The Here and Now
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| Studio album by Architects | ||||
| Released | 19 January 2011 | |||
| Recorded | May–June 2010 | |||
| Studio | The Omen Room Studios, Garden Grove, California, U.S. | |||
| Genre | Metalcore, post-hardcore, melodic hardcore | |||
| Length | 39:13 | |||
| Label | Century Media | |||
| Producer | Steve Evetts | |||
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| BBC Music | (Favourable) |
| Exclaim.ca | (Mediocre) |
| Rock Sound | 8/10 |
The Here and Now is the fourth full-length studio album by British metalcore band Architects, and was released on 24 January 2011 in the United Kingdom and majority of Europe, and 25 January 2011 in the United States. The album was recorded with producer Steve Evetts at his own studio The Omen Room Studios in California.
Architects worked with producer Steve Evetts at The Omen Room Studios, Garden Grove, California. The band were excited to record with Evetts because of his expansive repertoire. Carter commented on how he installed confidence in the band as they produced their music.Architects members in interviews noted how Evetts strived to capture the sound of the band's live performance to give the record and energetic sound. The band's drummer Dan Searle said on the subject "A lot of bands go for super fake sounding recordings that no band can recapture live and that’s exactly what we wanted to move away from. The record really captures the energy that we have as a live band."
While in California, vocalist Sam Carter received vocal training to develop his singing range, where he learnt singing techniques, warm-ups and singing to scales.
During the recording the band was concerned that they were going to alienate their fanbase with the record, however they did not want to record "Hollow Crown Part II". This is in line with Architects desire to always sound different on each record. Nonetheless, by the end of the recording process, the band was confident in the records sound. The band rooted this change primarily to the fact that they had changed and grown up in the last two years since Hollow Crown was release and because of the music they were all listening to and were inspired by wasn't metal or punk.
The album features guest vocal appearances from Andrew Neufeld of Comeback Kid and Greg Puciato of The Dillinger Escape Plan, the latter being a large influence on Architects. The decision to include Neufeld was when he offered his vocals when they were both touring Australia in 2010; Puciato was included after coming to watch them record in California and liked the sound of the record and offered to sing on the album, something the Architects members were excited to do.
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