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Chvrches (stylised CHVRCHΞS and pronounced "Churches") are a Scottish pop band from

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, formed in September 2011. The band consists of

Lauren Mayberry Lauren Eve Mayberry (born 7 October 1987) is a Scottish singer, musician and songwriter. She is the vocalist and percussionist of the Scottish pop band Chvrches. In Chvrches, Mayberry co-writes and co-produces the songs with Iain Cook and Ma ...

Iain Cook Iain Andrew Cook (born 2 November 1974) is a Scottish musician, composer, record producer, and member of Glasgow-based pop band Chvrches. He played guitar for the Scottish post-rock band Aereogramme until their breakup in 2007. Cook also co ...

Martin Doherty Martin Clifford Doherty (born 24 December 1982) is a Scottish musician, singer and record producer. He is a member of Glasgow-based pop band Chvrches, with whom he has recorded four studio albums. Prior to forming Chvrches, Doherty was a tou ...

and, unofficially since 2018, Jonny Scott. Mostly deriving from the synth-pop genre, Chvrches also incorporate

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, and electronic dance into their sound. Two years after their formation, Chvrches released ''

Recover EP ''Recover EP'' is the debut EP by Scottish synth-pop band Chvrches. It was released on 25 March 2013 in the UK via Goodbye and Virgin Records and 26 March 2013 in the US via Glassnote Records. The song "Recover" was issued as the second sing ...

'' in March 2013, which included hits "

The Mother We Share "The Mother We Share" is the debut single by Scottish synth-pop band Chvrches from their debut studio album, ''The Bones of What You Believe''. The song was re-released in the United Kingdom on 15 September 2013 by Virgin Records. The re-relea ...

" and "Recover". Their debut studio album, ''

The Bones of What You Believe ''The Bones of What You Believe'' is the debut studio album by Scottish synth-pop band Chvrches, released on 20 September 2013 by Virgin Records and Goodbye Records. Recorded between 2011 and 2013 in Glasgow, the album was written, composed, a ...

'', was released on 20 September 2013, while the band was ranked fifth on the Sound of 2013 list by the

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. Two years later, on 25 September 2015, the group released their second album, ''

Every Open Eye ''Every Open Eye'' is the second studio album by Scottish synth-pop band Chvrches. It was released on 25 September 2015 by Virgin EMI Records and Goodbye Records. Self-produced, it is the band's follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut al ...

''. Their third album, '' Love Is Dead'', was released on 25 May 2018. Their fourth album, ''

Screen Violence ''Screen Violence'' is the fourth studio album by Scottish synth-pop band Chvrches. It was released on 27 August 2021 through EMI Records in the UK and Glassnote Records in the US. Lead single " He Said She Said" was released on 19 April. The ...

'', was released on 27 August 2021.

History

Origins and formation

In 2003, musicians

and

met as students at the

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in Glasgow. Doherty was a member of the rock band Julia Thirteen, and asked Cook to produce some of the band's music. Although Julia Thirteen never recorded any further material, the experience proved vital, as Cook and Doherty formed a mutual partnership through music. A few years later, Doherty joined Cook as a member of the

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band

Aereogramme Aereogramme were a Scottish alternative rock band from Glasgow, formed in 1998, consisting of Craig B. (vocals, guitar), Iain Cook (guitar, programming), Campbell McNeil (bass) and Martin Scott (drums). Prior to their split in 2007, the band ...

, but the two quit in 2007 when they became frustrated with the band's sound and lack of exposure. Doherty was then offered a role as a touring member of

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, but quit in 2012 after growing tired of playing someone else's music. The two had become jaded with alternative rock, and decided to start their own music project. A few years after Cook left

, he began listening to the American electronic music band

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. Inspired, Cook bought a

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and began "playing around with soundscapes and stuff like that...kind of with a view of doing stuff from the '80s". In September 2011, he produced an

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for the band Blue Sky Archives, and asked vocalist and drummer

if she would be interested in singing backing vocals for an electronic music project he and Doherty were working on. Mayberry was intrigued by the offer, as neither of them had any background in electronic music. "For me it was nice to write over different instruments and not have to try to sing and scream over live drums and a Marshall bass stack," said Mayberry. The three musicians quickly bonded, and spent the next few months writing and recording songs in a basement studio. During these sessions, Mayberry wrote the lyrics and

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s, Doherty provided melodic ideas, and Cook produced the songs. Once the sessions had concluded, the three decided that they worked well enough together to try and perform the songs as a band. The initial plan was to have Doherty sing lead vocals, while Mayberry would sing backing vocals. Mayberry was eventually promoted to lead vocalist after Cook and Doherty heard her singing abilities. In addition to her new role, Mayberry became the band's frontwoman, and gave the other members a reading list about the inner workings of the music industry. The band members settled on the name Chvrches (stylised as CHVRCHΞS), which uses the

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"v" instead of a "u". This spelling was chosen to differentiate themselves from actual churches in online search results. There was no conscious decision to have a name with religious connotations; instead, the band members felt that the name gave "a strong vibe that could be interpreted in many different ways". Mayberry also noted that the v is a subtle nod to band names from the influential witch house genre of music, including bands such as SALEM and

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. "We did consider putting upside down crosses at either side of our name, but that would have dated us, I think" said Mayberry.

2012–2014: Breakthrough success, and ''The Bones of What You Believe''

Doherty noted how Chvrches began as a studio only project, saying: "There wasn't really any goal other than to put a song out on the internet and see what kind of response we got". In May 2012, Chvrches posted its debut song "Lies" on the

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blog. Instead of a picture of the band members, the song was accompanied by a picture of

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s in masks, which added to the perceived religiosity of the Chvrches name. The response was almost immediate; " Lies" reached number one on the

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aggregate blog The Hype Machine, and similarly received constant airplay on

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and

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. The band members were amazed by the reaction to "Lies". "It was unbelievable, way beyond what we expected," said Doherty. Despite the popularity of "Lies", Chvrches had yet to perform a live show. There was a growing expectation that the band would eventually perform live, although the band members were anxious at the prospect. To curtail this fear, Chvrches played its first two live shows under the name Shark Week, before making its official debut at the

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in July. When Chvrches began to attract A&R representatives, Mayberry was dismayed that most of them wanted to make her the central figure of the band; one representative called her the next

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. From the beginning, the band's goal was to give equal treatment to all three members, and to not have any one person become the focal point. As Doherty stated: "We could have sold 200,000 more albums if we'd hidden Iain and I from view and put Lauren on the cover of every magazine. We ended up doing it in an indie band style. We broke through via

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. It was about doing it in an honest, right way." This mentality meant that the band had to decline early offers for photo shoots and interviews that excluded Cook and Doherty. Chvrches Sasquatch 2013 - 1

Chvrches had already recorded eight other songs by the time "Lies" was released, in case listeners wanted to hear more music. One of these songs, "

", was released on 5 November 2012 as the band's debut single. "The Mother We Share" was similarly well received by listeners, and was downloaded more than 32,000 times by September 2013. Around this time, Chvrches co-manager Campbell McNeil attempted to contact

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founder

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, and gave Glass copies of "Lies" and another song called "Recover". After travelling to the UK to see Chvrches live, Glass signed the band to a recording contract in January 2013. To promote Chvrches, managers McNeil and Danny Rogers launched a nonstop touring schedule which included several international performances. Two months after signing with Glassnote, Chvrches made its North American debut at the

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festival in

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, where the band won a Grulke Prize for best non-American act. On 6 February 2013, Chvrches premiered the second single "Recover". It was followed by ''

'', out on 25 March 2013 in the UK via Goodbye/Virgin and 26 March 2013 in the US via Glassnote. In March 2013 Chvrches performed at

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. They also won the Inaugural Grulke Prize (for Developing Non-US Act) at SXSW. On 19 June 2013, Chvrches made their US TV debut performing "

" on ''

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''. On 15 July 2013, they released the single "

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". In July 2013 Chvrches supported

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on four shows from '' The Delta Machine Tour'' 2013. In September 2013, they also performed "The Mother We Share" on '' Later... with Jools Holland''. On 23 September 2013, the band released their debut studio album ''

'' on Virgin and Goodbye Records. On the critical aggregator website

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, the album received a score of 80, based on 39 reviews. On 30 September 2013, Mayberry penned an op-ed piece in ''

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'' on what she perceived as sexist remarks directed towards her through the band's social media sites. Chvrches - Live at Columbiahalle (2014)

Chvrches covered

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' song "'

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" for the ending credits of the film ''

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''. "The Mother We Share" was featured in the opening video for the 2014 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony in

, Scotland, on 23 July 2014. On 30 October 2014, BBC host

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premiered "Get Away" as the first song from the re-scored soundtrack of the 2011

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's film,

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2015–2016: ''Every Open Eye''

The band started recording their second album in January 2015, and on 5 June 2015 announced they had completed work on it. Recording was conducted in the same Glasgow facility used for ''

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'', which received a major upgrade to recording gear and an increase in the instrumental variety for the second album. If ''

'' was recorded with the only three synths they had at that time (

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), the success of the debut album allowed the band to follow their passion for synths by adding a lot more to play with on ''Every Open Eye'':

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, Moog Sonic Six,

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and DSI Prophet 12. On 16 July 2015, the band revealed the release date, cover art, and track listing for the new album, entitled ''

''. The following day they released the album's first single, " Leave a Trace". The album was released on 25 September 2015. Chvrches, Rock en Seine 2016, Paris (29493346022)

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On 12 August 2015, the second single, "Never Ending Circles", was released, and on 10 September 2015 the third single, " Clearest Blue", was also released. On 19 October 2015, the fourth single, " Empty Threat", was released. The music video was revealed on 20 November 2015. On 31 March 2016, Chvrches made their debut at

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as part of the Albert Sessions in an over two hours concert. The setlist included 17 songs from their first album and their follow-up:

. Chvrches and Solar Fields penned the original song "

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" for the 2016 video game '' Mirror's Edge Catalyst''. The theme song was released on 13 May 2016. In June 2016, a new version of "

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" featuring

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was released the fifth and final single from ''Every Open Eye''. The music video for the song was illustrated by

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, featuring the band and Williams demonstrating telekinetic powers.

2017–2019: ''Love Is Dead''

Chvrches began work on their third album in February 2017. The album was recorded in Los Angeles, New York City, and London. On 24 February 2017, Dave Stewart of

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revealed that he was in the studio working with the band. On 12 December, it was announced that

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had produced the album, and that work on the project was nearing completion Speaking about the album in an interview, Mayberry said "It's a typically

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thing to do, to feel the most misanthropic and macabre when you're in the sunniest place on earth." To promote the upcoming album, the band wiped all of their social media pages, before posting a short video containing new music captioned "GET IN". The post was accompanied by a link to a

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page with the band. On 31 January 2018,

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announced "

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" to be her Hottest Record in the World, giving the single its world premiere. The album also includes a song titled " My Enemy" featuring

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of The National, released 28 February 2018. The track list was unveiled on 26 February 2018. On 29 March 2018, the band released " Never Say Die" as the third single from the album. On 10 April 2018, the band released "

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" as the fourth single from the album. '' Love Is Dead'' was released on 25 May 2018. On 9 October 2018, the band released "

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" as the fifth single from the album. In February 2019, the band was featured in a collaboration with the

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for the launch of the new

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television channel. The channel's official launch on 24 February featured an orchestral performance of "

". In March 2019, the band collaborated with EDM artist

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on the track " Here with Me". In October 2019, the band released the original song "Death Stranding" as the lead single of the album '' Death Stranding: Timefall'' for the 2019 video game of the same title. Chvrches played the song with Game Awards Orchestra at the opening of

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ceremony.

2020–present: ''Screen Violence''

Chvrches started working on their fourth album in February 2020. Martin Doherty and Lauren Mayberry worked on the album from Los Angeles while

worked on the album from Glasgow. Chvrches started teasing the lead single for their fourth album, given the working title ''CHV4'', on 9 April 2021. On 18 April 2021, Chvrches announced " He Said She Said" as the lead single for the album and it premiered on

on 19 April 2021. A second single, "How Not to Drown", featuring Robert Smith of

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, was released on 2 June 2021. The same day, the band announced their fourth album, ''

'', which was released on 27 August 2021. On 12 July 2021 they released the album's third and final single, "Good Girls". On 25 August 2021, the band performed "Good Girls" from the album ''

'' on ''

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''.

Musical style

Known for their clean sound, Chvrches' music style is usually tagged as

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, pop,

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, and

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described their sound as "a godless hurricane of kinetic pop energy". Kitty Empire of ''

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'' wrote they "make accessible electro-pop that's only just short of truly brilliant". ''

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'' noted following ''

'''s release that the album "cements the group as today's heir apparent to

, New Order, and other titans of British electronic music." The band stated that their heroes were

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, and

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. They have also been influenced by acts such as

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, the National,

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, The Knife,

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, My Bloody Valentine,

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, and

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Band members

– lead and backing vocals, drums, percussion, additional synthesizers (2011–present) *

– synthesizers, piano, guitars, bass, backing vocals (2011–present) *

– synthesizers, samplers, piano, guitars, bass, backing and lead vocals (2011–present) Touring musicians * Jonny Scott – drums, percussion (2018–present)

Touring

When Chvrches plays live, Mayberry performs lead vocals and occasionally plays synthesisers and samplers. She also played drums as a part of their second album tour as seen in "Playing Dead", " Empty Threat", and "Under the Tide"; Cook plays synthesisers, guitar, bass, and also performs backing vocals; Doherty plays synthesisers and samplers, and also performs backing vocals and sometimes lead vocals. In 2018, the band's live line-up expanded to a four-piece by adding Jonny Scott on drums. Chvrches at SPIN Party, SXSW (2013) - 1

Chvrches tour globally and are active in the festival circuit, including

Austin City Limits Music Festival The Austin City Limits (ACL) Music Festival is an annual music festival held in Zilker Park in Austin, Texas on two consecutive three-day weekends. Inspired by the KLRU/PBS music series of the same name, the festival is produced by Austin-base ...

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, Canadian Music Fest,

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* Coachell ...

, Dia de los Deftones,

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, Field Day,

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, The Great Escape,

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, Pitch Festival,

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, Thrival Festival,

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, and the V Festival. Chvrches was the opening act for Discopolis,

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, Passion Pit,

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. They also supported

during their '' The Delta Machine Tour'' 2013 at

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(16 July),

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(18 July),

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(23 July), and

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(25 July). Some of the artists that opened for Chvrches were

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, Isaac Delusion, Mansionair,

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, Still Corners,

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, Basecamp, Thumpers,

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, and The Range. On 3 December 2015, Chvrches performed Leave a Trace at

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2015 in Los Angeles, California, where they also announced the nominees for and winner of best

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. The band played the

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in June 2016, in

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, and

Flow Festival Flow Festival (commonly known simply as Flow) is an urban music and arts festival in Helsinki, Finland. The music presented at Flow Festival is a varied selection of artists from indie rock to soul and jazz and from folk to contemporary club soun ...

, mid-August 2016, in

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, Finland. In October 2018, the band played

. In December 2018 and January 2019, the band played

KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Almost Acoustic Christmas is an annual concert run by the Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM. The first show was held in December 1989, though then it was simply called the KROQ Xmas Bash. In 1990 the show became bigger and attracted increasingl ...

annual concert at The Forum (Inglewood, California) and

Falls Festival Falls Music & Arts Festival (commonly known as Falls) is a multi-day music festival held annually in Lorne (Victoria), Marion Bay (Tasmania), Byron Bay (New South Wales) and Fremantle (Western Australia), Australia over the New Year's Eve ...

in Australia. In August 2019, the band played

Summer Sonic Festival The , also known as Supersonic, is an annual two- or three-day rock festival held at the same time in Osaka and Chiba, Japan. The majority of the bands playing in Osaka the first day go to Chiba the following day and vice versa. The line-up cont ...

in Japan. On 12 December 2019, Chvrches performed Death Stranding at

2019 in Los Angeles, California. On 11 November 2021, Chvrches began their ''

'' album tour in North America and finished their first leg on 17 December. Chvrches second leg started with dates across the United Kingdom in March 2022.

Discography

* ''

'' (2013) * ''

'' (2015) * '' Love Is Dead'' (2018) * ''

'' (2021)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

*
Profile on Music Agency website
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