Love Is Dead (Chvrches album)

Love Is Dead
In the album cover, Lauren Mayberry with her eyes covered by the band's logo and a necklace that reads "Love is Dead" with the multicolored image being distorted. On top of the image, a black heart with a blue X painted on top.
Studio album by
Chvrches
Released25 May 2018 (2018-05-25)
RecordedFebruary–December 2017
Studio
  • Echo, Los Angeles[a]
  • Alucard, New York City[b]
  • Red Bull, New York City[c]
  • Rokstone, London[d]
GenreSynth-pop[1]
Length49:03
Label
Producer
Chvrches chronology
Every Open Eye
(2015) 		Love Is Dead
(2018) 		Hansa Session EP
(2018)
Singles from Love Is Dead
  1. "Get Out"
    Released: 31 January 2018
  2. "My Enemy"
    Released: 28 February 2018
  3. "Never Say Die"
    Released: 29 March 2018
  4. "Miracle"
    Released: 10 April 2018
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.6/10[2]
Metacritic73/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The A.V. ClubB[5]
The Independent[6]
Mojo[7]
NME[8]
The Observer[9]
Pitchfork6.3/10[1]
Q[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
Uncut6/10[12]

Love Is Dead is the third studio album by Scottish synth-pop band 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.

After wiping their social media accounts, the band released the lead single, "Get Out", on 31 January. The track listing for the album was released two days before the next single, "My Enemy", which featured Berninger, was released on 28 February. The third single from the album, "Never Say Die", was released on 29 March. "Miracle" was released as the fourth single on 10 April.[citation needed]

Videos were released for "Get Out", "Miracle", "Out Of My Head" and "Graffiti".

The song "Forever" is featured prominently in the third season of the Netflix series Elite.[13]


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  1. ^ a b Snapes, Laura (30 May 2018). "Chvrches: Love Is Dead". Pitchfork. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Love Is Dead by Chvrches reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Love is Dead by Chvrches Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  4. ^ Phares, Heather. "Love Is Dead – Chvrches". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  5. ^ Ryan, Kyle (25 May 2018). "Chvrches, Love Is Dead". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  6. ^ Kaplan, Ilana; O'Connor, Roisin; Krol, Charlotte (23 May 2018). "Album reviews: Chvrches 'Love Is Dead', Snow Patrol 'Wildness' and more". The Independent. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  7. ^ McNair, James (June 2018). "Chvrches: Love Is Dead". Mojo. No. 295. p. 88.
  8. ^ Hunt, El (24 May 2018). "CHVRCHES – 'Love Is Dead' Review". NME. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  9. ^ Mackay, Emily (27 May 2018). "Chvrches: Love Is Dead review – their most seductive package yet". The Observer. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  10. ^ Aroesti, Rachel (July 2018). "Preaching to the Choir". Q. No. 386. p. 114.
  11. ^ Johnston, Maura (25 May 2018). "Review: Chvrches Super-Size Their Epic Synth-Pop on Third LP 'Love Is Dead'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  12. ^ Anderson, Jason (July 2018). "Chvrches: Love Is Dead". Uncut. No. 254. p. 26.
  13. ^ Wang, Amy X. (16 April 2020). "How Chvrches Scored the Netflix Deal of the Music Industry's Dreams". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 30 June 2020.