Chvrches
Rock
Chvrches, the Scottish three-piece known for crafting synth-pop songs that hit you like a sledgehammer, returns with its second album, “Every Open Eye.” On the follow-up to its 2013 debut, “The Bones of What You Believe,” singer Lauren Mayberry is still kicking against the pricks, as she sings of betrayal and survival through a downpour of glossy industrial clamor. “You think I’ll apologize for things I left behind/ But you got it wrong,” she chirps on “Leave a Trace.” The band, which also features Iain Cook and Martin Doherty, willfully ups the bombast but doesn’t sacrifice the hooks, particularly on stompers like “Clearest Blue” and “Playing Dead,” which boasts a rat-a-tat rhythm and the kind of chorus would make Taylor Swift flip.