Martin Doherty

{{Short description|Scottish musician}} {{Other people}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}} {{Use British English|date=June 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Martin Doherty | image = Martin Doherty (CHVRCHES) 2014.jpg | image_size = | landscape =  | alt = | caption = Doherty in June 2014 | birth_name = Martin Clifford Doherty | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|12|24|df=y}} | birth_place = | origin = Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, Scotland | death_date =  | death_place = | genre = {{flatlist| * Alternative rock * synth-pop * electropop * electronic * {{nowrap|post-rock}} }} | occupation = {{flatlist| * Musician * composer * {{nowrap|record producer}} * singer }} | instrument = {{flatlist| * Keyboards * sampler * guitar * vocals }} | years_active = 1999–present | current_member_of = {{flatlist| * Chvrches * The Leaving }} | past_member_of = {{flatlist| * Aereogramme * Julia Thirteen }} | website = }}

'''Martin Clifford Doherty''' (born 24 December 1982)<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=doksan |author=Martin Doherty |number=547767228700319745 |date = 24 December 2014 |title=Legit now Lord Martin C Doherty. 🎂 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/features/rising/9077-chvrches/ | title=Rising: Chvrches | publisher=Pitchfork | date=27 February 2013 | accessdate=23 May 2015 | author=Cohen, Ian}}</ref> 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.

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

==Biography== Prior to the formation of Chvrches, Doherty was a touring member of The Twilight Sad.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/78-chvrches-previous-bands/ | title=The Roots of Chvrches: Aereogramme, the Twilight Sad, and the Glasgow Scene | publisher=Pitchfork | date=25 September 2013 | accessdate=3 May 2015 | author=Cohen, Ian | archive-date=6 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906212256/http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/78-chvrches-previous-bands/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> He was also the frontman of the rock band Julia Thirteen, founded in 1999 and disbanded in 2006.<ref name="skinny-julia">{{cite web|url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/opinion/six-degrees-of-julia-thirteen|title=Six Degrees of Julia Thirteen|first=Chris|date=29 June 2011|work=The SKinny|accessdate=17 October 2015|author=Cusack}}</ref> He met and befriended future Chvrches bandmate Iain Cook in 2004 while attending the University of Strathclyde.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/oct/28/one-to-watch-chvrches-churches | title=One to watch: Chvrches | newspaper=The Guardian | date=27 October 2012 | accessdate=4 May 2015 | author=Mossman, Kate}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/13/chvrches-music-for-the-masses | title=Chvrches: Music for the masses? | newspaper=The Guardian | date=13 June 2013 | accessdate=4 May 2015 | author=Wolfson, Sam}}</ref> In 2006, Cook co-recorded Julia Thirteen's debut EP before Doherty joined Cook's own band Aereogramme in 2007.<ref name="skinny-julia"/>

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.<ref>{{YouTube | id= 6UNhKpjlzNc | title= Chvrches - We Sink in session for BBC Radio 1}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=CHVRCHES: Falling But Not Alone|first=Matt|last=Fink|magazine=Under the Radar|date=7 August 2015|issue=#54|pages=48–59}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |user=doksan |author=Martin Doherty |number=646068907514662913 |date = 21 September 2015 |title=it's Follow You 😁 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/chvrches/2016/riviera-theatre-chicago-il-7bf0ce30.html|title=CHVRCHES Setlist at Riviera Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA|date=13 March 2016|website=setlist.fm|accessdate=23 March 2016}}</ref> Like Lauren Mayberry, Doherty currently lives in LA with his partner.

In November of 2025, Doherty revealed his latest project, The Leaving - a duo consisting of himself and unofficial Chvrches member, Jonny Scott. Their first single, "Saved", was released on the 20th.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chelosky |first=Danielle |date=2025-11-20 |title=Chvrches' Martin Doherty Announces New Project The Leaving: Hear "Saved" |url=https://stereogum.com/2480217/chvrches-martin-doherty-announces-new-project-the-leaving-hear-saved/music/ |access-date=2025-11-21 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life== Doherty’s father is a Catholic deacon and religious education teacher.

==Discography== ;With Chvrches {{main|Chvrches discography}} * ''The Bones of What You Believe'' (2013) * ''Every Open Eye'' (2015) * ''Love Is Dead'' (2018) * ''Screen Violence'' (2021)

;With The Twilight Sad * ''Forget the Night Ahead'' (2009)

;With Aereogramme * ''My Heart Has a Wish That You Would Not Go'' (2007)

;With Julia Thirteen<ref name="skinny-julia"/> * ''With Tired Hearts EP'' (2006)

; With The Leaving * ''Ultimate Buzz'' (2026)

==References== {{Reflist|40em}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|id= 6771525}} * {{official website|chvrch.es|Chvrches official website}}

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