NEW YORK (AP) — Lauren Mayberry, frontwoman of the Scottish synth-pop band CHVRCHES, liberates herself from preconceptions on a punchy debut solo album, “Vicious Creature.” Mayberry’s striking voice ...

Lauren Mayberry of the Scottish synthpop band Chvrches says she wanted the songs on her debut solo album, “Vicious Creatures,” to be personal, but the emotions that surfaced still caught her by ...

The singer and songwriter has fronted the Glaswegian band for 13 years. Next month, she’s going solo on “Vicious Creature,” an ambitious and emotional pop odyssey. The singer and songwriter has ...

There are many reasons a band’s singer goes solo—tensions within the group, the desire to make records that are more personal, the need to make the important decisions yourself. Sometimes, as when ...

With “Crocodile Tears,” Mayberry gave herself permission to dismiss the boundaries of expected behavior. Written with Matthew Koma and Ethan Gruska, the track finds the singer playing a character who ...

Lauren Mayberry has spent more than a decade as the lead singer of the beloved Scottish synthpop band Chvrches. Now she begins another chapter. Today she released her debut solo album, called "Vicious ...

Lauren Mayberry’s Vicious Creature marks a compelling recalibration for an artist who has spent the past decade as one of the most captivating voices in modern synth-pop. As the frontwoman of CHVRCHES ...

In July 2023, Lauren Mayberry took the first step towards building her musical identity on her own as she announced plans to move away from Chvrches for a while. What followed was a string of singles ...