Discussing Architects’ ninth album, For Those That Wish To Exist, in February of last year, Dan Searle justified a change of approach that would take many by surprise. “Obviously we’re known as being a technical band,” the drummer explained. “But I felt we’d exhausted that to some degree, so started to feel drawn to doing more with less, which is a great challenge in some ways.” It was certainly a challenge they were equal to, scoring them their first Number One record in the process. So why have the Brighton titans decided to add more to that ‘less’? Whatever their reasons – vocalist Sam Carter’s Beatles obsession will surely have been a factor in recording at Abbey Road – this act of embellishment, performed with The Parallax Orchestra, is a valid do...