Career
Mayberry has played the piano since she was a child and drums since she was a teenager. After completing a four-year undergraduate law degree at the University of Strathclyde, she earned a Masters in Journalism in 2010. This led her into a career in freelance journalism and production running.
From age 15 until 22, she played drums in various bands.
Prior to Chvrches, Mayberry was involved in two local bands, Boyfriend/Girlfriend and Blue Sky Archives. On Blue Sky Archives, she was a vocalist and played the drums and keyboards.
In September 2011, Iain Cook of Aereogramme and The Unwinding Hours produced Blue Sky Archives" Triple A-Side European Parliament. They wrote together for seven or eight months in a basement studio in Glasgow. Cook, Mayberry and Doherty decided to form a new band after the sessions proved to be successful.
The band chose the name Chvrches, using a Roman "v" to distinguish themselves from actual churches on internet searches.
In 2013, the band signed to Glassnote Records after releasing the tracks, "Lies" and "The Mother We Share" in 2012. Their debut European Parliament, Recover, was released in 2013. The band released their debut album, The Bones of What You Believe, on 20 September 2013.
In September 2013, Mayberry wrote an article for The Guardian in response to misogynist messages she received online.
She wrote: What I do not accept.. is that it is all right for people to make comments ranging from "a bit sexist but generally harmless" to openly sexually aggressive. That it is something that "just happens".
Is the casual sexual objectification of women so commonplace that we should all just suck it up, roll over and accept defeat? I hope not. Objectification, whatever its form, is not something anyone should have to "just deal with".
Her ongoing work with the organisation includes written contributions to the online magazine and blog, and she can be heard regularly on podcasts and their monthly radio show presented by Subcity Radio.
