Architects, in my mind, suffers from "Paramore Syndrome". They created critically acclaimed albums that defined the sound and genre for their generation, then, when they felt they didn't have anything more to add to that sound, shifted as a band.
That's good, bands are allowed to, and should, change their sound if they think they have something else to offer sonically.
What they SHOULDN'T do, and what Architects and Paramore are both guilty of, is then criticise their fans who got into them because of the genre defining works that the created, and then weren't super into their new sound.
Both bands treat it like a personal insult that people fans don't like their new sound, and go out of their way to belittle fans that voice that opinion. Architects plays songs from Holy Hell and before at their live shows because they think they have to, not because they want to. They're not happy with their music that inspired and spoke to so many. Change your sound, but don't be dicks about it.
Architects, in my mind, suffers from "Paramore Syndrome". They created critically acclaimed albums that defined the sound and genre for their generation, then, when they felt they didn't have anything more to add to that sound, shifted as a band. That's good, bands are allowed to, and should, change their sound if they think they have something else to offer sonically. What they SHOULDN'T do, and what Architects and Paramore are both guilty of, is then criticise their fans who got into them because of the genre defining works that the created, and then weren't super into their new sound. Both bands treat it like a personal insult that people fans don't like their new sound, and go out of their way to belittle fans that voice that opinion. Architects plays songs from Holy Hell and before at their live shows because they think they have to, not because they want to. They're not happy with their music that inspired and spoke to so many. Change your sound, but don't be dicks about it.