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Scottish electropoppers CHVRCHES have dropped a new video for “Clearest Blue.” The track comes from the band's last full-length, September's Every Open Eye. Read more: CHVRCHES share fun-filled video for “Empty Threat” The video follows the band through the dual settings of a woodland fantasy world and dimly lit city streets. Check it out below and, as […]

Scottish band CHVRCHES have unveiled a behind-the-scenes look at their Central Park Summer Stage concert. Watch the interesting and in-depth video below. Read more: Hayley Williams joins CHVRCHES for surprise performance—watch The video talks with CHVRCHES and fans at the gig that kicked off what is to be the band’s massive, multi-year global tour in support […]

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES have released a brand new video for “Empty Threat,” the newest single taken from their most recent full-length album, Every Open Eye. Directed by Austin Peters, the video features a group of goth friends spending a fun-filled day at a water park, after a bit of in-car partying. You can check it […]

During their performance of “Bury It” tonight in Nashville, CHVRCHES brought out Paramore's Hayley Williams for a guest appearance. You can check out a full video shot by our very own APTV Correspondent Phillip Obenschain below. Spoiler alert: it’s freaking awesome. Read more: Hayley Williams on being a feminist: “‘Misery Business’ is not a set of […]

Kids Interview Bands, a popular YouTube channel that features young children speaking with musicians ranging from Panic! At The Disco and PVRIS to Slayer and Insane Clown Posse, has posted a new interview with CHVRCHES frontwoman Lauren Mayberry and a fourth grade girl named Piper. Discussion topics include funny faces and favorite songs to dance […]

Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHES has always had an “artist-first” stance; she's not fond of CHVRCHES fans reducing her role in the band to her gender, and she's been vocal about that in the past. So naturally, when some guy in the crowd of one of the band's recent shows shouted “marry me” to the singer, […]

CHVRCHES dropped their highly anticipated LP, Every Open Eye late last night. The album was streaming on NPR earlier this week, but is now available for download. In celebration of the release of their sophomore album, CHVRCHES posted a short behind-the-scenes video to their Facebook. Watch the video bellow. Every Open Eye is now up […]

[Photo cred: Danny Clinch] Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES are now streaming their highly anticipated sophomore LP, Every Open Eye, in full, ahead of its official release on Friday, September 25 through Virgin and Glassnote Records. We've heard a few singles thus far but now you can preview the 42-minute entirety of the album below, via NPR. […]

CHVRCHES are sharing another single from their upcoming self-produced sophomore full-length, Every Open Eye, via lyric video. “Clearest Blue” is a pulsating synth explosion that builds to a dance-inducing, '80s-inspired pop ditty that will take over your mind and make itself at home there for quite some time. You can stream the new song below […]

CHVRCHES’ Lauren Mayberry recently took to Twitter to call out a misogynistic 4chan thread, saying, “Dear anyone who thinks misogyny isn't real. It is and this is what it looks like.”  The chain refers to Mayberry and select scenes from her band’s recently released music video for “Leave A Trace.” Various comments are vulgar, objectifying […]

Scottish pop trio CHVRCHES have been laying the promotion on thick for their upcoming second full-length, Every Open Eye. Today, the band has released a brand new music video for the album's lead single, “Leave A Trace,” which is getting its own 10-inch single release on vinyl. The visuals for the track are beautiful to […]

Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES are well into the promotional roll-out for their self-produced, upcoming second LP, titled Every Open Eye. Following the excellent lead single, “Leave A Trace,” the band is now sharing a second taste with “Never Ending Circles,” after its premiere on Beats 1 Apple Music from Zane Lowe earlier today. Read more: Watch CHVRCHES cover Paramore’s […]

CHVRCHES recently made an appearance at Gamescom in Germany to take on some songs in the upcoming Rock Band 4 video game. Naturally, the band opted to play a Paramore song — “Ignorance” from brand new eyes. Cameras were on screen to capture the event, so you can watch the band find their footing through the […]

Following the announcements for their upcoming album, Every Open Eye, and the reveal of the album's excellent lead single, “Leave A Trace,” Scottish electro-pop trio CHVRCHES have announced a North American tour for this fall that'll see the band hit several markets in The States with one show in Toronto as well. You can get […]

As suspected, following the reveal of full album details for Every Open Eye—CHVRCHES' self-produced, upcoming second LP—the album's lead single is available to stream now after premiering today on Annie Mac's BBC One radio show. Much like the majority of the Scottish trio's previous output, “Leave A Trace” is an instantly catchy pop cut with huge […]

Just yesterday, we reported on a gradual revealing by Scottish synthpop trio, CHVRCHES, which seemed to be leading to a full unveiling of the album art for their follow-up to 2013's The Bones Of What You Believe, expected to release before the year's end. As noted in the article, the band was revealing only bits […]

It's coming up on two years since the release of The Bones of What You Believe, the excellent debut full-length album from Scottish synthpop trio, CHVRCHES. The band recently announced that they had finished recording their second LP, and based on a somewhat traditional two-year album cycle, it wouldn't be a stretch to think that it […]

CHVRCHES posted an update on Twitter yesterday announcing that they've finished recording their second album. Since the release of their debut album, The Bones Of What You Believe (2013), the band toured frequently and then took a break early this year to write the album, EW reports. Their celebratory tweet can be viewed below.  Read more: CHVRCHES’ Lauren […]

CHVRCHES singer Lauren Mayberry recently responded to a horrific rape threat by posting it on her personal Instagram account and offering a lengthy response. “I am not going anywhere,” Mayberry said. “So bring it on, motherfuckers. Let's see who blinks first.” In 2013, Mayberry penned an op-ed for The Guardian about the sexist abuse she’d […]

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