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Lies by Chvrches

Artist Biography For Chvrches


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

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Lies

“Lies” Is The First Song That CHVRCHES Released Initially Under The Name CHURCHES. An Early Version Of The Song Was First Posted Exclusively To The Neon Gold Records Blog In May 2012 Where It Was Described As A “godless Hurricane Of Kinetic Pop Energy”. The Band’s Identity Was Anonymous Upon Its First Release And The Song Was Only Accompanied By A Picture Of Nuns In Masks. A Re-Recorded Version Would Later Appear On Their 2013 Debut Album The Bones Of What You Believe And This Version Would Be Formally Released As A Single On December 2 2013. The Song’s Lyrics Can Be Interpreted Multiple Ways. A Common Interpretation Is That It Is About An Abusive And Manipulative Relationship With Singer Lauren Mayberry Taking The Perspective Of The Abuser. In A 2013 Interview With Timeout Iain Cook Discussed The Band’s Goal When “Lies” Was Initially Released In 2012 “At That Early Stage There Wasn’t Really Any Goal Other Than To Put A Song Out On The Internet And See What Kind Of Response We Got. We Weren’t Really Into The Band At That Point In Time We’ve Just Been Writing Songs In The Studio And We’ve Never Played Anything Live. So We Didn’t Even Know If It Was Something That We Could Or Even Wanted To Do. We Noticed That The Reaction We Got On Neon Gold Was Unbelievable Way Beyond What We Expected. Then We Thought ‘Okay Now We Have To Figure Out How To Play This Live!’“

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