CHVRCHES just shared a beautiful new version of their Every Open Eye track “Down Side of Me” this morning. This stripped-down version will be part of the 7-Inches for Planned Parenthood project benefiting the charity Planned Parenthood. The track also includes a new music video directed by actress Kristen Stewart.

In a press release, Lauren Mayberry said, “‘Down Side of Me’ was not written specifically for this project but I really like how the lyrics can be interpreted in a way that supports the goal of the project as a whole. We should all be able to have faith that our governments are working in our best interests—and if they aren’t then, they should be challenged and held to account. ‘I’ll believe that you’re all that you said you would be.’”

“We have always tried to be socially aware and to link in with organizations whose work we support. Planned Parenthood is an incredibly important resource for so many women (and men) in America and the fact that Planned Parenthood has come under so much fire in the current political climate does not sit well with us. Now is not the time to stay quiet, and if artists want to help by raising money or awareness for causes that we believe in, then I think that they should.”

Watch the stirring video below.


“Down Side of Me” is available now digitally from iTunes and Spotify. Click here to pre-order the 7-Inches for Planned Parenthood vinyl box set. Planned Parenthood will receive 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the box set and streaming listens.

Marvel Entertainment’s third episode of The Mighty Captain Marvel features “Keep You On My Side” by CHVRCHES! This series of videos aims to reach comic book fans about this exciting new superhero through commentary from the creators. Watch the video below to learn more about Carol Danver’s return as The Mighty Captain Marvel and take in the music from our superheroes CHVRCHES.

The Mighty Captain Marvel #4 is available now at your local comic book stores and digitally through Marvel.

CHVRCHES’ lead singer Lauren Mayberry has narrated a children’s story for a special Record Store Day release by Waxploitation Records called Stories for Ways and Means. Mayberry narrated the story “Penelope and the Succulent” by John Vanderslice.

Stories for Ways and Means was originally printed as a book of original children’s stories to benefit children’s literacy organizations worldwide. This collection of children’s stories narrated by artists, musicians and other personalities are now available on 12” colored vinyl with a limited pressing of 2,000. A full track list along with narrators follows.

Track List

Side A
1. The Next Big Thing by Gibby Haynes (Excerpt Narrated by Zach
Galifianakis)
2. Doug the Bug by Frank Black (Narrated by Danny Devito)
3. The Old Oak Tree by Laura Marling (Narrated by Lauren Lapkus)
4. Fishing with Music by Amadou Bagayoko (Narrated by D.R.A.M.)
5. Right on Rosie by Spencer Krug (Narrated by Spencer Krug)
6. Me and Matt’s Golden Husks by Justin Vernon (Narrated by Nick
Offerman)

Side B
1. The Chickadees of Highway 3 by Jason Lytle (Narrated by Jason Lytle)
2. Penelope and the Succulent by John Vanderslice (Narrated by Lauren
Mayberry)
3. La Bañerita by Devendra Banhart (Narrated by Lizzo)
4. A Boy Named Tim by Elliphant (Narrated by Kumail Nanjiani)
5. How to Escape from a Wasp by Micachu (Narrated by King Krule)
6. The Lonely Giant by Nick Cave (Narrated by Andre Royo)
7. The Very Tall Tree by Gary Numan (Narrated by Gary Numan)
8. Marglytta (Jellyfish) by Örvar Smárason (Narrated by Örvar Smárason)
9. Little Hollywood by Satomi Matsuzaki (Narrated by Satomi Matsuzaki)
10. Wishing Well Fountain by Alison Mosshart (Narrated by Alison Mosshart)
11. Oslo and Plum by Jim James (Narrated by Phil LaMarr)

Yesterday CHVRCHES teased a new music video directed by Kristen Stewart for a new recording of their track “Down Side of Me”. The track will be a part of the 7-Inches for Planned Parenthood project benefiting Planned Parenthood. Watch the teaser below and check back next Friday, April 28th for a full version of the video.

Oxfam’s benefit compilation album Stand As One – Live at Glastonbury from Glastonbury 2016 will be released by Parlophone Records on limited edition gatefold vinyl for Record Store Day 2017 at select indie record shops in the UK this Saturday, April 22, 2017. Profits from the album will go exclusively to Oxfam’s refugee crisis appeal and the Jo Cox Fund.

This 12" colored double vinyl set includes live performances from Glastonbury 2016 by artists including CHVRCHES, Coldplay, Muse, Foals, Sigur Rós, The Last Shadow Puppets, Wolf Alice, Laura Mvula, Jamie Lawson, John Grant, Jack Garratt, Two Door Cinema Club, The 1975, Editors, Years & Years and Fatboy Slim with more!

Yesterday more news was revealed about the project Kristen Stewart recently worked on with CHVRCHES for Planned Parenthood. CHVRCHES recorded a song and made a special video directed by Stewart for a compilation of 7” singles to support a project dubbed 7-Inches for Planned Parenthood. Singles will be released digitally in batches during the coming weeks along with a vinyl box set.

An all-star list of contributors for this project including musicians, authors, comedians and more can be seen in the poster above. A statement about this project from 7-Inches follows.

“Lawmakers with extreme views are working hard to shut down Planned Parenthood. If they succeed, millions of Americans will lose access to basic health services, including STD testing and treatment, birth control, and life-saving cancer screenings.

7-inches for Planned Parenthood is a response to this threat. This curated series of 7-inch vinyl records is being made by a group of people who believe that access to health care is a public good that should be fiercely protected. Do we know there’s a joke in the name? We do. We hope the title evokes the rich history of 7-inch vinyl records as a medium for protest music and resistance.

Planned Parenthood will receive 100% of the proceeds from the sale of this 7-inch box set and streaming listens. We see this initiative as the start of something bigger, and hope it will inspire both contributors and listeners to continue to seek out ways to stand with Planned Parenthood and other institutions that are so vital to us all.”

For more information on this project visit 7-Inches for Planned Parenthood and read how the project came to be from The Creative Independent. Presale information coming soon.