Lauren Mayberry (of CHVRCHES)

Photo by Charlotte Patmore

Something that comes up quite a bit on this podcast is how particular the job of a musician is. It’s easy to focus on the sold-out shows and the admiration of fans across the world, but let’s take a sec here to really pinpoint what happens: musicians are people who go into rooms to write down how they feel, and the longer their careers go the more depth they have to utilize to achieve this task. It’s something we don’t often think about when it comes to the mechanisms and how just the sheer mental weight of doing such a thing….is actually kind of insane. These aspects of songwriting were heavily on the mind of today's guest: Lauren Mayberry, the frontwoman of Scottish synth-pop band, CHVRCHES. Both while working on the upcoming fifth CHVRCHES album and her recently released solo album, Vicious Creature. Her solo album contains so many multitudes of what it’s like to be a human being, especially one dealing with grief, anger, sadness, and the persistent desire to dance above all. We chat about all that and crucially: why does Lauren continue to write music?

After you hear the episode, be sure to check out Lauren’s track Crocodile Tears on the official New Exchange Playlist. Also, be sure to follow Lauren Mayberry on Spotify and Instagram.