Architects’ last album Holy Hell was, by necessity, very inward-looking. It was the sound of a band processing tragedy as they dealt with the loss of a bandmate, friend and brother. It was necessary for their very survival, and it was a harrowing, gut-wrenching masterpiece. There was no way they could replicate a work so much informed by a set of particular circumstances and so, as Architects move onto their first album without any input from late guitarist Tom Searle, they are very much looking outwards. For Those That Wish To Exist is an expansive album in every sense of the word. Lyrically it focuses on the looming climate catastrophe that will have an impact on every single human being on this planet. It’s not particularly cheery, but then these aren’t par...
