And then there was light
And you’re gonna need to cry, you’re gonna need to sit with that pain and acknowledge it, and not pretend it’s not there.” Part of the process is to acknowledge that you’ve been through a nightmare. Do you just feel sorry for yourself, do you just be a victim of life, or do you look at it and use it to inspire yourself to be a better person – to live life. What it is to suffer, and how you use that. “All of us guys have suffered a lot since Tom died and before Tom died, so the record is addressing that.
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“I think that will be a focus on the record,” picks up Dan, gently protective of Sam throughout the conversation. The way that I always used to deal with everything is to try and be the joker of the pack, and if I’m not joking then I’m in a bad mood. “I think one thing I’ve learned through our little Architects family is to just be honest with each other, and it’s OK to not be happy all the time. “There’s a lot of stuff going on in my life and head, but it’s not all to do with Tom,” he says. I was bringing stuff up that I wasn’t really talking about with anyone, and onstage was not the easiest place to do it.”Ĭurrently also dealing with a break-up from his long-term girlfriend, he’s coming to terms with the notion it’s normal to experience hurt, and it’s fine to openly admit to struggling with your feelings. “I don’t think I realised the weight of the things I was saying onstage every day about Tom, and I went into autopilot. “There were points on the last tour, and around Doomsday, where I was completely burnt out,” he admits, retreating into the comfort of the grey hoody pulled tightly around his face. He hasn’t been able to face therapy since Tom died, but is about to start it again. Screaming lyrics about death and destruction had left him with stress headaches and a heavy sense of mortality, presumably compounded by Tom’s illness, which was kept secret from the outside world at the time. Sam had gone into therapy after recording All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us in 2016. You need to chip a bit off that subject as a whole, and examine that little bit,” he reasons. “Something like your brother dying, you can’t really comprehend all that in one breath. So I never really dealt with the fact that he was sick.”Īfter Tom passed away, Dan transferred his obsession to the band, and onto writing. Because I was taking care of Tom, and I was so sure that he would be OK, I kind of… I kind of get obsessed with things as a way of not dealing with my problems. “I had needed it for a long time, though. Obviously the days before Tom died were really bizarre and surreal and very difficult, but I was sort of in shock to some degree as well, just deer-in-the-headlights,” he remembers. “My first session was really, really hard. Encouraged by his wife, he had therapy during the final days of Tom’s life, and is still going now. Photos: Monika Kuszynska – courtesy of PL.Tom played live as long as his body allowed him to, even checking himself out of hospital to tour (Image credit: Jake Owens)ĭan was unprepared for the trauma of losing his twin. This project has turned the preconceived notion of a junk-filled, cluttered attic into a pleasantly bright, creative environment. The fixtures and fittings required for the office are streamlined and sleek. The timber trusses and brick walls were cleaned and stripped back to expose them in all their glory.
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The double height and steeply sloping roof of the attic made it possible to construct a mezzanine, adding even more room to the loft’s bottom floor. Not only does this guarantee all the daylight required, it also creates an immediate connection with the setting, making up for the loft’s lack of a real extension to the outside.
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They fitted a total of seventeen new windows into the roof, accordingly insulated for greater interior comfort and energy efficiency. Their project aims to make the most of the original construction without hiding a thing this way, visitors can experience in person the style that characterises the work of the three architects – Katarzyna Cynka, Bartek Bajon and Marcin Kozierowski. Summing up in just a few words the work of Polish architects, PL.architekci in the historical centre of Posnan. Your average, everyday cramped, dark attic that has been turned into a dynamic, luminous mezzanine space, brimming with creativity. This project is not just about redeveloping a forgotten place, it has become the studio’s business card. Polish architects, PL.architekci headquartered in Posnan, have revamped a loft to create their office space.