Lauren Mayberry
Birth name Lauren Eve Mayberry
Born 7 October 1987
Glasgow, Scotland
Origin Thornhill, Stirling, Scotland
Genres
Synth-pop indie pop pop indietronica
Occupation(s)
Singer songwriter journalist
Instruments
Vocals drums keyboards
Mayberry has played the piano since she was a child and drums since she was a teenager.
Mayberry attended Beaconhurst School, an independent school in Bridge of Allan. After completing a four-year undergraduate law degree at the University of Strathclyde, she earned a Masters in Journalism in 2010. This led her into a career in freelance journalism and production running. From 2009-2010 she was a contributor to the UK music website The Line of Best Fit.
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. In 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 of Aereogramme and The Unwinding Hours 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.
In 2013, the band signed to Glassnote Records after releasing the tracks, “Lies” and “The Mother We Share” in 2012. Their debut EP, Recover, was released in 2013. The band released their debut album, The Bones of What You Believe, on 20 September 2013.
Mayberry has collaborated with artists such as Death Cab For Cutie,[18] Bleachers, The National, and lead singer of Paramore, Hayley Williams.
Mayberry currently resides in New York City.
Mayberry and actor Justin Long have engaged in multiple philanthropic activities together, including hosting a holiday variety show charity fundraiser at The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles and travelling together to Nicaragua to visit a women’s shelter. In 2017, they were photographed at the Tribeca Film Festival after-party sitting together in a booth, which fueled speculation from The Sun, citing an unnamed source, that the two were a couple. In May 2018, The Guardian identified Long as Mayberry’s boyfriend. Mayberry has since suggested that these claims are false. During an interview with Rolling Stone in 2018, Lauren intimated that she is single.
Discography
Mayberry performing with Chvrches at Hollywood Forever in Los Angeles, 2016.
With Boyfriend/Girlfriend
Kill Music EP (2007)
Optimism EP (2008)
With Blue Sky Archives
Blue Sky Archives EP (2010)
Plural EP (2011)
“Killing in the Name” (2011)
Triple A-Side EP (2012)
With Chvrches
Main article: Chvrches discography
The Bones of What You Believe (2013)
Every Open Eye (2015)
Love Is Dead (2018)
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