The song allocated to me was Architects - Gone With The Wind. Architects are my favourite band, and unfortunately in Summer 2016, Tom Searle, the guitarist, passed away due to a 3 year battle with skin cancer.
Gone With the Wind is a song that tells of a struggle with hope, faith and the thought of passing on. Tom was the main songwriter for Architects, and many of the lyrics are political, and also personal to his own struggle over the past several years. The lyrics therefore are personal, and show a lot of emotion. The song almost describes the feeling of losing hope and giving up, going with the wind.
Research began with analysing the lyrics within the song, to pull out potential concepts. The song is rife with thought provoking lyrics.
“Disintegrate, annihiliate me”
“God knows I lost all my faith”
“I’ll get the hell that I deserve”
“A sickness with no remedy”
“Hope is a prison”
Gone With the Wind is from the album All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us. Research was conducted into the album artwork for this record, which shows an ellipsis with smudged black shadows around it. This was interpreted as darkness, covered up by the light. Architect’s other artworks were also researched to form an overall feel for how their artwork reflects the music. There is lots of dark tones and distressed treatment, something which should be communicated within the resolution.
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