British band Architects plays sharp music in Manila

MANILA, PhilippinesTo a regular audience, Architects will sound no more than a fist forcing its way inside an ear. But to avid fans of this British band from Brighton, England, this group of fourSam Carter on vocals, Tom Searle on guitar and keyboard, Alex Dean on bass, and Dan Searle on drumsis the truth, akin to a mirror reflecting anything standing right in front of it.

Having released six studio albums and one split EP since 2006, Architects have explored numerous sounds that helped make the bands musicality evolve. And apparent enough, from the two-minute To the Death track of its debut album Nightmares to the seemingly candid but accurate Gravedigger of its 2014 LP Lost Forever // Lost Together, much has changed with Architects.

If there is one thing that remained steady in the bands run in the music industry, it is the downright honest lyrics that the quartet brings to the table that is constant and unfazed. And this was exactly what they brought to Manila when they played an hour and a half-long show at the SM North Edsa Skydome last Feb. 7a showcase of sharp words paired with above average mastery of the strings and the percussion.

Brutal, casual

Carter was casual on stage while chanting gripping words from tracks Broken Cross, The Devil is Near, Dead Man Talking, Castles in the Air, and Alpha Omega. He wasnt even hopping aroundsomething you somehow expect from a band vocalist. But the message of each song they performed delivered the brutal tang expected of the Architects.

Whether its a matter of the heart or of the society, Architects can only sing honestly about anything.

In a plain black wife beater top (and dark denim jeans), Carter and the rest of the group continued to kill the stage with Naysayer, Youth is Wasted on the Young, These Colours Dont Run, The Distant Blue, and Gravedigger, among five others.

Carter dropped the F word a number of times that night, if not a hundred. And the audience just banged their head and body to the music while some ran and went infinite in a circle pit.

If anything, Architects felt like a fine fist bump to the earsthanks to the engulfing melody the band plays. And the screams were rather enthralling than intolerable.

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British band Architects plays sharp music in Manila