Today, CHVRCHES have surprised fans with an expanded version of their critically-acclaimed UK #4 album, with Screen Violence: Director’s Cut, featuring three new songs, “Killer”, “Screaming” and “Bitter End”, available digitally via Glassnote (US).
Released two days ahead of Halloween as a thank you to fans for the phenomenal reception to Screen Violence, the Director's Cut continues a milestone era for the band and celebrates the spooky season deep within the cinematic universe that Screen Violence immerses itself in. “Screaming” and “Bitter End” face the disillusionment and fear that permeate the record head on, while the eerie darkness of “Killer” devilishly flips the script: “I turned into a killer / I’m insane / I’ll cry you a river / Down the drain / Are you entertained?”
On the new tracks, frontwoman Lauren Mayberry says “This album was thematically so different to previous CHVRCHES albums that it would have been rude of us to let Halloween come and go without injecting some more Screen Violence into it. 'Killer', 'Bitter End' and 'Screaming' were all started in 2020 and finished just after the album was released. As any good horror fan knows, just because the film ends, it doesn't mean the story does.”
Screen Violence: Director’s Cut also features previously released singles “He Said She Said”, “How Not To Drown” featuring one of the band’s musical heroes The Cure’s Robert Smith, and “Good Girls” which was later remixed by the iconic film director and legendary actor, screenwriter and composer John Carpenter. The official accompanying videos for these singles formed a lo-fi, nostalgic, and analogue-inspired trilogy directed by multi-disciplinary artist Scott Kiernan.
Screen Violence: Director’s Cut tracklisting
Asking For A Friend
He Said She Said
California
Violent Delights
How Not To Drown (ft. Robert Smith)
Final Girl
Good Girls
Lullabies
Nightmares
Better If You Don’t
Killer
Screaming
Bitter End
CHVRCHES will embark on an extensive North American tour beginning this November. Tickets are on sale now, visit www.chvrch.es for more information.
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:
11/09/21 Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall
11/10 - 11/12/21 Austin, TX - ACL Live
11/14/21 Dallas, TX - South Side Ballroom
11/15/21 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
11/17/21 Minneapolis, MN - Armory
11/18/21 Milwaukee, WI - The Riverside Theater
11/19/21 Chicago, IL - Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom
11/20/21 Columbus, OH - Express Live!
11/22/21 Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
11/23/21 Detroit, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre
11/24/21 Toronto, ON - History
11/26/21 New York, NY - Terminal 5
11/27/21 New York, NY - Terminal 5
11/30/21 Washington, DC - Anthem
12/01/21 Boston, MA - House of Blues
12/02/21 New Haven, CT - College Street Music Hall
12/03/21 Philadelphia, PA - Franklin Music Hall
12/05/21 Cincinnati, OH - Ovation
12/06/21 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
12/08/21 Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom
12/09/21 Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater
12/10/21 Salt Lake City, UT - Union
12/11/21 Las Vegas, NV - Brooklyn Bowl
12/13/21 San Diego, CA - Observatory North Park
12/14/21 San Diego, CA - Observatory North Park
12/16/21 San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
12/17/21 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium
12/18/21 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium
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