Lauren Mayberry has gone solo. And she’s bringing the goods straight to the people.
The CHVRCHES vocalist, percussionist, co-writer and co-producer has unveiled his debut solo project, and while there is no music to absorb just yet, she has announced fall tours of North America and Europe. The stateside run includes a September 18 appearance at Brighton Music Hall in Allston, and tickets go on sale Friday (July 21).
“This year is the 10th anniversary of the first CHVRCHES album. I met Iain and Martin when I was 23 — a little baby of a person, in hindsight,” Mayberry writes in a note posted to social media moments ago. “Looking back on what we’ve achieved together, so much of it doesn’t feel real or even possible. Thank you to every person who has been a part of that. I am so proud of all the chapters our band has been able to have and I am so grateful to my bandmates for taking me on that journey with them. We are all confident that the CHVRCHES story has many more pages yet to be written.”
She adds: “For now, though, I am excited / terrified / bewildered to tell you that I have been working on my first ever solo music and will be able to start sharing it soon. For a long time, I couldn’t imagine ever doing anything outside of CHVRCHES. Since I was 15 years old, I have always, only, ever been in a band. I always wanted so badly to belong somewhere — to be one of the boys, and to fit in. But as I sail / stumble through this era of my life (your 20s really do go by in a flash, kids), it has started to feel like there are things I want to write and say and do that need to be done on my own… Thank you for being kind to us and for giving me the opportunity to do this.”
Check out all her upcoming solo dates below.
