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Architects

Architects

Rock and Soul, Rock and Roll “before it became a Project Runway Challenge.” That’s a pretty good way to describe the sound, the attitude and experience of Architects. Gimmick-free, raw, real and powerful is how their legion fans descibe them.
From the riff-rattling ferocity of “New Boots and Truncheons” to the blistering, heartfelt roar of “Daddy Wore Black” and beyond, this KCMO foursome tips its respective hats – both sonically and spiritually – to the likes of Kiss, The Clash, AC/DC, Johnny Cash and The Replacements with brilliant results. “I’m still kind of devoted to my old idols,” chief Architect Brandon Phillips explains, describing the lyrical core of Vice. “I looked a lot harder at Cash, [Merle] Haggard and [Waylon] Jennings this time out; people who wrote really good story songs. Somehow it’s important to me that rock & roll – at least the kind that I want to make – stays kind of badass.”