CHVRCHES by Jess Gleeson
CHVRCHES will release it on October 13th.
CHVRCHES have announced a 10th anniversary reissue of their debut album The Bones Of What You Believe.
“It feels quite strange that Bones is almost a decade old,” Lauren Mayberry said. “In some ways, it’s like it just happened, but also like that era was a lifetime ago. We are very grateful to all the fans who gave that album a special place in their heart, and still show us so much kindness today.”
Four previously unheard songs will accompany the special edition – the first of which, Manhattan, is streaming online now.
The announcement of the Special Edition is accompanied by the release of ‘Manhattan’, the first in a series of previously unheard songs recorded during the making of the album.
“In late Summer 2011, Martin and I got together after having talked about doing so for a few years and started throwing down some synth-based ideas in my studio on the south side of Glasgow,” Iain Cook added.
Manhattan was the fourth idea we worked on together. It was the first time we messed around with sampling and chopping up our vocals which would go on to become one of the hallmarks of the band’s sound. Lyrically, we were playing around with pretty abstract apocalyptic imagery – in this case the Manhattan Project. This was right around the time we asked Lauren to come into the studio to try out some additional vocals.