. It\u2019s cool as fuck having those guys on the tour.<\/em><\/p>\n
Tom: Well they are THE legendary independent label in my opinion. It\u2019s genuinely honour and a privilege. Everyone moans about their label. We moaned about our label forever, now we\u2019re with Epitaph and I\u2019ve got good things to say. It made me realise \u201cit can be good\u201d. They do everything right. <\/em><\/p>\n
Tom: Well I don\u2019t think they would go near us but I would not go near a major label. I think it\u2019s difficult. I sympathize with labels. With a lot of them, no one is buying their products. It is hard and I understand that might mean sometimes your interest conflicts with the bands. They (Epitaph) have definitely restored some faith. I\u2019m just so happy to be with them. <\/em><\/p>\n
Tom: Hardly. Well, actually what was really great about yesterday was the chance to get to see so many people from all over. We\u2019ll never get to tour with You Me At Six, so it was a chance to bump into those guys and chat with them. I really like those guys. That was the day really, lots of friends. We got to meet Issues, those guys are great. While She Sleeps are always great. I got to watch a bit of Royal Blood. They\u2019re from Brighton. They practise in the same studio as us, and I\u2019ve never seen them play before and apparently they\u2019re ginormous. I had no idea.<\/em><\/p>\n
Tom: Well my favourite album of the year isn\u2019t out yet. It\u2019s The Xcerts. Honestly it\u2019s so good man. I\u2019m biased because they\u2019re Brighton-based and Murray, their singer, is a really good friend of mine. I wouldn\u2019t say if I didn\u2019t mean it. It\u2019s so good and it\u2019s going to be so big for that band.<\/em><\/p>\n
Tom: It fucking has hasn\u2019t it. <\/em><\/p>\n
Tom: Well I think everyone checked it out but I really love that Behemoth record. X Ambassadors are great. I saw them play Reading yesterday, missed them today. The War on Drugs album (\u2018Lost In The Dream\u2019). Like I said the new Every Time I Die album is really good. It\u2019s probably not worth giving Bombay Bicycle Club anymore exposure but they are fucking sweet. I love them.<\/em><\/p>\n