“As album titles come, ‘Love Is Dead’ is a hefty one. Weighty with fiery pessimism, like a Jenny Holzer mantra etched angrily into a slab of stone, it’s a starting point that doesn’t leave a lot of space for hope. Or so you’d think, anyway. In the case of CHVRCHES’ third album, the statement comes with a silent, but enormous, question mark. Leaving behind their native Glasgow, jetting off Stateside”
“There’s no small glory in purging pent-up emotions through giant hooks and a pumping synth beat, so Chvrches is worth celebrating for that alone. Yet one of the most striking things about the Scottish synth-pop group is how well each of trio’s albums stands on its own: they don’t seem like successive entries in a catalog that is building toward some all-encompassing Grand Statement so much as from”
“The Scottish trio hooks up with producer Greg Kurstin and cranks up their sound”
“So much goes right here, but in scrubbing their songs of imperfections, they've also magnified their flaws. Though not quite stuck in neutral, it will certainly please the band's ever-expanding fan base while not really moving the needle creatively enough to convince sceptics that their initial opinions were unfounded. ”
“With help from some outside producers, Chvrches try to launch themselves into the mainstream. The result is an uncomplicated, unsurprising collection of steely synth pop.”
“Chvrches swing for the mainstream and miss with Love Is Dead”
