As Living Arrows

English post-hardcore band As Living Arrows (formerly known as Dead Bird) are set to return with the release of their highly anticipated second studio album 'Hope and Ruin' on September 27th 2024. Combining atmospheric guitar works, emotional lyrics, and an overall burst of energy, this powerful work promises to captivate listeners from start to finish. Going beyond just a musical experience, 'Hope and Ruin' also serves as a reflection on life's challenges and victories, delivering intense beats, epic melodies, and the signature sound that fans have come to love from their previous work. Hope and Ruin was written at Shaken Oak Studios in Oxfordshire in March 2023. After writing was complete, the band used the next few months of touring to hone the material and tweak the songs into their final forms. The album was recorded at Middle Farm Studios with Peter Miles (Architects, TesseracT) in October 2023. The band’s goal was to capture the sound of the band performing live as organically as possible. Sam at Rose Quartz Mastering provided the mastering for the album, with his aim to retain the analogue quality of the initial tape recording and preserve the dynamic shifts of the record. Hope and Ruin is an all encompassing narrative that has everything you could want from a band with wrongs to right, demons to expel and guitars in their hands. It serves a challenge, letting itself be open to interpretation and asking you to reflect on what truly matters.