Intense Records

Lost Forever // Lost Together

EPITAPH
273183
National Album Day 2025
12"

£21.66 (£25.99 incl. VAT)

After writing demos on their successful run on Warped Tour 2013, ArchitectsUK (whose lineup includes chief songwriter Tom Searle on guitars, keyboards,his twin brother Dan on drums, Sam Carter on lead vocals, and Alex Dean onbass) took to Studio Fredman in the Swedish city of Gothenburg in the middleof the sunlight-starved winterWorking with producers Fredrik Nordstrom and Henrik Udd (both known for their workwith Bring Me the Horizon and chosen largely because "we've always been big fans ofhow massive their records sound," according to Sam), Architects UK spent a monthliving 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 thatsometimes verge on gauzy and dreamlike. Fans will notice the band deepen theirblend of brutal, thundering metal and melody- spiked hardcore with heavier riffs andintricate arrangements inspired by This Will Destroy You, and even artists unlikelysuch as Sigur Ros. With lyrical content delving into everything from the Fukushimanuclear disaster to Tom's recent bout with skin cancer, Lost Forever, Lost Togetherartfully 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 Wastedon the Young." As Tom Searle poignantly states, "we're all lost. Everyone's just trying tofind their place, and hopefully we'll all get there eventually."Tracks: Gravedigger / Naysayer / Broken Cross / The Devil Is Near / Dead ManTalking / Red Hypergiant / C.A.N.C.E.R. / Colony Collapse / Castles in the Air / YouthIs Wasted On the Young / The Distant Blue