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Chvrches‘ Lauren Mayberry has announced her debut solo album ‘Vicious Creature’ and shared her new single ‘Crocodile Tears’.Written alongside Mathew Koma (Winnetka Bowling League) and Ethan Gruska, Mayberry’s new vivacious track features an 80s-sounding beat and vibrant synths while lyrics – “Crocodile tears running down your face / Oh, what a man will say just to get his way / Always crying wolf /So I’m sad to say / I don’t really want to hear it” – describe the feeling of being fed up with having to deal with men who would say anything to get what they want.Directed by Charlotte Patmore, the song’s accompanying visualiser sees clips of Mayberry in a lavish hotel room dressed in an oversized My Bloody Valentine t-shirt and red tights while posing and having tea. Speaking about the songs that make up her LP in a press release, Mayberry explained that she wanted to adopt “a sort of character where I could really let go of the idea that I need to be ‘nice,’ because I think that holds so many women back in their lives.”“If I didn’t have to be seen as ‘nice,’ I would feel comfortable telling certain people to fuck off when they treat me like shit – on this record, and in these songs, I get to do that.”‘Vicious Creature’ – the singer’s debut solo after serving as the frontwoman of Chvrches since 2011 – is set for release on December 6 via Island.

Lauren Mayberry kicked off her US tour in San Diego this week with a cover of The Verve’s ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony’ – see footage below.The Chvrches vocalist is playing a 24-date North American tour over the next five weeks and launched it on Tuesday (January 28) with a show at San Diego’s House Of Blues. See the full list of North American tour dates here and find any remaining tickets here.Towards the end of her main set, she played a tender version of Richard Ashcroft and co.’s indie anthem, which was originally released on their classic third album ‘Urban Hymns’ in 1997.

Lauren Mayberry has made her US TV solo debut with a performance of ‘Something In The Air’ on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Watch it below.The Chvrches vocalist recently released her debut album ‘Vicious Creature’ via EMI, which opens with the anthemic track ‘Something In The Air’.Mayberry performed the song on a recent episode of the talkshow prior to the album’s release – appearing in a sequin dress with the stage awash in aqua-blue hues.

Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry has announced a solo UK headline tour to take place in March 2025 – check out the full list of shows below.The singer is preparing to release her debut solo album ‘Vicious Creature’ on December 6 via EMI Records, and last week shared the latest single ‘Crocodile Tears’.Now, she has announced a run of six headline shows around the UK, which will kick off with a hometown show at Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom on March 20. Dates in Edinburgh, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds will follow, before the run wraps up at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire on March 26.Tickets go on pre-sale at 10am on November 6 for those who have pre-ordered the album, with general sale starting on November 8.

Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry has shared her latest single called ‘Something In The Air’, ahead of the release of her debut solo album ‘Vicious Creature’.The Scottish singer-songwriter’s new track arrives after she previewed the song at a live show in the US last month, and follows singles ‘Are You Awake?’, ‘Shame’ and ‘Change Shapes’.Debuting last night (October 1) as BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record in the World, the single is pulled from her anticipated debut solo record, which is due for release later this year.The new track sees Mayberry confronting someone who comes up with “stories” and “conspiracy theories“, before declaring in the anthemic chorus that she just wants to be “someone who’s happy“, asking: “But why do you even carе? / Must be something in the air.”Listen to ‘Something In The Air’ below. “Something In The Air is a song that really came out of nowhere,” Mayberry shared in a press statement about the new track.

Lauren Mayberry treated fans to a live preview of her upcoming single ‘Something In The Air’ during a performance in the US this week – check out footage below.The Chvrches frontwoman has been gradually sharing singles since announcing her solo career last summer, and this week teased that her latest, called ‘Something In The Air’, will be arriving on October 1.The artist gave the track a live preview during one of Bleachers’ trio of shows at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, where Mayberry performed as support on Thursday (September 19).The new single kicks things up a notch from her sombre piano-led 2023 track ‘Are You Awake?’ and borrows some Chvrches-style melodrama after the edgy pop-leaning singles ‘Shame’ and ‘Change Shapes‘.Check out fan-shot footage of ‘Something In The Air’ below.Last year, Mayberry told NME that her new material was “born out of things that I couldn’t or wouldn’t write in the band”.“The worst writing sessions were when I went in with someone who didn’t really understand what I was talking about and we would just write a sort of shit Chvrches song,” she said.“I was like, ‘This is a nice afternoon, but what’s the point in this?’ There’s already a universe where I can make that and I enjoy it. I don’t see why I would want to make the Tesco own brand version of that.

London Grammar have announced Chvrches‘ Lauren Mayberry as their opening support act for their 2024 UK and European tour.The trio are set to release their fourth studio album ‘The Greatest Love’ on September 13 via Ministry Of Sound (pre-order here), and will head out on the road for their biggest shows to date in November.The tour will see them take over arenas in cities such as Paris, Brussles, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Berlin, Glasgow, and Manchester before wrapping up in London. Mayberry will be serving as opening support on all dates.

Chvrches’ Iain Cook has shared a remix of The Cranberries’ 1993 track ‘Linger’.Cook deconstructed the song, which first appeared on The Cranberries debut, ‘Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?’, and then reassembled it to stay true to the vocal tone of the late Dolores O’Riordan.“When I got the stems, the first thing I did was listen to Dolores’ vocal tracks in isolation,” Cook explained in a press release.“Hearing those for the first time was magical; I was shocked by the intimacy and emotion in her performance. The first thing I did was to sit with the vocals on their own and rework the chords on piano.“I often find that this is a great starting point with remixes as it helps you to shake off some associations that you have with the song, and this is a song which I’ve known and loved for over 30 years.”The Chvrches musician said it was a daunting task to remix the seminal track, because “it’s such a classic song that I’ve known and loved since I first heard it”.A post shared by The Cranberries (@thecranberries)A post shared by The Cranberries (@thecranberries)Cranberries drummer Fergal Lawler offered encouragement, and said in a statement: “Iain did an outstanding job in remixing ‘Linger.’ He reimagined the song completely, creating a fresh and upbeat version of this classic.“Dolores’ original vocal is retained and sounds so beautiful and vulnerable at times.

Lauren Mayberry has opened up about the impact of deepfakes, after “receiving rape or death threats on the internet” for 10 years.The singer, songwriter and Chvrches frontwoman spoke candidly about her experience of online abuse as one of the artists taking part in a new initiative called Change The Tune – an on-air, digital and social media initiative by BBC Radio 6 Music to raise awareness for the issue.In the discussion – which you can watch here – she recalled how she has faced harassment online for a decade now and warned that the “cyber misogyny” experienced by women and girls every day is both dangerous and isolating.Recalling how it began for her, Mayberry recalled how she was overly sexualised by “a lot of men” online from the very start of her career. “It’s all very sexual and sexualised all the time,” she said.

Lauren Mayberry has shared a new single called ‘Change Shapes’ – you can listen to it below.Arriving today (March 8), the song marks the third solo release from the Chvrches frontwoman following 2023’s ‘Are You Awake?’ and ‘Shame’.Explaining the idea behind the track, Mayberry said it delves into the idea of performance – whether in her band or presenting what her audience, peers and the music industry overall want her to be.“How do I keep people happy enough that they’ll let me do the creative work that I want to? I feel quite fake and hypocritical sometimes because so much of the narrative around the band is ‘feminist,’ but my experience inside of it hasn’t been a lot of the time,” she wrote.“I feel like I did all this work to make things function but when you DO adapt yourself in that way, it’s seen as manipulative, in order to get what you want.”Over a pulsating synth line and snappy drums, Mayberry sings: “It’s exhausting trying so hard all the time/ Performative hypocrisy took over my mind/ I’m a doll inside a box/ With a ball and a chain/ I bend over backwards, tiptoe along every wire/ Guess I’m quite the actress, no one knows I’m a liar/ I’m preaching to the choir/ I’m a body for hire.”‘Change’ is accompanied by an official lyric video – tune in here:Mayberry first shared details of her “fun, freaky, sad, weird [and] joyful” solo material last July before heading out on tour in North America, the UK and Europe in the autumn.

Chvrches‘ Lauren Mayberry has covered Nena’s ’99 Luftballons’ in Munich – watch the footage below.Currently on her solo tour, Mayberry has been performing a unique cover for every city she visits. Recently, she’s performed Depeche Mode in Prague and The 1975’s ‘Paris’ in Paris.

Chvrches have released a mega mix of their hit ‘The Mother We Share’ along with the unheard track ‘City On Fire’. Check it out below.Created by the band’s Iain Cook, the mega mix is made up of five demos of ‘The Mother We Share’ along with its final version.

A little over a decade ago Scottish synth-pop trio Chvrches made an early appearance on The FADER with the premiere of their debut single "The Mother We Share." Writing at the time, Duncan Cooper highlighted Lauren Mayberry's vocals, praising her ability "to soar straight over electrobeat clutter and still sound delicate." Fast forward ten years and Chvrches have released four studio albums and collaborated with the likes of The National and The Cure. This week they celebrate the anniversary of their 2013 debut The Bones of What You Believe with a special reissue featuring four previously unheard songs and five live tracks recorded around the time of release.

Chvrches frontwoman Lauren Mayberry covered Depeche Mode at one of her recent solo shows – check out the footage below.The Scottish singer-songwriter played a rendition of the synth-pop trio’s 1989 classic single ‘Personal Jesus’ during her headline gig at the Rock Café venue in Prague on Tuesday night (October 17).Mayberry and her backing band’s take on the tune served as the penultimate track of her 10-song set.You can watch a fan-shot video of the performance here:Chvrches have previously supported Depeche Mode on tour and spoken about their love for the group.Mayberry is currently out on the European leg of her 2023 solo headline tour, which visited the UK earlier this month.

Lauren Mayberry covered The 1975‘s ‘Paris’ during her show in Paris last night (October 15).The Chvrches’ frontwoman performed the song – lifted from the band’s 2016 ‘I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It’ – at the La Maroquinerie towards the end of her set.Much like the original track, Mayberry performed it at the same gentle tempo. You can listen to it below.The song was part of her current European tour which kicked off last week.During her set, she also performed Madonna‘s classic hit single ‘Like A Prayer’, which the Queen of Pop herself sang during her first night at The O2 in London over the weekend, along with a host of solo tracks she has been playing throughout her tour.The singer also performed her new single ‘Shame’, which she released last week.

Elisabeth Elektra has teamed up with members of Mogwai and Chvrches for her latest single ‘Broken Promises’.Written by Elektra, ‘Broken Promises’ was co-produced and performed by herself and Jonny Scott of Chvrches. Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai provides guitars on the track.

Lauren Mayberry has shared her second solo single ‘Shame’.The track, which she recently performed live during her solo show in London on Monday (October 9), follows her previous single ‘Are You Awake?’.The Chvrches’ frontwoman first teased the track, which had been previewed at shows on Mayberry’s recent North American headline tour, last week. You can listen to it below.“I had the idea for a while of a song that had the tagline of ‘what a shame’, but in a sarcastic way.

Lauren Mayberry has spoken to NME about her decision to go solo, the “freedom” to write from a purely female perspective away from Chvrches, and what to expect from her debut album.First announcing details of her “fun, freaky, sad, weird, joyful” solo material back in July before revealing launch single ‘Are You Awake?‘, Mayberry has been roadtesting her new songs on tour in the US, before kicking off the UK and European leg in her native Glasgow last night.Speaking about her current mood having got the project off the ground, Mayberry said described it as “the usual new music anxiety multiplied by, ‘What if nobody wants this or if everyone thinks you’re a fucking idiot for wanting to do it’ anxiety”.“There’s always nervousness,” she told NME. “For any frontperson in a band, but especially a woman, as soon as you say the words ‘solo material’ people get very upset with you.

Lauren Mayberry covered Texas‘ ‘Say What You Want’ at her show in Glasgow last night (October 5) – check out the footage below.The Chvrches frontwoman was performing at the SWG3 TV Studio venue in the Scottish city as the first stop on her 2023 solo UK headline tour.Towards the end of the set, Mayberry paid homage to Glasgow band Texas by delivering her own take on their 1997 hit single ‘Say What You Want’.You can watch a fan-shot video of the performance here:Mayberry’s recent North American tour saw her cover Madonna’s ‘Like A Prayer’, Adam Schlesinger’s ‘That Thing You Do’ and PJ Harvey’s ‘Down By The Water’.She also performed a solo version of Chvrches’ “OG deep cut” ‘Lungs’ in Toronto to mark the 10th anniversary of the synth-pop trio’s 2013 debut album, ‘The Bones Of What You Believe’.Additionally, the singer-songwriter has showcased numerous as-yet-unreleased solo songs at this year’s gigs including ‘Change Shapes’, ‘Bird’ and ‘Mantra’.This week, Mayberry confirmed that her second single ‘Shame’ will be arriving next Tuesday (October 10) and shared a snippet of the track. It’ll follow on from ‘Are You Awake?’, which came out last month.Mayberry’s UK headline tour continues tonight (October 6) in Birmingham ahead of dates in Manchester (8) and London (9).

Lauren Mayberry has announced her second solo single ‘Shame’ – check out the teaser video below.The Chvrches frontwoman is due to release the song next Tuesday (October 10) – you can pre-save/pre-add it here.Following on from debut track ‘Are You Awake?’, the upcoming single has been previewed at shows on Mayberry’s recent North American headline tour.The gothic cover art for ‘Shame’ sees the singer sporting a silver headpiece while looking into what appears to be a smashed mirror. Additionally, Mayberry has shared a brief snippet of the tune on TikTok.See both posts here:A post shared by Lauren Mayberry (@laurenevemayberry)“Shame” is out 10/10.

Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry has covered PJ Harvey’s ‘Down By The Water’ with Lo Moon – check out the moment below.The frontwoman of the Scottish synth-pop trio is currently out on a North American tour where she is showcasing a selection of solo material, including her debut single ‘Are You Awake?’.On Monday (September 2), the Los Angeles-based band Lo Moon played the first night of their residency at Zebulon. Mayberry joined them on stage for a rendition of ‘Down By The Water’, which Harvey released in 1996 from album, ‘To Bring You My Love.’Check out the cover in full here:Elsewhere on the tour, Mayberry has covered Madonna’s ‘Like A Prayer’ and Adam Schlesinger’s ‘That Thing You Do’.The singer-songwriter is set to play a string of solo concerts in the UK and Europe following her North American gigs.