Chvrches has revealed that they are taking inspiration from Prince and Michael Jackson for their upcoming new release. During a recent interview with NME, group member Martin Doherty said that they plan to strip their sound back to a few key pop elements.
"I think we'll use fewer instruments but ultimately try and do more with them," Doherty says. "When you listen to a Michael Jackson song or a Prince song, you realise there's absolutely nothing in it but an amazing bassline, drums and singing. We want to channel some of that."
He also revealed that they will work on the new release in the same studio in their hometown of Glasgow that they've always used.
"We were never going to be the band that sold a few records and went to LA to spend all our money. We like taking the same depressing train to the same depressing part of town and locking ourselves away."
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