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)

Australian radio station Triple J has had a plethora of great musicians come through their studio for their weekly series “Like A Version”. During these appearances, each guest performs an original song and a song they love by someone else. Since 2005 compilations of these cover songs have been released in Australia but now for the very first time one will be made available in North America due out September 22, 2017 via Metropolitan Groove Merchants titled Like A Version according to Pitchfork.

This special release of cover songs from the past few years will include CHVRCHES’ Arctic Monkeys cover of “Do I Wanna Know?” and Robert Delong’s CHVRCHES cover of “The Mother We Share”. Check out both covers and a full tracklist below.




Like a Version Tracklist:

01 Tame Impala: “Confide in Me” - Kylie Minogue
02 Flume: “My Boo” - Ghost Town DJs
03 Mark Ronson: “I Sat By the Ocean” - Queens of the Stone Age
04 CHVRCHES: “Do I Wanna Know” - Arctic Monkeys
05 Chet Faker: “(Lover) You Don’t Treat Me No Good” - Sonia Dada
06 Ben Folds: “Such Great Heights” - The Postal Service
07 John Butler Trio: “Happy” - Pharrell Williams
08 Meg Mac: “Bridges” - Broods
09 Bon Iver: “Coming Down” - Anaiis Mitchell
10 Mumford & Sons: “Unfinished Business” - White Lies
11 Boy & Bear: “Back to Black” - Amy Winehouse
12 Cub Sport: “Ultralight Beam” - Kanye West
13 Broods: “One Dance” - Drake
14 Robert DeLong: “The Mother We Share” - CHVRCHES
15 James Vincent McMorrow: “West Coast” - Lana Del Rey
16 San Cisco: “Get Lucky” - Daft Punk
17 DMA's: “Believe” - Cher
18 City & Color: “Settle Down” - Kimbra
19 The Jezabels: “Don’t Stop Believing” - Journey
20 Ásgeir: “Stolen Dance” - Milky Chance
21 Catfish & The Bottlemen: “Read My Mind” - The Killers

A Fender Paramount guitar that was played by Jack Antonoff of Bleachers at The Ally Coalition’s 3rd annual talent show this past December and signed by Jack, Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHES, Lorde, Andrew Dost and Jordan Carlos is up for auction. All proceeds will benefit The Ally Coalition in support of the LGBTQ community.

Click here to bid now and own a piece of music history. Watch a fun group sing along below from that evening covering Fleetwood Mac’s “Go Your Own Way”. Note, a different guitar was played for the song in this video.

We’re back with our second annual Lauren Mayberry top ten moments of the year and just like last year this was considerably difficult to narrow down our list to just ten. We had such a hard time that we actually have ten plus one which we will call 10B for a bonus. Certainly, a memorable year including highlights from CHVRCHES, TYCI, awards, cover songs, philanthropy and more! Without further ado continue reading below to see our Lauren Mayberry top ten moments of 2016.

10B. Enjoying some free time in the big apple after CHVRCHES wrapped up their tour Lauren appeared on Greg Barris’ variety show “Heart of Darkness” in November. During the show Lauren was interviewed by Greg and also covered songs by Don Henley, Ben Folds Five and Miley Cyrus.








10A. TYCI was a little quieter in 2016 but they were honored as part of the inaugural We Got Tickets INDIE50. This influential list of 50 winners were recognized as the best in the UK’s independent and local music scenes. Keep any eye on TYCI in 2017 for the relaunch of their zine and more!

9. During a stretch of five co-headlining shows between CHVRCHES and Death Cab for Cutie in June, Lauren twice joined the latter on stage for “Brothers on a Hotel Bed” and reprised this song once again at Firefly Festival. Also of interest, proceeds from the show in Charlotte were pledged to LGBT rights organizations Freedom Center for Social Justice and Southerners On New Ground (SONG) in response to North Carolina’s discriminatory bathroom law, House Bill 2, otherwise known as the “bathroom bill”.


8. In May, CHVRCHES released a new track called “Warning Call” for the theme song of the video game Mirror’s Edge Catalyst. We’re still crossing our fingers to hear this one played live someday.


7. In December, Lauren participated in The Ally Coalition’s third annual talent show to benefit LGBTQ homeless youth in New York City. During the show, Lauren covered songs by Joni Mitchell and Katy Perry followed by a fun group sing along to Fleetwood Mac’s “Go Your Own Way”.






6. CHVRCHES’ “Clearest Blue” music video made its debut on MTV February 19th. A beautiful video directed by Warren Fu.


5. CHVRCHES’ philanthropy continued with support for WaterAid and Oxfam Stand As One campaigns. Contributions included a CHVRCHES limited edition water bottle and a live compilation album recorded at Glastonbury Festival.

4. CHVRCHES reunited with Hayley Williams of Paramore for “Bury It”. Back in March CHVRCHES joined Paramore on the Parahoy cruise, reprised the performance once again at Bonnaroo in June and then became animated super heroes in the official music video created by artist friend Jamie McKelvie with animation by Mighty Nice.




3. CHVRCHES’ Every Open Eye was nominated for the SAY Award longlist and shortlist. Although we certainly thought they were going to win it this time heartbreakingly they didn’t. Martin Doherty’s father was on hand to accept the shortlist nomination while the band was on the road touring.

2. Lauren Mayberry and Denise Mina spearheaded a fundraiser for Glasgow Rape Crisis Centre’s 40th anniversary. Funds are being raised to cut waiting lists and increase drop-in sessions to help victims of sexual abuse receive the support they need.

1. Our number one Lauren Mayberry moment of 2016 was CHVRCHES’ homecoming gig at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow. Speaking to the Daily Record, Martin Doherty said, “We used to drive back from the studio on the southside and we would see it and joke about doing it on album two. I’d like to stress that we were joking. It wasn’t like we had that masterplan. Maybe in the back of our minds it was a proper dream.” Iain Cook added, “The prevailing sentiment is pride. Getting to play to that many people in your hometown is humbling. If you had said to us three or four years ago, that we would be playing a venue that size in our hometown, we wouldn’t have believed it.” Well dreams do sometimes come true and Glasgow certainly welcomed their hometown heroes to a near capacity crowd at the SSE Hydro on April 2, 2016.

Thank you for all the great memories, your philanthropy and all your hard work Lauren! We say it a lot but you do truly inspire all of us in many ways. With a memorable year coming to a close we now look forward to 2017.

Two nights ago, an all-star cast of performers gathered at Webster Hall in New York City for The Ally Coalition’s 3rd annual talent show raising over $100,000 for New Alternatives’ work to support homeless LGBTQ youth in New York City. Performers included Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHES, Bleachers, Lorde, Carly Rae Jepsen, Kesha, Lena Dunham, Hasan Minhaj, Charli XCX, Mike Birbiglia, Andrew Dost, Jordan Carlos and hosted by Rachel Antonoff.

Watch Mayberry cover Joni Mitchell’s “A Case of You”, Katy Perry’s “Firework” and then closing out the evening with a fun group sing along to Fleetwood Mac’s “Go Your Own Way” below.

Watch the full onstage interview below followed by Lauren joining the band Mother of Three for covers of “The Boys Of Summer” by Don Henley, “Brick” by Ben Folds Five and “Wrecking Ball” by Miley Cyrus.








Thank you to Greg Barris for providing the videos to us from his show "Heart Of Darkness" on November 3, 2016.

CHVRCHES returned to the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge yesterday with a tremendous performance of their hit single “Bury It” followed by an emotional cover of “This Is What You Came For” by Calvin Harris and Rihanna with some help from the lovely Clara Amfo on keyboards. CHVRCHES don’t just cover songs, they CHVRCHIFY it with blissful synths and beautiful vocals. Watch a video of this cover below.

BBC Radio 1 has put together their annual compilation album of live lounge performances from 2015 which includes CHVRCHES’ cover of “What Do You Mean?” by Justin Bieber and Muse’s cover of “Lies” by CHVRCHES. The compilation album is now available as a 2 CD or 4 LP set at select online retailers. A full track listing is below.




Disc 1
1: Take Me To Church (ORIGINALLY BY HOZIER) - Ed Sheeran
2: Black Magic - Little Mix
3: FourFiveSeconds (ORIGINALLY BY RIHANNA & KANYE WEST & PAUL McCARTNEY) - James Bay
4: Hotline Bling (ORIGINALLY BY DRAKE) - Disclosure & Sam Smith
5: On My Mind - Ellie Goulding
6: Hold Back The River (ORIGINALLY BY JAMES BAY) - Ella Henderson
7: Ship To Wreck - Florence + The Machine
8: Let It Go / Umbrella (Medley)(ORIGINALLY BY JAMES BAY / RIHANNA FEAT. JAY - Z)
9: Earned It (ORIGINALLY BY THE WEEKND) - Years & Years
10: Up - Olly Murs Feat. Ella Eyre
11: Heartbeat Song - Kelly Clarkson
12: Lips Are Movin - Meghan Trainor
13: Firestone (ORIGINALLY BY KYGO FEAT. CONRAD SEWELL) - Birdy
14: King (ORIGINALLY BY YEARS & YEARS) - Nick Jonas
15: How Deep Is Your Love (ORIGINALLY BY CALVIN HARRIS & DISCIPLES) - Charlie Puth
16: What Do You Mean? (ORIGINALLY BY JUSTIN BIEBER) - CHVRCHES
17: Run Away With Me (ORIGINALLY BY CARLY RAE JEPSEN) - John Newman
18: Body On Me (ORIGINALLY BY RITA ORA FEAT. CHRIS BROWN) - Rudimental
19: Uptown Funk (ORIGINALLY BY MARK RONSON FEAT. BRUNO MARS) – Jungle

Disc 2
1: Lay Me Down (ORIGINALLY BY SAM SMITH) - Hozier
2: Blank Space / Stand By Me (Medley) (ORIGINALLY BY TAYLOR SWIFT / BEN E. KING) - Imagine Dragons
3: 2Shy (ORIGINALLY BY SHURA) - Mumford & Sons
4: Barcelona - George Ezra
5: Black Skinhead(ORIGINALLY BY KANYE WEST) - Catfish and the Bottlemen
6: Love Me Like You Do (ORIGINALLY BY ELLIE GOULDING) - Circa Waves
7: Cheerleader (ORIGINALLY BY OMI) - The Vaccines
8: Sing / Shake It Off / Uptown Funk (Medley)(ORIGINALLY BY ED SHEERAN / TAYLOR SWIFT / MARK RONSON FEAT. BRUNO MARS) - Kodaline
9: Where Are Ü Now (ORIGINALLY BY SKRILLEX & DIPLO WITH JUSTIN BIEBER) - Rixton
10: Lean On (ORIGINALLY BY MAJOR LAZER X DJ SNAKE FEAT. MØ) - The Maccabees
11: The Giver (ORIGINALLY BY DUKE DUMONT) - Mark Ronson Feat. Keyone Starr
12: Bad Blood (ORIGINALLY BY TAYLOR SWIFT FEAT. KENDRICK LAMAR) - Lucy Rose
13: Photograph (ORIGINALLY BY ED SHEERAN) - Foxes
14: Jealous (ORIGINALLY BY NICK JONAS) - Jessie Ware
15: Habits (Stay High) (ORIGINALLY BY TOVE LO) - Kygo Feat. Parson James
16: Heroes (We Could Be) (ORIGINALLY BY ALESSO FEAT. TOVE LO) - Mallory Knox
17: Bloodstream (ORIGINALLY BY ED SHEERAN & RUDIMENTAL) - Kwabs Feat. Stormzy
18: Thinking Out Loud (ORIGINALLY BY ED SHEERAN) - Wretch 32
19: Shutdown (ORIGINALLY BY SKEPTA) - Slaves
20: Lies (ORIGINALLY BY CHVRCHES) - Muse

Earlier today CHVRCHES stopped by the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge to promote their new album Every Open Eye which drops worldwide this Friday! Along with a performance of their lead single “Leave A Trace” from the new album they also covered Justin Bieber's "What Do You Mean?"


Bieber gave his seal of approval so hit that play button above and let us know what you think of CHVRCHES latest cover song.

@CHVRCHES great job

— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) September 23, 2015

Pre-order Every Open Eye at: http://chvrch.es/

Get tickets for CHVRCHES upcoming tour at: http://chvrch.es/shows/