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		<title>Chvrches Release New Single &#8216;Good Girls&#8217; and Announce 2022 UK Tour</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2021 10:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Luiza Dyjasek]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scottish synth-pop band Chvrches shared the new track &#8220;Good Girls&#8221; from their forthcoming third album &#8220;Screen Violence&#8220;. The new release is a follow up after recent singles: &#8220;He Said She Said&#8221; and &#8220;How Not To Drown&#8220;. &#8220;Good Girls&#8221; has been premiered as Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1 yesterday (12th July). Lauren Mayberry commented on [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Scottish synth-pop band Chvrches shared the new track &#8220;<em>Good Girls</em>&#8221; from their forthcoming third album &#8220;<em>Screen Violence</em>&#8220;.</span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">The new release is a follow up after recent singles: &#8220;<em>He Said She Said</em>&#8221; and &#8220;<em>How Not To Drown</em>&#8220;. &#8220;<em>Good Girls</em>&#8221; has been premiered as Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1 yesterday (12th July). Lauren Mayberry commented on the song &#8220;<em>It feels like a churchy song in terms of a lot of the sounds and structure of it</em>&#8221; with a &#8220;<em>darker things</em>&#8221; sneaked into a pop song. The full interview can listen <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000xrm9" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">&#8216;Good Girls&#8217; is tonight&#8217;s Hottest Record! <a href="https://twitter.com/CHVRCHES?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CHVRCHES</a> caught up with <a href="https://twitter.com/anniemacmanus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@anniemacmanus</a> to talk more about the track and upcoming album &#8216;Screen Violence&#8217;</p>
<p>Listen back to <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCSounds?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BBCSounds</a> now to hear the full chat <a href="https://t.co/2Qb1F2ABtR">pic.twitter.com/2Qb1F2ABtR</a></p>
<p>— BBC Radio 1 (@BBCR1) <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCR1/status/1414663075140149252?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2021</a></p></blockquote>
<p><script src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" async="" charset="utf-8"></script><span data-preserver-spaces="true">In a statement, Mayberry added: “<em>Women have to constantly justify their right to exist and negotiate for their own space. We’re told that Bad Things don’t happen to Good Girls. That if you curate yourself to fit the ideal – keep yourself small and safe and acceptable – you will be alright, and it’s just not fucking true</em>.”</span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">“<em>The opening line (</em></span><em><span data-preserver-spaces="true">killing your idols is a chore</span></em><span data-preserver-spaces="true"><em>) was something I wrote after listening to some friends arguing about the present day implications of loving certain problematic male artists – I was struck by the lengths that people would go to in order to excuse their heroes and how that was so juxtaposed to my own experiences in the world</em>&#8221; she commented.</span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Watch listen to &#8220;<em>Good Girls</em>&#8221; below.</span><br />
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<span data-preserver-spaces="true">The Chvrches upcoming album &#8220;<em>Screen Violence</em>&#8221; is due on 27th August via EMI Records (UK) and Glassnote (US) and can be preordered <a href="https://shop.emi.com/chvrches/?utm_umguk=chvrch.es%2F&amp;utm_campaign=Chvrches20210602&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_medium=genericlink&amp;utm_source=OriginalLink" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Alongside the new release, the band also announced their UK 2022 Tour. Tickets will be available from 23rd July at 9:30 am BST and can be purchased <a href="https://chvrch.es/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">You can also watch them at Splendour XR, a virtual music festival that will take place on 24-25th July 2021. Tickets and more info can be found <a href="https://www.universe.com/events/splendour-xr-gbp-tickets-MR58V3?ref=tm_uk_marketing_shell_event" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">See UK Tour dates below:</span></p>
<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">14/03/22 – Corn Exchange &#8211; Edinburgh<br />
</span>15/03 – O2 City Hall &#8211; New Castle<br />
16/03 – O2 Academy Brixton &#8211; London<br />
18/03 – O2 Academy &#8211; Birmingham<br />
19/03 – O2 Apollo &#8211; Manchester</p>
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