Interview: Chvrches singer Lauren Mayberry on the band’s third album, Love Is Dead

When Eurythmics guitarist Dave Stewart recently informed Chvrches frontwoman Lauren Mayberry that she was “the punk rock Joan of Arc of pop”, he nailed her commercial credentials, warrior wit and tenacious integrity in one clumsy soundbite. Mayberry, to be fair, was a little flummoxed by this accolade from one of her musical heroes but it does fit – not just her band’s mix of pure pop hooks with DIY indie attitude but the way in which Mayberry has found herself at the frontline in calling out sexism in the music industry and battling the wider online trolling of women in the public eye.