Chvrches
The latest news and comment on Chvrches
The best original photographs from the Observer
Original Observer PhotographyChvrches’ Lauren Mayberry: ‘I was fixated with death… I needed to live in reality’
Lauren Mayberry review – Chvrches frontwoman delivers charming, biting solo debut
There’s a DIY party atmosphere as Mayberry feels her way towards the next phase of her career, with some powerful moments of righteous anger
Kitty Empire's artist of the week
Chvrches: Screen Violence review – full of fighting spiritThe Glaswegian trio use horror film tropes to explore fame, double standards and battles closer to home on their intense fourth album
'I wrote down what I was most terrified of': Lauren Mayberry on Chvrches' return
Musician spent the year sitting alone with her thoughts, hopes, dreams and self-loathing – and poured it all into song
The decade in music
New rules: the destruction of the female pop role modelSomewhere between Britney and Billie Eilish, liberated by social media and their direct relationship with fans, millennial and Gen Z women claimed the right to be complicated pop auteurs
Latitude festival review – stylish, dramatic and surprisingly edgy
It may be the most middle-class of events, but pink sheep, Scottish sarcasm and Stereophonics singalongs notwithstanding, it was still classy
Coachella day three review: Ariana Grande on fire and Pusha T on an iceberg
Grande closed the weekend with a Bang Bang, Pusha T brought dancing abominable snowmen, and Lizzo was a plus-size tonic
Chvrches review – sparkling synth-poppers on the brink of the big time
They may only have one top 40 single to their name, but Chvrches’ muscular sound makes them as big as their ambition
The best original photographs from the Observer
Original Observer photographyLaura Linney, Lily Allen and Karen Gibson – the woman who rocked the Royal Wedding. All feature in this gallery of the best work commissioned by the Observer in May 2018
Chvrches: Love Is Dead review – their most seductive package yet
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Chvrches: Love Is Dead review – pop rabble-rousers pull their political punchesLauren Mayberry’s vocals are strident and there are some brilliantly desolate ballads on the synthpop band’s third album – but a big single still eludes them
Chvrches: ‘It only takes two seconds to say: I don’t agree with white supremacy’
The Glaswegian synth-pop trio have risen to fame on the back of two lauded LPs and relentless touring, even as frontwoman Lauren Mayberry has fended off online abuse. Their new record finds them aiming for the top
This week's new tracks
Tracks of the week reviewed: Tove Styrke, Pink and ChvrchesTove Styrke’s latest is as sweet and shiny as a freshly licked Jolly Rancher, Pink’s bandwagon-jumping and Django Django bristle with nervy energy
Liam Gallagher, Skepta and the xx to headline Manchester's Parklife festival
Big-name pop, rap and R&B stars flock to Heaton Park weekender, with Lorde, NERD and J Hus also joining the bill
Latitude festival review – anthems for these paranoid times
The National meet Chvrches: 'I could come and be your Bez'
Festival foodies: Hot Chip, Chvrches and more reveal their favourite meals to enjoy with the music
Reports of my death
Clive James: 'These boots say: I am not Taylor Swift'
New Order, James Blake and more reviewed – Saturday's music at Glastonbury 2016
From Anna Meredith in the morning to New Order at night, our writers were out and about yesterday scouring Glastonbury for the best music
About 46 results for Chvrches 
