Reflecting on the Archive's albums I haven't listened to that much
April 22, 2025 —
Nico Cartron
The latest blog posts on Archive (here and here) made me realise that there's a whole period where I didn't really get into some of their albums.
This includes 4 albums:
- With Us Until You're Dead (2012): of the 4 albums, that's the one I listened to the most (see below), I clearly remember buying it on the iTunes store, and listened to it while on a business trip to Germany
- Axiom (2014)
- Restriction (2015)
- The False Foundation (2016): I don't even remember its release, and this is confirmed below by the (very) low number of songs I like from that album.
Songs I like
Alright, so to confirm my feelings, I listened again to the 4 albums, and made a list of the songs I actually like - and as you can see, the list is not really long.
- With Us Until Your Dead album:
- Wiped Out: wow, this intro and Pollard's voice! "Watch out My angel..."
- Interlace
- Conflict
- Axiom album: it has only 7 songs, and 2 stand out for me:
- Distorted Angels
- The Noise of Flames Crashing: this is one of those songs that gives me goosebumps - "A game grotesque / Felt such things / A walk / Beautiful within"
- Restriction album:
- End of Our Days
- Half Built Houses
- Crushed
- Black and Blue
- The False Foundation album:
- The False Foundation
Wrap Up
There we go - this does not mean that those albums are bad - after all, preferences are personal - but I'm glad that Call to Arms & Angels got released to break this cycle for me!
Tags: Music