“The biggest songs on Chvrches' debut often seemed like the soundtracks to last-ditch battlefronts, as Lauren Mayberry defended her loves or wreaked vengeful hell against those who crossed her. Her defiant vocals showed no sign of surrender either way; unsurprisingly, the battle-hardened euphoria she forged alongside Iain Cook and Martin Docherty came to feel more like emotional armor than just exq”
