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  CHVRCHES Announce Debut Album With Trippy 'Gun' Video

  June 14, 2013 – CHVRCHES will release their debut album, The Bones of What You Believe, September 24 in the U.S. via Glassnote. Abroad, the record will drop the day before supported by Virgin/Goodbye. …
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  Hear CHVRCHES Take Aim at Jilting Lovers With New 'Gun' Single

  May 28, 2013 – Recent This Is Happening stars CHVRCHES reach some incredibly ebullient heights with their romantic synth-pop sound — a fact which seems all the more remarkable when you consider the darkness that creeps into singer Lauren Mayberry's lyrics. …
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  CHVRCHES Singer Softens Rage Against the Machine's 'Killing in the Name'

  May 23, 2013 – Before CHVRCHES were recognized as one of 5 Best New Artists, singer Lauren Mayberry was a member of Scottish outfit Blue Sky Archives. …
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  CHVRCHES Reveal Inner Nerds With Synthy 'Game of Thrones' Theme Cover

  April 8, 2013 – HBO's Game of Thrones may have slaughtered the ratings last week and subsequently scored a fourth season pick-up, but here's an irrefutable sign that the fantasy epic has become the most important show on televison: CHVRCHES have covered its theme song. …
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  CHVRCHES: Scottish Synth Romantics Maintain a Refined Human Touch

  April 2, 2013 – Who: Iain Cook and Martin Doherty, the production duo behind Scottish synth-pop upstarts CHVRCHES, met in the right place: a "computer music" class at the University of Glasgow. Having long played in separate but intersecting indie-rock outfits, the two set time aside to finally collaborate without guitars or a "roadmap" in August of 2011. …
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  CHVRCHES Serenade a Roller Rink in Graceful 'Now Is Not the Time' Video

  April 1, 2013 – CHVRCHES can already claim one of the year's catchiest synth-pop songs, and now their task, if they want it, is to demonstrate they're a band worth following for the long run. …
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  10 Albums You Can Hear Now: Alkaline Trio, Mudhoney, Caveman, CHVRCHES, and More

  March 27, 2013 – It's Wednesday — you know the drill. Grab a pair of headphones and drift through the 10 ready-to-stream albums below.1) Alkaline Trio, My Shame Is True. "My Shame Is True [is] a sabre-toothed improvement on 2010's back-to-basics, return-to-form effort This Addiction, as well as what sounds to be frontman and chief songwriter Matt Skiba’s most personal set to date." (via SPIN)2) Major Lazer, Lazer Strikes Back Vol. …
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  Watch CHVRCHES' Epic 'Recover' Video

  March 6, 2013 – Glagow's CHVRCHES were a lock for SPIN's Best New Artists this month — the way these artistically minded synth-smiths flirt with genuine pop is something to marvel at, and their content doesn't disappoint either. The titular track from their March 26 Glassnote EP Recover is a bubbling ode to trying to figure your life out. …
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  Hear CHVRCHES' Moody Remix of St. Lucia's 'Before the Dive'

  March 4, 2013 – Your favorite new purveyors of synth-pop are back, this time with a remix of fellow puller-of-heartstrings, St. Lucia. CHVRCHES take on the St. Lucia EP standout by massaging in some chopped-up vocal samples and a tsunami of synth buzz in place of the original's plaintive piano work. The recent 5 Best New Artists inductees get there by allowing room for modulated vocals and 808 cowbell plinks that worm their way into the coda. …
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  5 Best New Artists for March '13

  March 1, 2013 – From a San Franciscan power-pop craftsman to a Glaswegian trio of synth-pop supernovas to a veteran Louisiana rapper finally on the rise, here are five artists you should hear — right now. DAVID BEVAN, PHILIP SHERBURNE, and BRANDON SODERBERG …
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