CHVRCHES Photos LIVE Inside Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas
CHVRCHES performed live inside Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas at The LINQ Las Vegas on September 21, 2014. Photos by Erik Kabik.
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CHVRCHES
Chvrches (pronounced as “churches” and stylised as CHVRCHΞS) are a Scottish electronic band, formed in 2011. The group consists of Lauren Mayberry (lead vocals, additional synthesisers, and samplers), Iain Cook (synthesisers, guitar, bass, vocals), and Martin Doherty (synthesisers, samplers, vocals).
Chvrches came fifth on the BBC’s Sound of 2013 list of the most promising new music talent. In March 2013, they released Recover EP. Their debut studio album The Bones of What You Believe was released on 20 September 2013.
Their song “The Mother We Share” was featured in the opening video for the 2014 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony in Glasgow, Scotland, on the 23rd July 2014.
In January 2013 Chvrches signed with the independent label Glassnote Records. Previously, in November 2012, Daniel Glass (the owner of Glassnote) received copies of the songs “Lies” and “Recover”. He also headed to the UK and watched Chvrches perform three times (two solo shows, and one opening for Passion Pit).
On 6 February 2013 Chvrches premiered the second single “Recover”. It was followed by Recover EP, out on 25 March 2013 in the UK via Goodbye/Virgin and 26 March 2013 in the US via Glassnote. In 13 March 2013 Chvrches performed at SXSW. 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 “The Mother We Share” on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. On 15 July 2013 they released the single “Gun”.[16] In July 2013 Chvrches supported Depeche Mode 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 20 September 2013 the band released their debut studio album The Bones of What You Believe on Virgin Records. At the critical aggregator website Metacritic the album received a score of 80 based on 37 reviews.
The song “We Sink” features on the official soundtrack of FIFA 14.
On 30 September 2013 Mayberry penned an op-ed piece in The Guardian on the sexist remarks directed towards her through the band’s social media sites.
The band covered Bauhaus’ song Bela Lugosi’s Dead for the ending credits of the movie Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters. – Wikipedia
