Artist Name
CHVRCHES

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2021 - Screen Violence
2021 - How Not to Drown
2018 - Love Is Dead
2018 - Get Out
2018 - Hansa Session
2015 - Every Open Eye
2015 - Every Open Eye
2014 - Under the Tide
2014 - We Sink
2014 - Get Away
2014 - Recover (Alucard Sessions)
2013 - Recover EP
2013 - The Bones of What You Believe
2013 - Recover
2013 - Gun (Remixes)
2013 - Daytrotter Session
2013 - Lies
2013 - The Mother We Share
2013 - Gun
2013 - EP
2013 - Gun
2012 - The Mother We Share

Members
3 Mixed

Origin
Glasgow, Scotland

Genre
Synthpop

Style
Electronic

Mood
Excitable

Born

2011

Active
2011 to Present...

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Alternate Name
CHVRCHΞS

Most Loved Tracks
5 users CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share
5 users CHVRCHES - We Sink
5 users CHVRCHES - Gun
5 users CHVRCHES - Lies
5 users CHVRCHES - Recover


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Clearest Blue	He Said She Said	Gun
Empty Threat	Under the Tide	Good Girls
The Mother We Share	Lies	Recover

Artist Biography
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Chvrches, (pronounced as "churches") sometimes stylized as CHVRCHES or CHVRCHΞS (using a uppercase Greek letter Xi), is a Scottish alternative electronic band from Glasgow. The group consists of Lauren Mayberry (main vocals, occasionally synthesizers), Iain Cook (synthesizers, vocals), and Martin Doherty (synthesizers, vocals).

Before Chvrches, Iain Cook was a member of Aereogramme and The Unwinding Hours. He also wrote music for film and TV. Martin Doherty was a live member of The Twilight Sad. According to Mayberry, "Iain and Martin went to university together so they've known each other for quite a long time." Prior to music, Mayberry completed a four-year law degree, followed by a Masters in Journalism which led her into freelance journalism for several years. She has played piano since childhood and drums since she was a teenager. Before Chvrches, Mayberry was member of two local bands, Boyfriend/Girlfriend and Blue Sky Archives. On the latter band she was the vocalist, drummer, and keyboardist.

In 2011, Cook started a new project with Doherty and asked Mayberry to sing on a couple of demos. They wrote together for seven or eight months in a basement studio in Glasgow. Cook, Mayberry and Doherty decided to form a new band after the sessions proved to be successful. They chose the name Chvrches, using a Roman "v" to avoid confusions with actual churches on internet searches. In addition, they have stated that the band name "has no religious connotation, just thought it sounded cool."


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Last Edit by Ewiko
20th Apr 2023

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