Pias news – Archive announce new album ‘glass minds’

Announce details of the release of their new album, Glass Minds.
Released via Dangervisit on 27th February 2026.

Watch the 'Look At Us' video
Archive - Look At Us (Official Video)
LIVE  31.03.26 - OM - LIEGE, BE

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.
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

Archive are a South London-based musical collective renowned for their cinematic soundscapes, genre-defying evolution, and uncompromising artistic vision. Formed in 1994 by Darius Keeler and Danny Griffiths—former members of pioneering drum & bass group Genaside II—the band debuted with the critically acclaimed Londinium in 1996, blending trip-hop, rap, and orchestral textures.
Over the next two decades, Archive became known for reinventing their sound with each album, incorporating elements of progressive rock, electronica, soul, and post-rock. From the lush melodies of Take My Head (1999) to the epic scope of You All Look the Same to Me (2002)—featuring the 16-minute standout track 'Again' —their music grew increasingly ambitious.
Following widespread success in France and Europe, Archive composed the soundtrack to Luc Besson's Michel Vaillant, and cemented their reputation with Noise (2004), which propelled them to stardom across the continent. After shifting to a flexible, collective lineup, they released Lights (2006) and the politically charged Controlling Crowds series (2009), showcasing their lyrical depth and genre versatility.
Their later works—With Us Until You're Dead (2012), Axiom (2014), Restriction (2015), and The False Foundation (2016)—pushed creative boundaries further, with Axiom even spawning a dystopian film premiered at Sundance London.
Archive's immersive live shows highlight their commitment to innovation. With over 25 years of fearless experimentation, Archive continues to evolve, producing music that resonates emotionally and intellectually with a devoted international fan base.

Archive are: Darius Keeler (Piano / Keyboards), Danny Griffiths (Keyboards), Dave Pen (Vocals / Guitar), Pollard Berrier (Vocals / Guitar), Lisa Mottram (Vocals) & Jimmy Collins (Vocals)