Hear Chvrches’ Previously Unreleased “City On Fire” From The Bones Of What You Believe 10th Anniversary Reissue

Rachael Wright

Hear Chvrches’ Previously Unreleased “City On Fire” From The Bones Of What You Believe 10th Anniversary Reissue

Rachael Wright

Chvrches leader Lauren Mayberry is right in the midst of launching a solo career — touring hard, releasing the singles “Are You Awake?” and “Shame,” covering tons of songs. Meanwhile, Chvrches are about to release a deluxe 10th-anniversary reissue of their excellent debut The Bones Of What You Believe, and it includes a lot of bonus tracks. We’ve already posted the previously unreleased songs “Manhattan” and “Talking In My Sleep,” and now they’ve shared another one.

“City On Fire,” the latest new-but-not Chvrches track, is another woozy synthpop jam. As with “Talking In My Sleep,” Iain Cook is the one who sings lead; these bonus tracks really present an alternate universe where Lauren Mayberry doesn’t serve as the group’s default lead singer. I don’t know whether “City On Fire” has anything to do with the 1987 Ringo Lam/Chow Yun-Fat crime film, but that movie is an absolute banger, so let’s just say that it does. Listen below.

The Bones Of What You Believe 10th-anniversary edition is out 10/13 on Glassnote. Check out our recent Footnotes feature on the album.

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