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Chvrches frontwoman Lauren Mayberry has tried her hand as a music critic, taking the time to write a review of Warpaint's new album.
The California four-piece released their critically-acclaimed self-titled second album this week to rave reviews, with Mayberry joining in the chorus of admiration to heap praise upon the LP.
"I love the feel of it," she wrote in The Talkhouse. "There is atmosphere. There is ambience. The shoegaze elements of previous material are alive and well (enhanced by Flood's production and the touches added by Nigel Godrich), exemplified through the Bat For Lashes-esque vocal of 'Biggy', the woozy, Moog’ed-up shoegaze of pre-album single 'Love Is to Die', and the synth-heavy, downtempo 'Teese'."
Mayberry concludes: "The final, overarching thing that I love about Warpaint is that they took just as long as they needed to put it out. One can only imagine the cries of, 'But that’s career SUICIDE!' when it was announced that a follow-up to The Fool wouldn’t come out within the industry standard 12-24 months. Yet the band wrote, recorded and delivered the record on the timetable that they felt comfortable with, and I respect the hell out of that.
"If only there were more musicians in the world willing to be as brave and uncompromising."
Listen to the album in full below
Warpaint will be taking the album on the road for a string of UK dates:
WED Jan 22 - LONDON, UK - Elektrowerks
THU Jan 23 - BRIGHTON, UK — Brighton Dome Concert Hall
SAT Jan 25 - OXFORD, UK — O2 Academy
TUE Feb 18 - LONDON, UK — KOKO
WED Feb 19 - LEEDS, UK — O2 Academy
THU Feb 20 - LIVERPOOL, UK — O2 Academy
FRI Feb 21 - BRISTOL, UK — O2 Academy
SAT June 07 - LONDON, UK — Field Day
Chvrches meanwhile, will be embarking on a UK tour in March:
Dublin Academy (March 5)
Newcastle Academy (March 7)
Glasgow Barrowland (March 8)
Leeds Met Uni (March 9)
Birmingham Institute (March 10)
Cambridge Junction (March 12)
Cardiff Uni Solus (March 13)
London Forum (March 14)
Tickets to all shows are on sale now. For more information visit Gigwise gig tickets.
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