Before Lauren Mayberry joined band mates Iain Cook and Martin Doherty on stage at Glastonbury Festival this past weekend the lead singer of CHVRCHES volunteered some of her time to hand out water for the Toilets Save Lives campaign by WaterAid UK.

One in three people worldwide do not have access to a toilet and clean water which can lead to the spread of deadly diseases. Visit WaterAid UK’s website for more information about this campaign and sign their petition to world leaders to keep their promises of providing toilets and clean water to every human.

Hrishikesh Hirway sat down with Martin Doherty, Lauren Mayberry and Iain Cook of CHVRCHES at SXSW this past March to break down their hit single “Clearest Blue” for the latest episode of the Song Exploder podcast. A very interesting discussion about CHVRCHES breaking their own rules to writing and how this song was put together piece by piece. Listen to parts of the original demo and how this song went from two simple chords to an all-out banger.

On a recent break in New York City CHVRCHES’ lead singer Lauren Mayberry stopped by the How to Be Amazing podcast for a chat with Michael Ian Black. An excellent discussion including life in Glasgow versus New York City, the origins of CHVRCHES and their recording process, feminism and the Mayberry founded collective TYCI, performance anxiety and a lifesaving TED Talk, success and more! Listen to this podcast in full below.

CHVRCHES will return to Atlanta this September to perform at Music Midtown. This annual two-day music festival at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia is scheduled for September 17-18, 2016. Take a look at the great lineup listed on the poster above and grab your tickets this week!

Tickets on sale this Friday, June 24th at 10 AM ET via the festival’s website or join the Music Midtown e-list for pre-sale access happening now.

Yesterday Glastonbury Festival announced a 2016 live compilation album to support Oxfam’s refugee campaign in memory of British MP and former Oxfam activist Jo Cox who was murdered last week. The album, titled Oxfam Presents: Stand As One – Live at Glastonbury 2016 will include one live song recorded from this week’s Glastonbury sets from 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 to come. An excerpt from Glastonbury’s press release follows.

“The album is part of Oxfam’s new campaign, to put pressure on world leaders to welcome more refugees, to prevent families from being separated and to keep people fleeing their homes safe from harm. All Parlophone’s profits from the album will go to Oxfam’s refugee crisis appeal, providing life-saving essentials like food, water and sanitation.”

This special live album is available for pre-order now to be released digitally July 11th and on CD August 12th. Click here to pre-order now.

Last night during CHVRCHES and Death Cab for Cutie’s co-headlining show at the Volvo Car Stadium in Charleston, South Carolina CHVRCHES’ Lauren Mayberry joined the latter on stage and took the lead for their song “Brothers on a Hotel Bed”. Mayberry’s vocals fit the song beautifully as if she had been singing with them for years. Watch this amazing performance below.

Prior to CHVRCHES and Death Cab for Cutie’s co-heading tour both lead singers Lauren Mayberry and Ben Gibbard called in for a chat on the Talkhouse Music Podcast. An intriguing chat about life on the road, the music scenes in Glasgow and Seattle, songwriting and their current co-headlining tour. Listen to this interesting and insightful music chat below.

Northeastern Mexico get ready because CHVRCHES are headed your way this October! CHVRCHES will play Live Out Monterrey on Saturday, October 1st at Parque Fundidora in Monterrey, Mexico. Check out the amazing lineup in the poster above and get your tickets later this week.

Tickets will be available via Ticketmaster. Presale begins on Thursday, June 16th and public sale will start on Saturday, June 18th.

A new episode of the TYCI Podcast is here! Episode 5: Lindy West at Glasgow Women’s Library is an excellent recording from TYCI’s event earlier this month with writer and performer Lindy West. Kate Bailey hosted this discussion at Glasgow Women’s Library with Lindy in celebration of her new book, Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman. Click here to listen now.

As always some great discussions and for those unfamiliar with TYCI click here to learn more about this collective run by women.

CHVRCHES have announced the release of a new extended edition of their sophomore album Every Open Eye due out July 29, 2016 via Virgin EMI/Goodbye Records. Along with the original 11 tracks, this extended edition will include three bonus tracks from the previously released deluxe edition of the album, three remixes from their Record Store Day 2016 release and two new songs, “Warning Call”, the theme from the new game Mirror’s Edge Catalyst and the new version of “Bury It” featuring Hayley Williams of Paramore. A full tracklisting can be found below.

Pre-orders are being taken now via Virgin EMI for £10.

Every Open Eye (Extended Edition) tracklist:

 1. Never Ending Circles
 2. Leave A Trace
 3. Keep You On My Side
 4. Make Them Gold
 5. Clearest Blue
 6. High Enough To Carry You Over
 7. Empty Threat
 8. Down Side Of Me
 9. Playing Dead
10. Bury It
11. Afterglow
12. Get Away
13. Follow You
14. Bow Down
15. Warning Call (Theme from Mirror’s Edge Catalyst)
16. Bury It (feat. Hayley Williams of Paramore)
17. Leave A Trace (Four Tet Remix)
18. Empty Threat (Big Wild Remix)
19. Clearest Blue (Gryffin Remix)