The album featured a mix of dark trip hop, electronica, string arrangements and classically influenced songwriting.

[citation needed] In 1997, Keeler and Griffiths regrouped and continued Archive with another female singer, Suzanne Wooder.

Craig Walker answered the advert and immediately began working with the band and singing on the tune that Darius wrote, entitled, "Again".

During this same tour, Keeler and Griffiths met the singer Pollard Berrier (formerly of the band Bauchklang) at one of their shows in Vienna, Austria.

The album "Lights" was released in May 2006 and received high critical acclaim in France, Switzerland, Greece and Poland.

Archive enjoyed predominantly sold-out gigs on their "Lights" Tour, as well as high acclaim at festivals around Europe.

In September 2009, the follow-up album "Controlling Crowds: Part IV" was released, along with single "The Empty Bottle".

Archive continued their "Controlling Crowds" tour, having already sold out some fifty concerts from September 2009 - February 2010, up to and extensively for the 2010 Summer Festival Season.

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.

Fusing orchestral, electronic, soulful, progressive and emotional elements, Keeler describes the new material in comparison to previous works as "more personal - love songs basically.

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.

The associated tour, scheduled for autumn 2022, had to be postponed in August 2022 by one year due to Darius Keeler's treatment for colon cancer.