Having remained fairly prolific since the release of their latest album 'Love Is Dead', Chvrches have now announced their plans for a new EP release, recorded at the legendary Berlin-based studio Hansa.
The new five-track release 'Hansa Session' will see the band rework a selection of cuts from their latest full-length, and is set to arrive digitally this Friday 16th November with a physical vinyl release due for the 14th December.
Speaking about their time at the studio, the band's Iain Cook said, “When we had the opportunity to record at Hansa we jumped at it even though we were in the middle of a hectic tour. It is such hallowed ground for me - my heroes Bowie, Depeche, Iggy, Siouxsie, Tangerine Dream, Nick Cave amongst others made arguably their best work in that building - and we hoped that when we went there, we would capture even just a tiny bit of that energy. It was also a chance to hold a mirror up to these five songs and look at them from a different angle, and that is something that you don’t always get the chance to do as an artist.”
Frontwoman Lauren Mayberry went on, “It was really fun to try to reinterpret the songs and still communicate the messages and emotions with different arrangements. Once an album is out and you’re on the road, it’s harder to be creative so it’s exciting when those opportunities present themselves, and getting to make music in places like Hansa and Bad Robot is really a bucket list thing for all of us.”
Check out the trailer for 'Hansa Session' in the player and see the EP's full tracklisting below.
'Hansa Session' Tracklist:
01 Graffiti
02 Miracle
03 Get Out
04 Heaven/Hell
05 Really Gone
