Martin Doherty

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Martin Doherty
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Doherty in June 2014
Background information
Birth nameMartin Clifford Doherty
Born (1982-12-24) 24 December 1982 (age 41)
Origin Clydebank, Scotland
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • composer
  • record producer
  • singer
Instrument(s)
  • Keyboards
  • sampler
  • guitar
  • vocals
Years active1999–present
Labels
Member of Chvrches
Formerly of

Martin Clifford Doherty (born 24 December 1982) [1] [2] is a Scottish musician, singer and record producer. He is a member of Glasgow-based pop band Chvrches, with whom he has recorded four studio albums. Prior to forming Chvrches, Doherty was a touring member of the indie rock bands The Twilight Sad and Aereogramme.

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Doherty plays keyboards, sampler, guitar and performs main vocals and backing vocals. He also contributes to Chvrches' songwriting and production.

Doherty’s father is also a Catholic Deacon and Religious Education teacher. He supports Celtic. [3]

Biography

Prior to the formation of Chvrches, Doherty was a touring member of The Twilight Sad. [4] He was also the frontman of the rock band Julia Thirteen, founded in 1999 and disbanded in 2006. [5] He met and befriended future Chvrches bandmate Iain Cook in 2004 while attending the University of Strathclyde. [6] [7] In 2006, Cook co-recorded Julia Thirteen's debut EP before Doherty joined Cook's own band Aereogramme in 2007. [5]

Both on Chvrches' debut album The Bones of What You Believe and in concert, Doherty performs lead vocals for the songs "Under the Tide" and "You Caught the Light", the latter on which he also plays bass guitar. Some early performances of the song "We Sink" featured Doherty as the lead vocalist, though lead singer Lauren Mayberry later assumed that role full-time. [8] Chvrches' second album Every Open Eye has Doherty on lead vocals for the songs "High Enough to Carry You Over" and "Follow You", the latter of which is a bonus track included on deluxe versions of the album. [9] [10] Though initially excluded from set lists early in the Every Open Eye tour, "High Enough to Carry You Over" made its live debut on 13 March 2016 at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. [11] Like Lauren Mayberry, Doherty currently lives in LA with his partner.

Discography

With Chvrches
With The Twilight Sad
With Aereogramme
With Julia Thirteen [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Martin Doherty [@doksan] (24 December 2014). "Legit now Lord Martin C Doherty. 🎂" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ Cohen, Ian (27 February 2013). "Rising: Chvrches". Pitchfork . Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  3. ↑ https://twitter.com/doksan/status/1603106264166252544?t=X3gMs-Ivvm_pFnfqCIbCNw&s=19
  4. ↑ Cohen, Ian (25 September 2013). "The Roots of Chvrches: Aereogramme, the Twilight Sad, and the Glasgow Scene". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 Cusack, Chris (29 June 2011). "Six Degrees of Julia Thirteen". The SKinny. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. ↑ Mossman, Kate (27 October 2012). "One to watch: Chvrches". The Guardian . Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  7. ↑ Wolfson, Sam (13 June 2013). "Chvrches: Music for the masses?". The Guardian . Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  8. ↑ Chvrches - We Sink in session for BBC Radio 1 on YouTube
  9. ↑ Fink, Matt (7 August 2015). "CHVRCHES: Falling But Not Alone". Under the Radar . No. #54. pp. 48–59.
  10. ↑ Martin Doherty [@doksan] (21 September 2015). "it's Follow You 😁" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ↑ "CHVRCHES Setlist at Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA". setlist.fm. 13 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
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