Love is Dead
| Chvrches
Love is Dead
Love Is Dead is the third studio album by Scottish synth-popband Chvrches. It was released on 25 May 2018 by Virgin EMI Records and Goodbye Records. The album was co-produced by Greg Kurstin, marking the first time the band have worked with outside producers. The band collaborated with David Stewart from Eurythmics and Matt Berninger from The National during production. The album was announced by Martin Doherty at the start of January 2018, with frontwoman Lauren Mayberry accidentally revealing the album's name in a since-deleted interview that same month."-Wikipedia
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NME
It’s a relief to hear CHVRCHES finding a different voice and a saltier edge on ‘Love Is Dead’.
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Consequence of Sound
May be the most impersonal record that CHVRCHES have ever produced
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Spin
an album concerned with disillusionment, growing up, and a certain political exhaustion waiting to harden into resolve.
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Tiny Mix Tapes
Formally earnest, it succumbs as a product of its (unearnest) production, an art of sincerity lost underneath
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Rolling Stone
New Wave’s buzzy bliss and post-goth’s gloom.
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The Guardian
Their most seductive package yet
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Stereo Gum
Actually worse than the previous Chvrches albums
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Variety
Most fully-realized effort to date (musically, anyway).
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The Irish Times
Pleasant but boring bubblegum pop for the masses
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Paste
Assertive but not showy, passionate but not gaudy, and wholly necessary.
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PopMatters
Its high points are some of the highest CHVRCHES have ever reached
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Uproxx Music
It’s possible that Chvrches has already fully explored its single dimension.
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The Current
Anyone who enjoys well-crafted, engaging songs, 'Love Is Dead' will be an instant favorite
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Sonic Observatory
For me, the album is still a half-decent album in Chvrches’ discography with some great tracks that will only sound better on a turntable setup.
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Slant
Sweeping sentiments about heartache and resiliency
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RTE
Wounded fatalism and forced drama
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Relix
It’s certainly a great evolution
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Drowned in Sound
The sound of your heart as it falls back in love.
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Refinery29
Almost as a conversation with the listener
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Diandra Review
The ultimate pop battle between Hate and Love.
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Music OMH
Not as engaging or interesting as its predecessors.
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Clash Music
Takes a subtler tact, but the shift holds well with a strong pop transformation.
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The Young Folks
Complex, formidable pop melodies tinged with anger and desolation.
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Arena
They were successful at creating a sound that's amped up, but not destroyed
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Sputnik Music
Love Is Dead is a frustrating album
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Albumism
The album fizzles on impact, an indistinct battle indifferently ceded.
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Spectrum Culture
Stretched their sound to its logical breaking point.
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Narc
Bold and aggressive break for the big leagues
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No Ripcord
There are still enough glimpses of the crossover working to make it a worthwhile listen
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Music Connection
Love is Dead illustrates the maturation process and emotional fluctuation of Mayberry’s love life.
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It's All Dead
Leaving just enough uncertainty to let the listener decide the mood
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Star2
Relentlessly hook-filled with reliably explosive choruses.
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Aesthetic Magazine
Self-actualization rather than lectures acting as the guiding principle.
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Immortal Reviews
Brining their honest emotions to the surface with a newfound rawness.
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QRO
Deliver their powerful electric emotion
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Under the Radar
Exciting, engaging and boundary-pushing synth-pop
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The Outright Geekery
Tackles some heavy hitting themes while remaining chipper.
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Exclaim Music
I find myself drawn back to it time and again.
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London in Stereo
The sound is maximised, the mythology more ambitious and it’s their most cohesive work yet.
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XS Noize
The most pop stuff and also the most aggressive and vulnerable at the same time
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Entertainment Weekly
High-energy, pop-meets-punk exercise that muses on romances
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The Skinny
Adding a surprising aggression to boot.
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Dork
A diverse genre based on a multitude of constantly shifting influences
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DIY
Sparkling synths and glorious percussive beats
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AV Club
Bigger and more layered
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The Line of best Fit
Chvrches swing for the mainstream and miss with Love Is Dead
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Flood Magazine
The assembly line craftsmanship is unlikely to alienate their most ardent admirers.
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Loud Sound Magazine
Akin to describing yin and yang as manifested components of the same force.
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The Sound Board
Clear sense of progression and realistic gravity
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