After five amazing years, TYCI have called it a day. Founded by Lauren Mayberry, this collective run by women created, discussed and promoted numerous things including live events in Glasgow, a live radio show, podcasts, zines and more in support of equality in music and in everyday life. Although we’re sad to see them go we all enjoyed and learned many things from TYCI.

Read their announcement above and if you’re in the Glasgow area head over to their last event this coming Tuesday, September 26th featuring Lazy Day at The Hug and Pint. Thank you to all the wonderful ladies involved with TYCI.

Earlier today Entertainment Weekly premiered CHVRCHES’ cover song of Tegan and Sara’s “Call It Off” for the upcoming album The Con X: Covers which is due out October 20th. Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook and Martin Doherty have done it again with another beautiful cover. Much longer than the original, this ambient interpretation will have you feeling like you’re floating in the clouds above. Give it a listen and let us know what you think in the comments below.

“Lauren [Mayberry of CHVRCHES] was one of the first artists we approached for The Con X: Covers project,” Tegan Quin told EW of the track. “We are massive fans of CHVRCHES and the music they make. Lauren is an ally to the LGBTQ community and has been outspoken and political, so she fit the ethos of the project perfectly. CHVRCHES are in the studio making a new record, so we were touched they made the time to cover ‘Call It Off.’”

Pre-order The Con X: Covers tomorrow from teganandsara.com and receive an instant download of CHVRCHES’ cover of “Call It Off”.

Yesterday, Tegan and Sara announced the artists who will be covering songs from their album The Con in celebration of its 10th anniversary. This amazing list of artists includes CHVRCHES, MUNA, Shura, PVRIS, Bleachers, Hayley Williams, Grimes, Cyndi Lauper and more. See the full tracklist below.

Proceeds will go to the Tegan and Sara Foundation which supports self-identified women and girls in the LGBTQ community. In the announcement the duo stated, “We asked 14 artists who were either outspoken allies of the LGTBQ community or LGBTQ themselves to each cover a song from The Con. We encouraged each artist to approach the song they were covering in any fashion they saw fit.”

CHVRCHES will be covering “Call It Off”.


Pre-orders for The Con X: Covers will begin on Tuesday, September 19 via teganandsara.com. The album is due out October 20th on CD and digital streaming while a vinyl edition is scheduled for release on December 22nd.

CD and Vinyl Tracklisting:

1. Ruth B. – I Was Married
2. MUNA – Relief Next to Me
3. Shura – The Con
4. Mykki Blanco – Knife Going In
5. PVRIS – Are You Ten Years Ago
6. Ryan Adams – Back in Your Head
7. City and Colour – Hop a Plane
8. Kelly Lee Owens – Soil, Soil
9. Bleachers – Burn Your Life Down
10. Hayley Williams of Paramore – Nineteen
11. Sara Bareilles – Floorplan
12. Shamir – Like O, Like H
13. Trashique (GRIMES X HANA) – Dark Come Soon
14. CHVRCHES – Call it Off

Digital Bonus Tracks:

15. Cyndi Lauper – Back in Your Head (Bonus Track)
16. Bleached – One Second (Bonus Track)
17. Vivek Shraya – I Take All the Blame (Bonus Track)
18. Tegan and Sara – Miami Still (Bonus Track Demo)

Lauren Mayberry will be celebrating the big 3-0 this year on October 7, 2017 and we would like to help make this birthday a special one. With CHVRCHES busy recording a new album and not on the road we came up with the idea of a sending a group birthday card to Lauren via email.

Click here to sign this online card and wish Lauren happy birthday with text, your signature and even a small photo. Registration is not required however an email address is needed when signing the card for the purpose of user authentication. To begin, select the ‘next’ button until you arrive at the next available blank page so you don’t write on someone else’s page and then select ‘Sign the Card’ to being your entry. Please make sure your text is complete before submitting as it can't be edited later on. The video below is a demonstration of how to navigate the site for your submission. If you have any issues submitting please let us know and will happily try to help out.

Thank you for helping us make Lauren’s 30th birthday a special one.

Earlier this year CHVRCHES’ lead singer Lauren Mayberry and actor Justin Long visited the Girls Home in Granada, Nicaragua. Seeing the difficulties others face in this world is rather eye-opening but when we come together as people to help others these experiences can be very heartwarming.

Watch the new video below produced by Rachel Collingwood and Andrew Sutton capturing these moments from this visit by Mayberry and Long. To learn more and how you can help, please visit the Girls Home.