Chvrches have responded to hypothesis that they could possibly be concerned with the soundtrack to Death Stranding 2.
The Scottish trio had been behind the title monitor to Hideo Kojima’s 2019 recreation Death Stranding, with Bring Me The Horizon, The S.L.P., Major Lazer and Khalid additionally contributing songs to its companion album, ‘Timefall’.
Back in January, Chvrches had been pictured hanging out with Kojima earlier than showing on a current version of his Brain Structure podcast. The recreation designer was requested throughout the episode whether or not there was extra to return from him and Chvrches sooner or later.
“It would be nice if we could make something work,” Kojima responded. “I wanna do something different, something no one has done before. Having one song in the game is expected, right? So what if we had [Chvrches] make like 100 songs or something?”
During a brand new interview, NME requested synth participant Martin Doherty if the group had been working with Kojima once more. “I mean, we’re available,” he mentioned. “There’s nothing formal yet. We’ve talked [and] we’ve hinted heavily at each other that we would both like to collaborate again.”
Doherty continued: “There’s type of a dance occurring proper now. I don’t wish to be rejected by all out saying, ‘Can we be on the game please?’ and [Kojima] says no. But I don’t know.
“We’re continuing to build a really special relationship with Hideo. And I think we get him and I think he gets us. If the call comes in to do more then of course, we’ll be there in a second.”
The band additionally spoke to NME about their new one-off single ‘Over‘, progress on different new materials, and plans to rejoice the tenth anniversary of their debut album.
You can see Chvrches’ present 2023 UK tour dates under, and buy tickets right here. The band had been additionally final week introduced for the Glastonbury 2023 line-up.
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9 – Rock City, Nottingham
10 – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow
11 – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow
12 – Fat Sam’s, Dundee
Last 12 months, Chvrches’ Iain Cook and fellow Glaswegian musician and producer Scott Paterson previously of Sons & Daughters launched new mission, Protection – sharing debut single ‘Still Love You’ and telling NME about getting collectively and what’s to return.
“When you’re starting a new project, it’s very much like feeling out the boundaries of what we can and want to do,” mentioned Cook. “Listening back, we found there weren’t many boundaries but a lot of connective tissue between the songs. If you were to ask me what it was, I don’t think I could tell you.”