YMMV / CHVRCHES

• Awesome Music: Pretty much the entirety of The Bones of What You Believe.
  • The last 2 minutes and 41 seconds of "Tether" are glorious.
  • So are the last 2 minutes or so of "Clearest Blue", for similar reasons. It sounds like it came straight out of the '80s.
  • "High Enough to Carry You Over". Martin Doherty as lead + a Sophisti-Pop style = pure coolness. Even people who aren't fans of Martin's vocals admit this song is great.
  • "You Caught The Light" is just beautiful.
  • "Science/Visions" is very tense, yet beautiful at the same time, sounding something akin to Labyrinth.
  • Their cover of "LOVE" by Kendrick Lamar makes an already-chill track into a spacey and atmospheric ballad that still keeps the sweetness and emotion that the original song had.
• Fandom Rivalry:
  • With Chris Brown (and Tyga, to a lesser extent) due to Lauren's response to "Light It Up", a collaboration between Chris, Tyga and Marshmello.
  • With certain groups of Heavy Metal fans, due to Jamey Jasta's comments over Deftones booking them for their curated festival Dia de los Deftones in 2019. Chino Moreno and Lauren Mayberry later did a joint interview where they explained that they were fans of each others' music and shared a lot more in common than people realised.
• Fan Nickname: Lauren is occasionally spelt as Lavren.
• Friendly Fandoms: Quite a few. Chvrches seems to have a lot of crossover appeal as a band.
  • Those who embrace Wolf Alice's music often admit to being CHVRCHES fans too, and vice versa with CHVRCHES fans. It helps that the two bands promote each other on social media, and play at the same festivals.
  • Thanks to Hayley Williams featuring on the remix of "Bury It" and CHVRCHES opening for them on several tours, Paramore fans seem taken a liking to CHVRCHES as well.
  • Deftones, due to the fiasco surrounding them being booked for Dia de los Deftones in 2019. It's not uncommon for fans of Deftones to also be fans of Chvrches.
  • The Cure, thanks to Robert Smith's guest appearance on "How Not To Drown".
• Funny Moments:
  • In the "Bury It" video, the gang and Hayley Williams fly past a bus stop. The waiting passengers are confused at first, but then a toaster drops in front of them and out pops a slice of toast, bewildering them.
  • During their performance at BBC Music's Biggest Weekend in Swansea, Lauren explained to the crowd between songs that she wanted to talk to them in Welsh but was worried that she would "fuck it up". This prompted a very hilarious reaction from Lauren, the rest of the band and the entire crowd, as they were currently being filmed by the BBC and swearing usually isn't allowed on BBC live recordings. The live feed to their set ended up being cut, but Lauren laughed it off and the band carried on regardless.
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: They have a pretty sizable fan following in Japan. Along with increased tour performances in said country, this eventually led to them collaborating with J-Pop group Wednesday Campanella on a song called "Out of My Head".
• It's the Same, Now It Sucks!: Accusations of this trope have been levelled at Love Is Dead.
• Lead Drummer: Not a straightforward example, but Lauren Mayberry. She was a drummer as well as a vocalist in her previous band Blue Sky Archives, and has occasionally played drums during live shows with Chvrches.
• Moment of Awesome: Lauren Mayberry calling out 4chan for their misogynist comments about her after the music video for "Leave a Trace" was posted on the internet forum, saying "Dear anyone who thinks misogyny isn't real. It is and this is what it looks like." Damn!
  • Even more awesome is that her bandmates came to her defence, saying "PSA: apparently wet hair makes you a 'slut'. Nice work, 4chan / humanity."
  • Not from Mayberry herself, but this article from Gigwise also certainly counts, as it utterly dismantles the arguments that the "Leave a Trace" video features Three Minutes of Writhing...even though the "sexual" content is practically nonexistent and the "writhing" in question is far tamer than many similar videos these days.
  • Her appearance on Channel 4 News that effectively put the fiasco to bed. Her calm and collected performance during the interview is really what sells it.
• Most Wonderful Sound: Lauren's voice is very angelic. Sadly, this can lead to fans going too far with their comments.
• Signature Song: "The Mother We Share".
• Song Association: They've become well-known among racing game fans for having their music featured in the Forza Horizon series, specifically Forza Horizon 2, 3, and 4.
• Sweet Dreams Fuel: "Afterglow" and "Tether". At least, the first part of the latter. And "You Caught The Light" too.
• Tear Jerker:
  • "Under the Tide" also counts, in a way. The song isn't that depressing, and the lyrics seem to be—at first glance—about fixing a failed relationship. The band later revealed it was written for a deceased friend who had a terminal illness, which puts the song in a more depressing light.
  • "Down Side Of Me" is a hauntingly beautiful song which can be classed a tearjerker. It's about a relationship that's falling apart and trying to put everything into keeping it steady and trying to stay strong and cool on top of all the pressure even if your love together is dwindling. "Not the same, not the same, you're not the same, not the same".
  • "Really Gone" from Love Is Dead is gut wrenchingly sad to hear. The song is mostly an ode to a dead relationship with the majority of the track being Lauren singing over a gentle synth in the background until the song ends on just her vocals "And I cannot stay" is goose bump inducing and one of Lauren's best vocal performances. The song was famously used at the ending of Season 4 Episode 10 of Supergirl during a particular tearjerking moment to fans of the show.
  • Although at first listen the album is very light and poppy compared to their darker-pop sound of "The Bones of What You Believe" or "Empty Open Eye" to an extent, "Love Is Dead" as a whole has a lot of tearjerking songs hidden under very upbeat songs. "Wonderland" is a beautiful upbeat song yet is about accepting a relationship is toxic and having the courage to end it whilst simultaneously killing off any hope for a positive outcome.
  • "Death Stranding". Words cannot do this song justice alone. The title song of the video game of the same name did become a song for those struggling in 2020, whether it was lockdown, COVID or the many incidents of civil unrest taking place across the globe. The song became a beacon of hope for those hoping to see the light at the end of the tunnel and hope the world would get relatively back to normal soon.
  • "Better If You Don't" from Screen Violence is achy, especially for anyone who's lost a loved one. "Some of them are not our friends, and some of them are still our friends but dead..."
• Visual Effects of Awesome: The effects in their videos (such as "Lies" and "The Mother We Share") are simply just phenomenal...