CHVRCHES on being undeniable, needing a break and staying "scrappy as fuck"

It’s been two months and a day since Lauren Mayberry last went home. The other week she had to wash some pants in the shower, too close to the finish line to warrant a trip to a launderette, “so I took them in the shower and kicked them around with my foot for a bit.”

The touring schedule for CHVRCHES’ ‘Love Is Dead’ has been as hectic as usual but the end is very much in sight. Today, their late-night set in the Radio 1 tent at Reading Festival is their last UK show of the cycle so we grabbed the band backstage to find out how love is doing.

Hello CHVRCHES. So, ‘Love Is Dead’ is almost dead. How was this album cycle for you? Lauren: This is probably the album campaign where it felt like the record resonated with people more over the course of time. That doesn't necessarily happen all the time, so that was nice. And I guess thematically I feel like it's become more on point. Now people want to listen to the depressing pop music ‘cause they're more depressed. Martin: People grew into this record. It’s been really encouraging watching it get bigger, watching the audiences get bigger. In some places it feels like our third record is the one that’s gone down best, which is nice. So many bands are on the slide by this point. Lauren: We’re not yet! We’ll slide on the fourth one.