<P> Archive have worked on their eighth studio album (excluding Michel Vaillant) in London and Paris; under new management, having finished their deal with Warner Music - This has enlivened hopes in their home country of an official release at last . As early as November 2011, short samples of new works featured on the band's official website . </P> <P> In May 2012, the band confirmed via the website that the album, titled With Us Until You're Dead, would be released on 27 August from their own label Dangervisit Records . It was accompanied by a European tour starting in October, to which a London show was promptly added . Fusing orchestral, electronic, soulful, progressive and emotional elements, Keeler describes the new material in comparison to previous works as "more personal - love songs basically . But coming at the subject matter in that non-formatted Archive way ." Fans heard a new song, Violently, featuring new vocalist Holly Martin, which was released as part of the Wiped Out / Violently EP on 2 July . </P> <P> In November 2013, Archive announced details of their most ambitious project to date, a forty - minute short film and accompanying album set for release in May 2014 . </P> <P> The film was created with the help of Spanish film collective NYSU . Director Jesus Hernandez said of the film: "Archive has produced a great album that works like an entire movie script...Our challenge was to translate the band's script into images ." The film is set on Axiom, an island in the middle of nowhere with steep cliffs on all sides . On the island there is an underground city dominated by a bell, which decides the fate of the city's inhabitants . </P>

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