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The group took a hiatus in 2023 after releasing their album Screen Violence

Chvrches singer Lauren Mayberry C Brandon/Redferns

On Friday night Chvrches performed together for the first time in nearly three years and took the opportunity to showcase a new song, “Conman.” The group appeared as part of Robert Smith ’s Teenage Cancer Trust’s Royal Albert Hall concert series, which also featured Garbage, My Bloody Valentine, and Elbow.

“I promise I’m not just inside watching telly all the time, we have been making a record,” singer Lauren Mayberry told the audience. “And we thought, since this is a special night, we would play something off that record for you guys. So be kind to us, we’ve never played this in front of human beings before.”

Chvrches’ last album, Screen Violence , arrived in 2021.…