Lauren Mayberry

Lauren Mayberry (born 1987) is an Scottish musician, singer, songwriter and writer. She is best known as the lead vocalist of the electronic music band Chvrches. In March 2013, they released Recover EP. Their debut studio album The Bones of What You Believe was released on 20 September 2013.

Biography
Mayberry completed a four-year law degree followed by a Masters in Journalism. This led her into a career in freelance journalism for several years prior to music. She played the piano since she was a kid and drums since she was a teenager. From age 15 until 22, she played drums in various bands. Prior to Chvrches, Mayberry was involved in two local bands, Boyfriend/Girlfriend and Blue Sky Archives. On Blue Sky Archives, she was a vocalist and played the drums and keyboards. As a member of Blue Sky Archives, Mayberry also covered the Rage Against the Machine song, "Killing in the Name", which was released as a single.

In September 2011, Iain Cook, who would later form Chvrches, produced Blue Sky Archives' Triple A​-​Side EP. Cook started a new project with his friend Martin Doherty and asked Mayberry to sing on a couple of demos. They wrote together for seven or eight months in a basement studio in Glasgow. Cook, Mayberry and Doherty decided to form a new band after the sessions proved to be successful. The band chose the name Chvrches, using a Roman "v" to distinguish themselves from actual churches on internet searches.

Discography

 * With Chvrches


 * With Blue Sky Archives
 * Blue Sky Archives EP (2010)
 * Plural EP (2011)
 * Triple A​-​Side EP (2012)