Chvrches

Chvrches
Chvrches (2012)
General information
origin	Glasgow , Scotland
Genre (s)	Electro-Pop , Indietronic , Synth Pop
founding	2011
Website	chvrch.es
Founding members
Vocals , synthesizers	Lauren Mayberry
Synthesizer , guitar , bass , keyboard , vocals	Iain Cook
Synthesizer , sampler , vocals	Martin Doherty
Live and session members
Drums , percussion	Jonny Scott (since 2018)

Chvrches (. Pronounced as "churches" (English churches) and stylized as CHVRCHΞS ) is founded in 2011, Scottish electro - band from Glasgow . It consists of singer Lauren Mayberry (* 1987), Iain Cook (* 1974) and Martin Doherty (* 1982).

history

Iain Cook, Lauren Mayberry, Martin Doherty (2014)

Before Chvrches, Iain Cook was a member of the groups Aereogramme and The Unwinding Hours and worked as a film and television composer. Martin Doherty was a live member of The Twilight Sad . According to Mayberry, Iain and Martin went to college together, which is why they had known each other for a while.

Mayberry holds a law degree followed by a masters degree in journalism. She then worked as a freelance journalist for a few years. She has been playing the piano since childhood and drums since she was a teenager . From 15 to 22 she played drums in various bands. Before Chvrches, Mayberry was a member of two Glasgow bands, Boyfriend / Girlfriend and Blue Sky Archives. In the latter she was a singer, drummer and keyboard player.

Cook had already produced an EP for Blue Sky Archives in 2011 . When he started a new project with Doherty, he asked Mayberry to sing on the demo recordings. Cook, Mayberry and Doherty composed for seven or eight months in a basement studio in Glasgow and decided to form a new band after the collaboration proved successful. They chose the name Chvrches , with a Roman "v" to avoid confusion with real churches when searching the Internet. Chvrches also stated that the band name "had no religious background, but [they] thought it just sounded cool."

Lauren Mayberry at the 2014 Southside Festival

In May 2012 Chvrches presented their song Lies , which was available as an exclusive download on the Neon Gold label's website. This single was followed by The Mother We Share in September 2012.

In June 2012, The Guardian wrote about Chvrches as one of the New Bands of the Day . The band was ranked 5th on the BBC's 2013 list of the most promising young artists .

The BBC described the debut single The Mother We Share as "Electro-pop that only shimmers when the tears have been wiped from the speakers." " The Mother We Share causes a kind of inner excitement with its accessible yet sophisticated synthesizer - Motifs, located somewhere between Robyn and The Knife ”. The single was written and recorded in two days. Lies was # 28 on NME ’s Best Tracks of 2012. The Mother We Share was # 51 on The Huffington Post's Top 52 Songs of 2012 .

On February 6th, 2013 Chvrches presented their new single Recover . This was, followed by the Recover EP , released on March 25, 2013 in Great Britain on the Goodbye / Virgin label and on March 26, 2013 on the Glassnote label. In 2013, Chvrches was named as one of the bands that should definitely be seen at SXSW .

On June 14, the band officially announced their debut studio album The Bones of What You Believe , which was released on September 23, 2013 in the UK and September 24, 2013 otherwise.

On June 19, 2013 Chvrches had their first TV appearance on US television, where they played The Mother We Share on the show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon . On July 15, 2013 they released the single Gun . The song We Sink is part of the official FIFA 14 soundtrack . The Mother We Share, on the other hand, is part of the official Forza Horizon 2 soundtrack .

At the beginning of 2015, Chvrches announced their second album. Every Open Eye was released on September 25, 2015 via Virgin Records . The songs Leave a Trace , Never Ending Circles and Clearest Blue were released as singles in advance .

On May 13, 2016, Chvrches released Warning Call, the theme song for the video game Mirror's Edge Catalyst by Electronic Arts .

On May 25, 2018, the release of the third studio album Love is Dead . For the album, Chvrches worked with music producer , songwriter, and Grammy Award winner Greg Kurstin . Get Out , My Enemy (featuring Matt Berninger ) and Never Say Die were released as single releases in advance . Another single was the song Miracle . The album reached number 16 on the German album charts and number 11 on the US Billboard 200.

The EP Hansa Session followed in November 2018 , containing five tracks from their third studio album, which were re-recorded in the Berlin Hansa Studios in spring 2018 in an acoustic version with string quartet arrangements.

On March 8, 2019, the song Here with Me was released , which was created in collaboration with the American DJ and producer Marshmello . In addition to entering the British and Swiss single charts, the song was also placed in the top 10 of the New Zealand hit parade.

style

Chvrches at SPIN Party, SXSW (2013)

Chvrches' style of music is usually described as electronica or synth pop . Neon Gold described their sound as "an ungodly storm of kinetic pop energy". Observer's Kitty Empire wrote that they "make accessible electro-pop that is just brilliant".

Chvrches has been influenced by artists like Prince , Tubeway Army , Robyn , Laurie Anderson , Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark , Cocteau Twins , Depeche Mode , Kate Bush and Elliott Smith . The band wrote, recorded, mixed and mastered their first two albums in a basement studio in Glasgow. Since 2016 the band has been working mainly in New York City .

trip

When performing live, Mayberry takes over the vocals and plays synthesizers at times ; Cook plays synthesizers and sometimes bass guitar and does the backing vocals; Doherty plays synthesizers and samplers as well as background vocals; sometimes lead vocals.

In 2012 and 2013, Chvrches toured various countries in Europe (including their home country), USA and Canada . They also played at various music festivals such as SXSW , Field Day, Canadian Music Fest, Sasquatch !, The Great Escape, Firefly Music Festival, Pitch Festival and T in the Park .

Chvrches were the opening act for Discopolis , School of Seven Bells , Passion Pit , Two Door Cinema Club and supported the band Depeche Mode in selected appearances on The Delta Machine Tour 2013.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2013	The Bones of What You Believe	DE22 (3 weeks) DE	AT18 (2 weeks) AT	CH55 (1 week) CH	UK9 gold (35 weeks)UK	US12 (22 weeks) US	First published: September 23, 2013 Sales: + 100,000
2015	Every Open Eye	DE20 (2 weeks) DE	AT24 (1 week) AT	CH40 (2 weeks) CH	UK4th gold (11 weeks)UK	US8 (6 weeks) US	First published: September 25, 2015 Sales: + 100,000
2018	Love is Dead	DE16 (2 weeks) DE	AT16 (1 week) AT	CH27 (1 week) CH	UK7 (5 weeks) UK	US11 (2 weeks) US	First published: May 25, 2018

EPs

• 2013: Recover EP
• 2013: Chvrches EP
• 2013: Gun EP
• 2014: Under the Tide EP
• 2018: Hansa Session

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2013	Recover The Bones of What You Believe	DE55 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	UK91 (1 week) UK	-
	Gun The Bones of What You Believe	-	-	-	UK55 (1 week) UK	-
	The Mother We Share The Bones of What You Believe	DE63 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	UK38 silver (3 weeks)UK	US- gold US	Sales: + 740,000
2014	Get away	-	-	-	UK52 (1 week) UK	-
2018	Get Out Love Is Dead	-	-	-	UK82 (1 week) UK	-

More singles

• 2012: Read
• 2014: We Sink
• 2014: Under the Tide
• 2015: Tether (vs. Eric Prydz )
• 2015: Leave a Trace
• 2015: Never Ending Circles
• 2015: Clearest Blue
• 2015: Empty Threat
• 2016: Warning Call
• 2016: Bury It ( feat.Hayley Williams )
• 2018: My Enemy (feat. Matt Berninger )
• 2018: Never Say Die
• 2018: Miracle
• 2018: Out of My Head (feat. Wednesday Campanella)
• 2018: graffiti

Guest Posts

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2019	Here with Me	DE49 (12 weeks) DE	AT42 (14 weeks) AT	CH62 (13 weeks) CH	UK9 platinum (18 weeks)UK	US31 platinum (16 weeks)US	Marshmello feat. Chvrches sales: + 1,920,000

Music videos

• 2013: Recover
• 2013: Gun
• 2013: The Mother We Share
• 2013: Read
• 2014: We Sink
• 2014: Under the Tide
• 2015: Leave a Trace
• 2015: Empty Threat
• 2016: Clearest Blue
• 2018: Miracle
• 2018: graffiti

Remixes

• Ultraísta - Gold Dayzz (Chvrches Remix)
• St. Lucia - Before the Dive (Chvrches Remix)
• MS MR - Hurricane (Chvrches Remix)
• SOAK - Blud (Chvrches Remix)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2018: for the single Leave a Trace 2020: for the single Miracle  Belgium 2019: for the single Here with Me  Denmark 2020: for the single Here with Me  Italy 2019: for the single Here with Me  Canada 2018: for the single The Mother We Share

Platinum record  Australia 2019: for the single Here with Me 2 × platinum record  Canada 2019: for the single Here with Me

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	140,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	-	20,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	45,000	ifpi.dk
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	200,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	platinum1	1,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	2 × gold2	platinum1	1,000,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	8 × gold8th	5 × platinum5

Awards and nominations

year	organization	price	Result
2012	BBC Sound of 2013	Sound of 2013	fifth
2013	South by Southwest	Inaugural Grulke Prize (for Developing Non-US Act) at South by Southwest	winner
	popjustice.com	“Twenty Quid Music Prize” for best British pop single of the year: The Mother We Share	winner

Web links

Commons : Chvrches  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Chvrches at Discogs (English)

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2. ↑ ^{a b c} "On the Radar - No 207: CHURCHES" . Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 20, 2013. 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Chvrches Is the Most Addicting Band of the Summer - Newsweek and The Daily Beast . Archived from the original on September 20, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 20, 2013. 
4. ↑ Dollars to Pounds: Chvrches - The FADER . Retrieved September 20, 2013.
5. ↑ Chvrches Find Their Place In a Pop World - MTV IGGY . Retrieved April 18, 2013.
6. ^ ^{A b} Neon Gold Beat Company: SKIN + BONE . Retrieved September 20, 2013.
7. ^ New Band of the Day - No 1,295: Churches - Music - guardian.co.uk . Retrieved September 20, 2013.
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9. ↑ 50 Best Tracks Of 2012 - The Big Picture - NME.COM - The world's fastest music news service, music videos, interviews, photos and more . Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 20, 2013. 
10. ↑ John Chattman: A-Sides Music: Top 52 Songs of 2012 (Call Me Maybe ... Not) . Retrieved September 20, 2013.
11. ↑ Chvrches: Recover - Tracks - Pitchfork . Pitchfork Media. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
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13. ↑ Chvrches unveil tracklisting for debut album 'The Bones Of What You Believe' - News - NME.COM . Retrieved September 20, 2013.
14. ↑ Press Play on Nearly 150 Tracks and Seven Radio Stations in Forza Horizon 2 - Xbox Wire . Retrieved November 15, 2014.
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16. ↑ Chvrches: Every Open Eye on universal-music.de, accessed on September 25, 2015
17. ↑ Mirror's Edge Catalyst - Chvrches contribute title track . Retrieved June 18, 2016.
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23. ↑ CHVRCHES, `` The Mother We Share '' has won the 2013 Twenty Quid Music Prize . Popjustice. October 30, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2013.