CHVRCHES bring a new record back to Portland, and Revolution Hall gets them up close

The Glasgow trio's first Portland date since 2022 lands Monday, March 8, 2027, six weeks after 'All The King's Men' arrives.

The last time CHVRCHES played Portland, it was a Saturday night at the Roseland in October 2022, and *Screen Violence* was still the newest thing they had to sell. Four and a half years later, they're coming back with a record nobody has heard in full yet and a room that's a good deal smaller than the one they left.

CHVRCHES play Revolution Hall on Monday, March 8, 2027. The date was announced October 21 as part of a 2027 run, and it's the band's first Portland show since October 1, 2022, at the Roseland Theater. Revolution Hall holds about 850, so this is a closer look than most of the band's recent tours have offered. Tickets are sold through Revolution Hall's own site.

The reason for the trip is *All The King's Men*, the band's fifth studio album, due January 22, 2027 on Futures Music Group. It's their first full-length since 2021's *Screen Violence*, and the gap has been long enough that write-ups can't settle on the number: JamBase calls it more than five years, others round up to six. Whatever the count, the lead single, "Roses," has been out since September, and the record runs 11 tracks, according to mxdwn.

What has changed since that Roseland night is mostly a matter of what's in the set. Spin reports the band pushing toward a sharper, more guitar-driven sound on the new material, which is worth keeping in mind if your picture of CHVRCHES is all gleaming synths and Lauren Mayberry's voice cutting over the top. By March, the album will have been out for about six weeks: long enough for the songs to have settled into people's heads, early enough that the band will still be figuring out how they sit next to the older ones.

By March, the album will have been out for about six weeks.

The North American leg starts February 13 in Philadelphia, then Brooklyn on February 17 and Washington, DC on February 19, per Melodic Magazine. Portland comes a few weeks into the run, and the band heads home afterward for UK and Ireland dates that open in Glasgow on April 23. North American artist presales began October 27, TicketNews reported, so anyone who has been waiting on this one should not assume a Monday in March will be easy.

Revolution Hall suits a band in this spot. The old Washington High School auditorium on Southeast Stark has a raked floor and a balcony, and a band that has played much bigger rooms usually sounds tighter and more present in a space like this. It's the kind of show where you can actually see what everyone on stage is doing.

So: January for the record, March for the room. If "Roses" has been on repeat at your place since September, put the Monday on the calendar now and plan to be tired on Tuesday.

Sources: CHVRCHES Announce 2027 Tour Dates Around 1st Album In Over 5 Years 'All The King's Men' (JamBase) (jambase.com); CHVRCHES announces new album All The King's Men and 2027 tour dates (Melodic Magazine) (melodicmag.com); CHVRCHES announce 2027 North American tour and new album (TicketNews) (ticketnews.com); CHVRCHES Announce New Album All The King's Men For January 2027 Release (mxdwn) (music.mxdwn.com); New CHVRCHES album (Spin) (spinmagazine.com); Revolution Hall (revolutionhall.com)