If the player doesn’t work, head over to CHVRCHES’s MTV Artist page.
CHVRCHES reworked three of their singles (“The Mother We Share,” “Recover,” and “Gun”) – and it’s amazing!
The three reworks have even more intensity, particularly through the addition of more layers of sound and tempo changes. The beats in “Recover” were sped up and pushed more toward the treble side in addition to being more hi-hat based while “Gun” and “The Mother We Share” were remarkably slowed down.
Today, CHVRCHES announced the music video for the first track they released – “Lies”:
Following a similar formula as their music video for “The Mother We Share,” this video focuses on a grey and black color pallette and stars a main character followed by/chased by a mysterious entity, electric clouds, CHVRCHES’s signature light displays, and allusions to a conspiracy.
I always thought that “Lies” was about someone bragging about lying to the person they’re romantically involved with (“I can sell you lies. You can’t get enough. Make a true believer of anyone.”) and being proud of stringing that person along, having power over them (“I can call you up when I feel alone. I can feed your dirty mind like I know I know that you want.”).
However, the music video’s dark theme of mind-control conspiracies makes me wonder if “Lies” was actually meant as a commentary on the world of marketing. With the men in suits and the Matrix-like headgear and that Emma Stone doppleganger with the Rosemary’s Baby clothing and scheming stare.
New BoxSpeaker Series: #TBT (Throwback Thursdays) documenting great tracks from years ago.
The first in the #TBT series is “Sing” by Travis, a band from Glasgow.
And another favorite: “Writing to Reach You” – which is really great because it pokes fun at and references (both in lyrics and riffs) Oasis’s “Wonderwall”
Much like Young Fathers, Prides mixed rap, electro synths, and slow tempo drum beats with Louie/Hector Bizerk‘s raps to create their genre blend track “Run & Jump.”
NPR is streaming a preview of CHVRCHES’s upcoming and much anticipated album The Bones of What You Believe!
BoxSpeaker’s counting down the days until the album’s release on September 24.
Finally hearing the mastered versions of so many songs we’ve heard throughout the year across both California and the whole UK (remember that time I went crazy and ran away to the UK to figure everything out?) is mindblowing.
The live versions will always provide an unique intimacy, but the mastered versions definitely contain little auditory details that unfortunately get lost in the reverberation against concert venues’ walls.
Remember to listen to the NPR stream here: http://www.npr.org/2013/09/15/221714011/first-listen-chvrches-the-bones-of-what-you-believe#playlist
Cheers and Happy Monday!
CHVRCHES released the music video for the single that put them on the map: “The Mother We Share.”
Just like their video for “Gun” and “Recover” – CHVRCHES features the band performing but with a touch of electric magical realism – with the main character of the video for “The Mother We Share” transforming into energy and the electronic ether and connecting with the whole city – almost like Tron.
I’ve been really into bands that integrate a “tribal drumming” sound into their music, so here’s a roundup of some bands around the world with tribal beats:
Young Fathers adds tribal drumming to their hip hop beats to give a fuller background sound complementing their rap.
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