Chvrches have announced that their second album is on the way in a photo posted to Facebook. "Over 365 shows in two years and we're going home," they wrote. "Work on album two starts in January." The band recently wrapped up a UK tour in support of their 2013 debut The Bones of What You Believe.
The Bones of What You Believe was released in September of 2013 following their Recover EP. The album was well received and landed on many best of 2013 lists that year. The band was ranked fifth on the BBC's Sound of 2013 list of promising new talent and was also part VH1's You Oughta Know class of 2014.
Back in October, keyboardist Iain Cook told Classic Pop (via NME) that it might take up to two years to complete the upcoming album.
"You often see bands with a successful debut who get cocky, so they hash out something substandard and nobody gives a shit again. So we're not overconfident, but pressure can work against you, too. We're not going to put out anything we aren't happy with. That could take four months, it could take two years."
The band added that they might build their own studio to record LP2, which they plan to produce themselves as they did with their debut.
"Eventually, we'll want to get other producers, but we'll do the next album ourselves again. We'd drive a producer crazy, as we're control freaks who've got the skills to do it ourselves. We don't see the point."
Along with the sophomore album announcement, the group also uploaded a clip of them singing Seal's 1990 hit "Crazy." It's more of a car karaoke session than an actual cover, but it's entertaining nonetheless.
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