Chvrches share lyrics for incoming new single ‘Over’

Chvrches gave their new single ‘Over’ its live debut while opening for Coldplay last week – check out the footage below.The Scottish trio are supporting the Chris Martin-fronted band on their current run of ‘Music Of The Spheres’ stadium shows in São Paulo, Brazil.During the first gig of the stint last Friday (March 10), Chvrches played a 10-track set that included the first airing of their 2023 standalone single.“We are so grateful to be on these shows with [Coldplay],” frontwoman Lauren Mayberry told the crowd. “This is our first show opening for them and our first time ever in Brazil, so thank you very much for having us.”She continued: “This next song is a brand new song that we put out, and we’ve never played it live before.

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Chvrches have spoken to NME about their new single ‘Over’, the “pressure” of stepping up to play stadiums with Coldplay, and how they’re preparing to mark their 10th year together as a band.The Scottish trio – comprising Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook and Martin Doherty – released the anthemic standalone track last Friday (February 24) before confirming three UK headline dates for this summer.“It’s sort of like a little miniature era between [2021 album] ‘Screen Violence’ and whatever the next year ends up being,” Mayberry told NME of ‘Over’, which was helmed by Swedish producer Oscar Holter (The Weeknd, Coldplay and BTS, Charli XCX).“I guess normally we kind of strictly abide by the album format and the album campaign format, and we’ll collect songs over the course of months and years, and then make a record.”While pointing to a yet-to-be-determined future, ‘Over’ harks back to the classic Chvrches sound as Mayberry seeks an escape from a period of personal turmoil (“It’s getting harder to breathe/ So, baby, put me to sleep/ ‘Til it gets better). This widescreen pop style, coupled with a narrative-led approach to writing lyrics, meant the song “didn’t feel right” for ‘Screen Violence’ – an LP that provided commentary on the horrors of modern society and our increasingly digital world.“It seemed a bit stupid to sit on it for an indeterminate amount of time until we’re ready to work on the next thing,” Mayberry told NME of the reasoning behind dropping the tune now.“So we kind of figured we would free ourselves from the self-imposed album cycle rules and just put the song out because we have it, and we’ve got loads more touring to do this year.

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Chvrches are back with a new song, ‘Over’ – check it out below.The track, which the band has been teasing for the last couple of weeks, is their first new song for over a year. They then shared the lyrics for the song, saying that it serves as “a brief reprieve from the horrors of CHV4 [their fourth album, 2021’s ‘Screen Violence’]”, adding: “We finished a new song and couldn’t wait to share it with you.”Now, the Scottish trio have said of ‘Over’: “’Over’ is a song that we wrote with Oscar Holter, a producer we really respect and admire.

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Chvrches have shared another teaser for their upcoming new single ‘Over’, as well as announcing its release date.The Scottish synth-pop trio posted the first snippet of the song on social media last Thursday (February 9). “OVER – Coming 2023,” they wrote at the time alongside a pre-save/pre-add link.Yesterday (February 14), Chvrches uploaded a second clip that sees frontwoman Lauren Mayberry listening back to another part of the track.

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