Brother and bandmate remembers Architects’ Tom Searle as ‘incredible songwriter and guitarist’


Tom Searle in concert with Architects in March 2014 (Photo: Andy Crossland for Live4ever)

Tom Searle in concert with Architects in March 2014 (Photo: Andy Crossland for Live4ever)




Dan Searle, the Architects‘ drummer, has described Tom Searle as an ‘incredible songwriter and guitarist’ after his twin brother and bandmate succumbed to cancer on Saturday (August 20th).

Dan Searle shared the terribly sad news on Facebook after Tom’s three-year battle with cancer came to an end at the age of just 28.

“It is with unbelievable pain and sadness that I have to announce that at around twelve minutes past midnight on 20 August my amazing brother, Tom, passed away after living with cancer for more than three years,” he wrote.

“He was an incredible songwriter and guitarist. He was my closest and oldest friend. He was a funny, intelligent and sweet man and he leaves an enormous void in all of our lives.”

Dan went on to affirm Architects commitment to tour their ‘All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us‘ album; “It won’t be easy for us to get on stage and play every night without him, but it’s something that we must do,” he concluded.


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