The Classic Symptoms of a Broken Spirit
by Architects
  • Record Label: Epitaph
  • Release Date: Oct 21, 2022
User Score
5.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 13
  3. Negative: 4 out of 13
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  1. mcpooja
    Oct 22, 2022
    7
    A 42-minute long brick of electronically-tinged modern metalcore and post-hardcore. Not offensive and definitely not bad, but the general lack of musical progression across the record makes it the band's weakest set of tracks yet.
  2. SmashingReviews
    Oct 27, 2022
    7
    the classic symptoms of a broken spirit lacks vision and originality, most of the times playing safe arround what worked before. Most of the tracks either seem cut-off material for FTTWTE and b-sides to that same album, or rushed songs just to fill the tracklist. The album falls short in pretty much every aspect, and it's a downgrade of the band's latest works. deep fake, when we werethe classic symptoms of a broken spirit lacks vision and originality, most of the times playing safe arround what worked before. Most of the tracks either seem cut-off material for FTTWTE and b-sides to that same album, or rushed songs just to fill the tracklist. The album falls short in pretty much every aspect, and it's a downgrade of the band's latest works. deep fake, when we were young and a new moral low ground would have been a better fit to FTTWTE, here they just seem a little bit out of place.

    Best tracks: deep fake, tear gas, a new moral low ground

    Worst tracks: spit the bone, born again pessimist, all the love in the world    … Expand

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. The Line of Best Fit
    Oct 24, 2022
    70
    This is a band still keen to experiment – a flourishing ensemble ahead of the alternative music curve.
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  2. Classic Rock Magazine
    Oct 24, 2022
    70
    The title and lyrics may scream apocalyptic gloom - Living is Killing Us, Doomscrolling, Born Again Pessimist - but there is an increasingly bright, infectious, power-glam polish to the band's sound. [Dec 2022, p.74]
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  3. DIY Magazine
    Oct 21, 2022
    80
    Granted, at some points it does feel a little unrelenting, but the sheer ferocity of this record illustrates a band intently focused on the future, and breaking through to the next level.
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