Since forming in 2011, the Scottish trio Chvrches have refined synth-pop for the festival age, taking the chilly atmospherics of early electro and piling on flourishes designed to divert distracted attendees’ attentions away from art installations and friends’ conversations, with vocalist Lauren Mayberry’s airy soprano contorting into stretched-out pleas and percussive stuttering. It’s partly
This article originally appeared on www.rollingstone.com: Review: Chvrches Super-Size Their Epic Synth-Pop on Third LP ‘Love Is Dead’
