# Martin Doherty
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{{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
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| 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](/source/Clydebank), [Dunbartonshire](/source/Dunbartonshire), Scotland
| death_date =
| death_place =
| genre = {{flatlist|
* [Alternative rock](/source/Alternative_rock)
* [synth-pop](/source/synth-pop)
* [electropop](/source/electropop)
* [electronic](/source/Electronic_music)
* {{nowrap|[post-rock](/source/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](/source/Chvrches)
* The Leaving
}}
| past_member_of = {{flatlist|
* [Aereogramme](/source/Aereogramme)
* Julia Thirteen
}}
| website =
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'''Martin Clifford Doherty''' (born 24 December 1982)[{{Cite tweet |user=doksan |author=Martin Doherty |number=547767228700319745 |date = 24 December 2014 |title=Legit now Lord Martin C Doherty. 🎂 }}][{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/features/rising/9077-chvrches/ | title=Rising: Chvrches | publisher=[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_Media) | date=27 February 2013 | accessdate=23 May 2015 | author=Cohen, Ian}}] is a Scottish musician, singer and [record producer](/source/record_producer). He is a member of Glasgow-based [pop](/source/Pop_music) band [Chvrches](/source/Chvrches), with whom he has recorded four studio albums. Prior to forming Chvrches, Doherty was a touring member of the [indie rock](/source/indie_rock) bands [The Twilight Sad](/source/The_Twilight_Sad) and [Aereogramme](/source/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](/source/Chvrches), Doherty was a touring member of [The Twilight Sad](/source/The_Twilight_Sad).[{{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](/source/Pitchfork_Media) | 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 }}] He was also the frontman of the rock band Julia Thirteen, founded in 1999 and disbanded in 2006.[{{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}}] He met and befriended future Chvrches bandmate [Iain Cook](/source/Iain_Cook) in 2004 while attending the [University of Strathclyde](/source/University_of_Strathclyde).[{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/oct/28/one-to-watch-chvrches-churches | title=One to watch: Chvrches | newspaper=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) | date=27 October 2012 | accessdate=4 May 2015 | author=Mossman, Kate}}][{{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](/source/The_Guardian) | date=13 June 2013 | accessdate=4 May 2015 | author=Wolfson, Sam}}] In 2006, [Cook](/source/Iain_Cook) co-recorded Julia Thirteen's debut EP before Doherty joined Cook's own band [Aereogramme](/source/Aereogramme) in 2007.[{{YouTube | id= 6UNhKpjlzNc | title= Chvrches - We Sink in session for BBC Radio 1}}] Chvrches' second album ''[Every Open Eye](/source/Every_Open_Eye)'' has Doherty on lead vocals for the songs "[High Enough to Carry You Over](/source/High_Enough_to_Carry_You_Over)" and "Follow You", the latter of which is a bonus track included on deluxe versions of the album.[{{cite magazine|title=CHVRCHES: Falling But Not Alone|first=Matt|last=Fink|magazine=[Under the Radar](/source/Under_the_Radar_(magazine))|date=7 August 2015|issue=#54|pages=48–59}}][{{Cite tweet |user=doksan |author=Martin Doherty |number=646068907514662913 |date = 21 September 2015 |title=it's Follow You 😁 }}] Though initially excluded from set lists early in the [Every Open Eye](/source/Every_Open_Eye) tour, "High Enough to Carry You Over" made its live debut on 13 March 2016 at the [Riviera Theatre](/source/Riviera_Theatre) in Chicago, Illinois.[{{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}}] Like Lauren Mayberry, Doherty currently lives in [LA](/source/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.[{{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}}]
==Personal life==
Doherty’s father is a Catholic deacon and [religious education](/source/Religious_education_in_primary_and_secondary_education) teacher.
==Discography==
;With Chvrches
{{main|Chvrches discography}}
* ''[The Bones of What You Believe](/source/The_Bones_of_What_You_Believe)'' (2013)
* ''[Every Open Eye](/source/Every_Open_Eye)'' (2015)
* ''[Love Is Dead](/source/Love_Is_Dead_(Chvrches_album))'' (2018)
* ''[Screen Violence](/source/Screen_Violence)'' (2021)
;With The Twilight Sad
* ''[Forget the Night Ahead](/source/Forget_the_Night_Ahead)'' (2009)
;With Aereogramme
* ''[My Heart Has a Wish That You Would Not Go](/source/My_Heart_Has_a_Wish_That_You_Would_Not_Go)'' (2007)
;With Julia Thirteen