Cranking up the new week with a set from Chvrches, recorded at the Pitchfork Festival in Paris on October 31, 2014.
Chvrches formed in September 2011. The band consists of Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook, Martin Doherty and, unofficially since 2018, Jonny Scott. Mostly deriving from the synth-pop genre, Chvrches also incorporate indietronica, indie pop, and electronic dance into their sound.
Two years after their formation, Chvrches released Recover EP in March 2013, which included hits “The Mother We Share” and “Recover”. Their debut studio album, The Bones of What You Believe, was released on 20 September 2013, while the band was ranked fifth on the Sound of 2013 list by the BBC. Two years later, on 25 September 2015, the group released their second album, Every Open Eye. Their third album, Love Is Dead, was released on 25 May 2018. Their fourth album, Screen Violence, was released on 27 August 2021.
In July 2023, Mayberry announced she was stepping away from the band to make her own music. She assured fans that Chvrches hadn’t split and was merely on hiatus.
Known for their clean sound, Chvrches’ music style is usually tagged as synth-pop, electropop, pop, indie pop, indietronica, electronic rock, indie rock, alternative pop, electronica, and electronic – in short, a bit of everything. Neon Gold described their sound as “a godless hurricane of kinetic pop energy”. Kitty Empire of The Observer wrote they “make accessible electro-pop that’s only just short of truly brilliant”. Wired noted following Every Open Eye’s release that the album “cements the group as today’s heir apparent to Depeche Mode, New Order, and other titans of British electronic music.”
Crank it up and get busy – a full week of nuttiness lies ahead.
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