Lauren Mayberry, the frontwoman for acclaimed electro-pop band CHVRCHES, has announced the release of her eagerly awaited debut solo album, Vicious Creature, coming this December 6th on Island Records. Pre-order is available HERE.
Vicious Creature is both a startling new era in Mayberry’s artistry, and the culmination of two decades of life in a band that came before. Across its songs, she writes about sexuality and empowerment from a profoundly personal perspective for the very first time, reconnecting with the icons of her youth (Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, PJ Harvey and Kathleen Hanna) as well as ‘90s British girl groups such as All Saints and Sugababes, whose music made a formative impact on her in the 2000s.
For her first full-length release outside of CHVRCHES, Mayberry sought freedom: from rules, expectations and preconceptions. Working with prolific producers like Greg Kurstin, Matthew Korma, Tobias Jesso Jr., Ethan Gruska and Dan McDougall, she accessed not only a new world of inspiration but the deep well of creativity she’s had within her all along.
“So much of this process has been an exercise in empowering myself to listen to my own intuition – something I really trained myself out of,” Mayberry says. “That’s ultimately why you start making things – because you felt a feeling, and you wanted to articulate that somehow. I think it was important for me to relearn that kind of independence, and recognize what I bring to any table I choose to sit at.”
Along with the album announcement, Lauren Mayberry has announced a North American tour for early 2025. Beginning January 28th at San Diego’s House of Blues, the tour will take her cross country and back, playing dates in Chicago at Thalia Hall (2/5), NYC at Webster Hall (2/13), Austin at Emo’s (2/26) and back to the west coast, ending in Los Angeles at The Belasco (3/2). See all tour dates below.
Vicious Creature tracklisting:
1. Something in the Air
2. Crocodile Tears
3. Shame
4. Anywhere But Dancing
5. Punch Drunk
6. Oh, Mother
7. Sorry, Etc
8. Change Shapes
9. Mantra
10. A Work of Fiction
11. Sunday Best
12. Are You Awake
2025
North American Tour Dates
1/28/25 – House of Blues – San Diego, CA
1/29/25 – Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
1/31/25 – Soundwell – Salt Lake City, UT
2/1/25 – Gothic – Denver, CO
2/2/25 – Granada Theater – Lawrence, KS
2/3/25 – Fine Line – Minneapolis, MN
2/5/25 – Thalia Hall – Chicago, IL
2/7/25 – Concert Hall – Toronto, ON
2/8/25 – Electric City – Buffalo, NY
2/9/25 – Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH
2/11/25 – Royale – Boston, MA
2/13/25 – Webster Hall – New York, NY
2/14/25 – Empire Live – Albany, NY
2/17/25 – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA
2/18/25 – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
2/20/25 – Masquerade – Hell – Atlanta, GA
2/21/25 – The Underground – Charlotte, NC
2/22/25 – The Mil at Cannery Hall – Nashville, TN
2/24/25 – White Oak Downstairs – Houston, TX
2/25/25 – Granada – Dallas, TX
2/26/25 – Emo’s – Austin, TX
2/28/25 – Crescent Ballroom – Phoenix, AZ
3/2/25 – The Belasco – Los Angeles, CA
