“The Glasgow trio's debut EP shows off Chvrches' penchant for exploring and embracing synth pop's artificial sunlight. The songs here are driven by themes of belief, devotion, and discovery, and imbued with an unabashed sense of wonder.”
“By posting two fantastic synthpop songs, “Lies” and then “The Mother We Share,” to the Internet last year, Chvrches became blog big shots and Passion Pit’s opening act. Their EP lacks those two songs, which are still easily found on the Scottish band’s SoundCloud, and introduces one fantastic new synth-pop song, “Recover.” Lauren Mayberry and her two beardo bandmates revisit the frosty New Wave of”