CHVRCHES - Screen Violence (August 27th 2021) Album • Page 2

This gonna be a Purity Ring record? lol

 

Ramping up for Monday.

 

I'm excited, they seem to really be going all out for this one

 

Yesssss

 

love them using letterboxd lmao

 

Ahh her necklace says “violence” haha

 

OK, bet.

 

Sick poster

 

I’m into this whole aesthetic already. This is going to rule.

 

I hope this is better (less poppy) than the last one

 

I don't care about the amount of pop as long as it's good, I'd be plenty happy if they make the pop album of the year

 

controversial statement but they make good music and this will be good

 

Haven’t they actually been pretty poppy since the debut album?

 

Theyre a pop band.

 

Yeah lol they've been an electronic pop band from the jump, I truly do not get the criticism levelled at Love is Dead that it was 'too poppy' - not sure what you expected?

 

Didn’t expect my comment to be so controversial. I love most their stuff but their last record felt a bit generic to me. I prefer their darker material from their first album, and the weird dancey stuff of the second. The last album just really felt flat to me beyond a few songs. The promo is exciting for this one but I’ve yet to hear anything so I’m cautious for what’s to come.

 

Yeah, I think there’s a pretty clear shift towards mainstream pop on the third album that wasn’t present on the first two albums. Even Lauren has acknowledged this, lol.

 

I think there are two different conversations here that people aren't seeing eye to eye. "pop" as a term shouldn't be a negative, it's a huge genre with an overwhelming amount of amazing music, this band is part of that. "mainstream pop" is a separate sub-genre of that, which I think most of us can agree can get really terrible. Saying this band got "too poppy" is a weird statement for a pop band, but saying that they veered too far toward the mainstream is much more reasonable.

in summation, pop isn't bad; the band's third album was their worst; we all (obviously) hope the next album is amazing

 

Hoping for something that is dark/moody/grooves

 

I know someone joked about them possibly sounding like Purity Ring for this record but I'd honestly be down for it lol

 

That was me lol. I've always thought they were on opposite ends of the same stick.

 

Haha you aren't alone in thinking that

 

Holy fuck this song is huge.