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Eco Color Vinyl. ARCHITECTS have delivered their 10th studio album; an arena-ready opus entitled, 'the classic symptoms of a broken spirit', the follow up to their 2021 breakout album For Those That Wish To Exist, which hit #1 on the UK sales chart. Finding yourself with a UK Number One album and selling out arenas is enough for some to repeat a winning formula. Architects however, are forever moving forward. InchIt was definitely validating and felt really cool for like a day,Inch recalls drummer, producer and songwriter Dan Searle of hitting the top spot with 'For Those That Wish To Exist'InchFor a lot of the bucket list things you reach in any career, there's a momentary gratification then you're like, 'What next?' You just move on. By the time the album came out, my head was already in the mindset of 'Broken Spirit'. That was where I was at.Inch Searle notes how it was their albums 'Lost Forever/Lost Together', 'All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us', and 'Holy Hell' that really Inchcemented what the band was aboutInch and Inchtook them to a new levelInch as a rock powerhouse and leaders of the UK's metalcore scene - making it all the more InchdauntingInch to reinvent themselves on the records that would follow. InchI wanted to make this album with a different aesthetic. We were enjoying working with the synths and doing stuff that we hadn't done before.Inch As a band who never stop writing, the kernels of the songs that make up 'the classic symptoms of a broken spirit' were already in progress before the ink had time to dry on the artwork of their last record. Architects were on a creative roll, and the record was born of that creative freedom. Produced by Dan Searle and guitarist Josh Middleton, with additional production from frontman Sam Carter at Decon's Middle Farm Studios and their own Brighton Electric Studios before being mixed by Zakk Cervini, the band were buo