Trouser Architects (band)

Trouser Architects are a Filipino rock band from Makati. Since the band's formation in 2024, it has comprised of Vince di Mattia (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Nick Rivas (lead guitar), Ollie Carranza (bass guitar), and Richard Floriano (backing vocals, drums).
== Formation ==
The then unnamed band was formed when close friends Nick Rivas and Richard Floriano, both 16, started playing music together around the campus of St. Dwynwen Academy Makati. For their first week of busking, they mainly played improvised instrumentals with Floriano sometimes providing vocals to popular tunes, but when they were encouraged to move on to writing their own songs, Floriano's classmate Vince di Mattia was recruited into the group as a "proper frontman", who named the band Trouser Architects as a tribute to Rivas' late father, who was a tailor before moving on to music. Ollie Carranza also joined Trouser Architects as a bassist.
== Signing with Trench and debut album (2024) ==
In May 2024, at one of their gigs at a pub in BGC, the boys caught the attention of Leo Köler, a representative for the Muntinlupa-based record label Trench Records. This encounter led to their signing of a 5-album record deal with Trench.
Over the summer of 2024, di Mattia and Rivas worked together to self-produce their self-titled debut studio album, which released in September 2024. It reached the peak position of #2 on Philippine album charts, also charting in Singapore, Australia, Canada, and Belgium. They also went on a brief tour around some countries over the winter to support the album.
== Hedonisme (2025) ==
The quartet returned from their tour in January of the following year, where they began the production of their follow-up record. The production was slowed by the members' focus on their studies, but their sophomore opus, titled "Hedonisme", was eventually released in October 2025. It reached #1 in the Philippines, Australia, and the Netherlands, while also making it onto charts in 8 other countries. Another mini-tour was also done in support of Hedonisme, which lasted until February 2026.
== Three and Change the World Tour (2026) ==
Upon the group's completion of senior high school in May 2026, they commenced the production of their third album, which Rivas announced was going to be called Three. Three was released in August 2026 to overwhelming critical acclaim and record-breaking chart achievements for the band, with the album going straight to #1 in 25 countries, thanks to the great success of lead single "Didn't Mean That". They embarked on their third tour in support of Three, which encompassed 102 shows in X countries. They returned from their tour in December.
== Hiatus (2027-2030) ==
After the band finished their tour, they went on a 3-year hiatus. During this hiatus, di Mattia formed The Automatics.
== Discography ==
* Trouser Architects (2024)
* Hedonisme (2025)
* Three (2026)