NEW YORK (AP) — Lauren Mayberry, frontwoman of the Scottish synth-pop band CHVRCHES, liberates herself from preconceptions on a punchy debut solo album, “Vicious Creature.” Mayberry’s striking voice ...

Lauren Mayberry was in the bunk of her band’s tour bus in the winter of 2021, rolling between Denver and Boulder, Colorado, when she started wondering how old Gwen Stefani was when she released her ...

Lauren Mayberry of the Scottish synthpop band Chvrches says she wanted the songs on her debut solo album, “Vicious Creatures,” to be personal, but the emotions that surfaced still caught her by ...

There are many reasons a band’s singer goes solo—tensions within the group, the desire to make records that are more personal, the need to make the important decisions yourself. Sometimes, as when ...

The singer and songwriter has fronted the Glaswegian band for 13 years. Next month, she’s going solo on “Vicious Creature,” an ambitious and emotional pop odyssey. The singer and songwriter has ...