The combination of harsh digital wavy synthesizers and drum machines with Lauren’s Mayberry’s sweet pitch is a winner for Glasgow’s Chvrches as ‘The Mother We Share’ and ‘Lies’ laid out. New track ‘Recover’ combines the hard dynamics with the soft Scottish vocal once again with a heady boom bap. If The Knife were a pop band, a proper pop band, they might sound a bit like this.

Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
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