Iain Cook, musician (Chvrches).

My Perfect Console with Simon Parkin

My guest today is a Scottish musician, producer, and pop star. In 2003, while studying at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland, he met Martin Doherty, who asked my guest to produce a record for his band. The two remained friends, and later played together in the post rock group Aereogramme.

In 2007, after Aereogramme disbanded, my guest bought himself an analogue synthaser. Four years later he and Doherty joined up with the music journalist and singer Lauren Mayberry to form the synth pop group Chvrches.

After gaining word of mouth attention online, Chvrches released their debut single, The Mother We Share, which broke into the UK singles chart. Since then, the band have toured the world, played to millions, released four studio albums and, in 2019, provided a song to Death Stranding, Hideo Kojima’s game about a post-apocalyptic delivery man. Welcome, Iain Cook.

Play the console:

• DoDonPachi DaiOuJou
• Street Fighter IV
• Final Fantasy XIV
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
• Tetris Effect

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