Love Is Dead by CHVRCHES

Love Is Dead, CHVRCHES' third album, came out on 25 May 2018, and it's the Glasgow trio throwing open the studio door for the first time. Having made their earlier records without outside producers, Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook and Martin Doherty brought in Greg Kurstin as co-producer, and Eurythmics' David Stewart and the National's Matt Berninger joined in too; Berninger sings on "My Enemy".

The synth-pop is bigger and brighter than ever, built for festival fields, with Mayberry's clear, cutting voice slicing through the shine. The band wiped its social media before "Get Out" launched the campaign on 31 January, and "My Enemy", "Never Say Die" and the stadium-sized "Miracle" followed in quick succession. Later on, "Forever" found a second life in the third season of the Netflix series Elite.

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