ARCHIVE, the unique, enigmatic and acclaimed collective who formed in Croydon, South London in 1994, have today announced details of their 13th studio album Glass Minds, which is released on Friday 27th February 2026 via the band’s own Dangervisit label through [PIAS].
Talking about ‘Look At Us’, the first single to be lifted from the album, a track which finds the band at their most driven, pounding best, with its insistent guitar rift running throughout, ARCHIVE main man Darius Keeler said:
‘Look At Us’ is quite simply a banger! With ominous lyrics, which I interpret as a reflection on the truly distorted world we live in, I think it’s one of our best singles to date.
The track is accompanied by a visually stunning video directed by Maxim Kelly who said:
The video is a Southern Gothic piece designed to look as authentic as possible through black and white documentary-style cinematography. Since the song explores lies and deception, I wanted the medium itself to embody that theme by making viewers trust the familiar visual language of documentary photography creating a meta-commentary on deception where the medium literally becomes the message.
Listen to ‘Look At Us’ BELOW:
The track listing of the album, produced by Archive and long term collaborator Jerome Devoise, recorded at Metway Studios, Brighton & Angel Studios, London and mixed at Studio DES, Paris, is as follows. The album artwork was designed by Saatchi Gallery collected artist Alaric Hammond:
Broken Bits
Glass Minds
Patterns
Look At Us
When You’re This Down
So Far From Losing You
Wake Up Strange
City Walls
The Love The Light
Shine Out Power
Heads Are Gonna Roll
Where I Am
Glass Minds is the follow-up to the band’s 2022 triple-album set, Call to Arms & Angels, which charted Top 10 in countries right across Europe and saw the band headline their biggest live shows to date, culminating at the 15,000 capacity Paris Accor Arena in November 2023.
The album marks a powerful evolution in the band’s 30-year journey. Initiated by the core quartet, the record embraces a minimal, down-tempo sound with expansive, emotive space. The addition of Essex rapper Jimmy Collins brings a fierce, haunting energy to ‘Heads Are Gonna Roll’, while singer Lisa Mottram delivers spontaneous brilliance across several tracks, including the hypnotic title song and the brooding ‘The Love The Light’.
The album’s versatility spans raw, percussive rhythms in ‘When You’re This Down’, electro-pop touches in ‘Wake Up Strange’, and motorik vibes in ‘Look At Us’. At the emotional core is ‘So Far From Losing You’, an eight-minute epic blending rap and vocals that reflects Keeler’s personal life. Driven by a desire to create without boundaries, Archive continue to challenge and inspire fans, proving that their creative spark burns as bright as ever.
Talking about the new album, Keeler said:
The album all started after we composed the song Patterns. We really loved the space and minimalistic power of the song, it reminded us of our debut album Londinium, and how we approached writing at that time – heavy rhythm with a melancholy that penetrates the soul. I was listening to Elgar’s Nimrod a lot at the time we started writing the new album, and I wanted to use brass as an added dimension, bringing even more emotion to the songs. Our last album, Call to Arms & Angels was a pretty heavy record in retrospect, due to the whole Covid experience. This one feels like we’re breaking out into a more expansive and uplifting dimension.
Finally, the band will also be heading out on tour in support of the album – dates are as follows:
30.03.26 – Paradiso – AMSTERDAM, NL
31.03.26 – OM – LIEGE, BE
03.04.26 – La Seine Musicale – PARIS, FR
04.04.26 – Salle Metropole – LAUSANNE, CH
06.04.26 – Muffathalle – MUNICH, DE
07.04.26 – Arena Wien – VIENNA, AT
08.04.26 – Torwar Hall – WARSAW, PL
09.04.26 – Docks – HAMBURG, DE
11.04.26 – Shepherds Bush Empire – LONDON, UK
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