Chvrches

I like how this performance sounds like it's just barely being held together

https://youtu.be/AGKpjOfjz48

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjxq36QcUDI

really like this bc it reminds me of perfume

I'm here for this

feels like an improvement from the last album

reminding myself that the first four songs on the debut is like the best music ever lol

opening run on every open eye arguably even better

"leave a trace" ;_;

good song, love this band and looking forward to some new stuff

I put Love is Dead on the other day, and was surprised to find that it has grown on me quite a bit. Still not as strong as the first two, but not the disappointment I pegged it as at the time. Looking forward to the new stuff now.

next single is gonna have robert smith on it

hyyype

matt berninger, hideo kojima and now robert smith....they know their audience

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOjc7xtaPes

I like this!

But also, let's stop distracting him from finishing a new Cure record pls.

He'll move at his pace. Anyway yes, a lovely song and another good guest turn.

It's also long past overdue for him to do a second Join the Dots set just because the amount of one-offs, guest appearances, collaborations and more pretty well approaches 2 CDs for this century alone.

His guest spots for the last 20 years are consistently great, unlike the same period's two Cure albums. Encouraging him to do more pop-ins is surely only more likely to prompt him to make more music in general, too.

Jeez guys I was just joking because I want a new Cure record. I'm glad he does these pop-ins!

I figured! Ned and I were just musing, I guess

oh this is cool, especially the outro. sounds more like the cure than chvrches, very obvious why they got robert smith to guest on it & he does a great job

poll of robert smith pop-ins from the past 20 years

we're legally bound to refer to them only as "pop-ins"

Well yeah, it's not as if any of these bands actually invited him. I heard he bursts into the recording booth Kramer-style

Very cool

X https://t.co/GEdTU4SciQ

— ROBERT SMITH (@RobertSmith) June 2, 2021

I’d love if this was similar to the Crystal Castles setup where there’s two versions of the same song. One with Lauren and another with Robert. don’t feel like their vocals work well together, the contrast sounds weird. The chorus in particularly sticks out badly to my ears... I don’t know how else to describe it but Lauren’s vocals register to me as high energy and Robert’s isn’t. It sounds as if Robert is trying to keep up the pace with her in there.

Don’t love the way the drums are mixed either but that doesn’t bother me as much.

YO THIS IS FANTASTIC

so hyped for the album

I've not been taken at all by anything CHVRCHES has done since the first album but everything I've heard in the run-up for this new one has been glorious

the video game song is still my recent fave of theirs

video out now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U_LhzgwJ4U

poll of robert smith pop-ins from the past 20 years

top of the head: Junior Jack, Paul Hartnoll, Crystal Castles, Blank & Jones, Junkie XL, Blink 182, Earl Slick, Tweaker, Japanese Popstars, Blurillaz - what else needs to go in?

unfortunately, the billy corgan cover of "to love somebody"

sic:

65daysofstatic - come to me
Anik Jean - J'aurai tout essayé
Reeves Gabrels - Yesterdays gone

^ the last one of those is definitely the best of the three imo

Yesterday's Gone is a COGASM-era joint from the '90s, I'd skip that in this context. Will throw up a button poll unless there's mild interest in a week-long ranked ballot?

So now there's a full on Robert Smith remix of "How Not to Drown" and it's even more awesome than the original?

https://chvrches.lnk.to/HNTDRSRemixPR

basically the best cure song in decades?

new song "good girls" is awesome.... i'm so excited for this record

Really am looking forward to the tour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ns3sZw88Lk

This is the most excited I've been about CHVRCHES since their debut

John Carpenter remix (!) of "Good Girls"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypUwRjH9sAU

this is by far the best chvrches album

"asking for a friend" is one of their best ever tracks

"california" too wow

you will find yourself saying that pretty often this record

yeah this is a gigantic step up for them in every way, they've shot way past the return to form i was expecting

"final girl" does so the minor-key goth verse + major-key chorus with big shiny pop guitars combo so well

"violent delights" definitely my favourite song after a few listens

you still matter

Sounds good upon first listen. I'm curious, though: what is the form to which some of you feel this is, or excels beyond expectations of, a return to? Every Open Eye remains the high water mark of their career, for me.