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CHVRCHES Pronounced As "churches" Stylised As CHVRCHΞS Are A Scottish Electronic Band From Glasgow Formed In 2011. The Group Consists Of Lauren Mayberry Lead Vocals Occasionally Synths And Samplers Iain Cook Synths Guitar Bass Vocals And Martin Doherty Synths Samplers Vocals . The Group's Debut Album The Bones Of What You Believe Was Released On 20 September 2013. Previously Mayberry Was A Member Of The Bands Boyfriend/Girlfriend And Blue Sky Archives. Mayberry Is A Trained Drummer And Also Did A Four-Year Law Degree Followed By A Masters In Journalism. Cook Was A Member Of Aereogramme And The Unwinding Hours And Also Wrote Music For Film And TV. Doherty Was A Live Member Of The Twilight Sad. According To Mayberry "Iain And Martin Went To University Together So They've Known Each Other For Quite A Long Time". The Band Started In October 2011 As A Studio Project Between The Long Time Friends Iain Cook And Martin Doherty. Cook Already Knew Lauren Mayberry From Working With Blue Sky Archives And Suggested Her As A Potential Vocalist For The Project. CHVRCHES Were Influenced By Acts Such As Prince Tubeway Army Robyn Depeche Mode Kate Bush Cocteau Twins Michael Jackson Whitney Houston And Laurie Anderson. The Band Write Record Mix And Master Everything In A Basement Studio In Glasgow. In May 2012 They Released The Song "Lies". In The Same Year CHVRCHES Toured With Passion Pit As The Opening Band For Their Concerts And Also Toured On Their Own. "Lies" Ranked At Number 28 On NME's Best Tracks Of 2012. CHVRCHES Also Came Fifth On The BBC's Sound Of 2013 List. On 25 March 2013 They Released Recover EP. They Performed At SXSW And Won The Inaugural Grulke Prize For Developing Non-US Act . The Band Also Supported Depeche Mode On Four Shows In July During Their The Delta Machine Tour 2013. On 20 September 2013 CHVRCHES Released Their Debut Album The Bones Of What You Believe. The Album Is Supported By The Singles "The Mother We Share" "Recover" And "Gun". Links Official Site At Chvrch.Es | Facebook | Twitter | Soundcloud | Tumblr | Vimeo
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"Leave A Trace" Is A Song By British Synth-Pop Band Chvrches From Their Second Studio Album Every Open Eye. It Was Released As The Band's First Official Single On 17 July 2015 Via Virgin And Goodbye Records. During An Interview With Pitchfork Lauren Mayberry Said Of The Song ““Leave A Trace” Is The Middle Finger Mic-Drop. It’s About That Point Where You’re Like “There’s No Point Having This Conversation Anyways There Will Be No Resolve I Won’t Feel Better About It You Won’t Feel Better About It No Outcome From This Will Actually Change My Reality.” It Makes Me Feel Better To Write About That—I’ve Done Something Constructive With It. You Don’t Put That On Other People You Put That Into What You Do. That’s Always The Way I’ve Written Lyrics. My Ex-Partners Are Not Friends With Me But I’m OK With That.“ "Leave A Trace" Was Streamed On The Band's Official SoundCloud Page. The Song Received Generally Positive Reviews. Luke Winstanley Of Clash Called The Song "another Highlight Outrageously Infectious And Immediate All Centred Around A Gentle But Persistent Bass Pulse." Sam Shepherd Of MusicOMH Felt It "finds Mayberry Certain Of Her Feelings And Finding Closure And Delivering A Sweet Vocal That Drills Deep Into The Pleasure Centres." Abby Johnston Of The Austin Chronicle Called Mayberry's Performance In The Song "at The Level Of A Modern-Day Cyndi Lauper." Rolling Stone Placed "Leave A Trace" At Number 24 On Its List Of The 50 Best Songs Of 2015. Billboard Ranked "Leave A Trace" At Number Fourteen On Its Year-End List "On 'Leave A Trace' Iain Cook And Martin Doherty’s Fine-Tuned Swirls Of Synthesizer Are Just Begging For A Killer Hook And Mayberry -- Singing With More Swagger Than Ever Before -- Hammers It Home."
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CHVRCHES Pronounced As "churches" Stylised As CHVRCHΞS Are A Scottish Electronic Band From Glasgow Formed In 2011. The Group Consists Of Lauren Mayberry Lead Vocals Occasionally Synths And Samplers Iain Cook Synths Guitar Bass Vocals And Martin Doherty Synths Samplers Vocals . The Group's Debut Album The Bones Of What You Believe Was Released On 20 September 2013. Previously Mayberry Was A Member Of The Bands Boyfriend/Girlfriend And Blue Sky Archives. Mayberry Is A Trained Drummer And Also Did A Four-Year Law Degree Followed By A Masters In Journalism. Cook Was A Member Of Aereogramme And The Unwinding Hours And Also Wrote Music For Film And TV. Doherty Was A Live Member Of The Twilight Sad. According To Mayberry "Iain And Martin Went To University Together So They've Known Each Other For Quite A Long Time". The Band Started In October 2011 As A Studio Project Between The Long Time Friends Iain Cook And Martin Doherty. Cook Already Knew Lauren Mayberry From Working With Blue Sky Archives And Suggested Her As A Potential Vocalist For The Project. CHVRCHES Were Influenced By Acts Such As Prince Tubeway Army Robyn Depeche Mode Kate Bush Cocteau Twins Michael Jackson Whitney Houston And Laurie Anderson. The Band Write Record Mix And Master Everything In A Basement Studio In Glasgow. In May 2012 They Released The Song "Lies". In The Same Year CHVRCHES Toured With Passion Pit As The Opening Band For Their Concerts And Also Toured On Their Own. "Lies" Ranked At Number 28 On NME's Best Tracks Of 2012. CHVRCHES Also Came Fifth On The BBC's Sound Of 2013 List. On 25 March 2013 They Released Recover EP. They Performed At SXSW And Won The Inaugural Grulke Prize For Developing Non-US Act . The Band Also Supported Depeche Mode On Four Shows In July During Their The Delta Machine Tour 2013. On 20 September 2013 CHVRCHES Released Their Debut Album The Bones Of What You Believe. The Album Is Supported By The Singles "The Mother We Share" "Recover" And "Gun". Links Official Site At Chvrch.Es | Facebook | Twitter | Soundcloud | Tumblr | Vimeo read less
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"Leave a Trace" is a song by British synth-pop band Chvrches from their second studio album Every Open Eye. It was released as the band's first official single on 17 July 2015 via Virgin and Goodbye Records.
During an interview with Pitchfork, Lauren Mayberry said of the song:
““Leave a Trace” is the middle finger mic-drop. It’s about that point where you’re like, “There’s no point having this conversation anyways: There will be no resolve, I won’t feel better about it, you won’t feel better about it, no outcome from this will actually change my reality.” It makes me feel better to write about that—I’ve done something constructive with it. You don’t put that on other people, you put that into what you do. That’s always the way I’ve written lyrics. My ex-partners are not friends with me, but I’m OK with that.“
"Leave a Trace" was streamed on the band's official SoundCloud page.
The song received generally positive reviews. Luke Winstanley of Clash called the song "another highlight, outrageously infectious and immediate, all centred around a gentle but persistent bass pulse." Sam Shepherd of musicOMH felt it "finds Mayberry certain of her feelings and finding closure, and delivering a sweet vocal that drills deep into the pleasure centres." Abby Johnston of The Austin Chronicle called Mayberry's performance in the song "at the level of a modern-day Cyndi Lauper."
Rolling Stone placed "Leave a Trace" at number 24 on its list of the 50 Best Songs of 2015. Billboard ranked "Leave a Trace" at number fourteen on its year-end list: "On 'Leave a Trace', Iain Cook and Martin Doherty’s fine-tuned swirls of synthesizer are just begging for a killer hook, and Mayberry -- singing with more swagger than ever before -- hammers it home." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.